1982-2002
Advisory Committee of Older Adult Service Information System (OASIS).
1985-1987
Represented the American Society of Allied Health Professions
on the American Medical Association’s Health Policy Agenda for the American people.
1992-1995
National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research.
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR),
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health.
1993-1995
Partner, Missouri PEW Health Professions Partnership;
State of Missouri, the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Pew Health Professions Commission
1994-1997
Member, North American Task Force for the Revision of the International Classification for Impairment,
Disability, and Handicap (ICIDH), Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
1994-1997
Advisory Committee, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Functional Assessment and
Evaluation of Rehabilitation Outcomes, State University of New York at Buffalo,
Glen Gresham, MD and Byron Hamilton, MD, Ph.D. Co-investigators
1995-1996
Member, Clinical Practice of Cognitive Rehabilitation Panel, J. S. McDonnell Foundation
1996-1997
Member of Institute of Medicine Committee on Assessing Rehabilitation Science and Engineering
1998
Search Committee for Director of the National Center for Rehabilitation Research
at the Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health
1998-1999
Legislative Committee, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
1998-2000
Technical Advisory Committee, American Institute for Research,
to build the process for the Social Security Administration’s functional based assessment
to determine the capacity for gainful employment
1999-2003
Member of National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research Advisory Committee
1999-2004
Editor, Occupation, Participation and Health, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research
2000-Present
Member, Board of Directors, Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis
2001-2004
External Reviewer, Alzheimer Society of Canada, research competition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2004-2007
President, American Occupational Therapy Association
2007-present
Member, Research Advisory Panel informing the American Occupational Therapy
and American Occupational Therapy Foundation Boards
Honors
1980
Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, American Occupational Therapy Association
1996
University of Kansas Allied Health Distinguished Alumnus Award
2006
Elected to the Academy of Research, American Occupational Therapy Foundation
2008
Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
2009
Distinguished Faculty Award—Distinguished Educator for Graduate Student Teaching,
Washington University School of Medicine
2009
Presidential Commendation for Lifetime Contributions to the Profession of Occupational Therapy
American Occupational Therapy Association and American Occupational Therapy Foundation
