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Piper Hansen, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR

Piper Hansen OTD, OTR/L, BCPR
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences
Pronouns: 
She/Her
Education

OTD, University of Illinois at Chicago MS, University of Illinois at Chicago BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Areas of Expertise

Knowledge translation, Neurorehabilitation, Fieldwork

Contact Info:

600 S. Paulina St.
Office 1010D
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-4899
Piper_Hansen@rush.edu
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Biography

Piper Hansen OTD, ORT/L, BCPR is an assistant professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator in the Department of Occupational Therapy. Clinically, she specializes in the rehabilitation of persons with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions. Hansen is actively involved in research and teaching, with a focus on physical disabilities, OT fieldwork outcomes and knowledge translation. She has presented both nationally and internationally and has been published in various peer-reviewed journals on a variety of topics related to neurorehabilitation.

Hansen is an active member of the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) Roster of Accreditation Evaluators and is a site co-coordinator for the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Neurological Fellowship.

Honors and Activities
  • AOTA Service Commendation for work on the Physical Rehabilitation Job Analysis Committee
  • Sarah Baskin Outstanding Research Award, Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
  • 5 Year Service Award University of Illinois-Chicago
  • Henry B. Betts Award for Innovation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Publications

View publications by Piper Hansen, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR

Grants

Craig H. Nielsen Foundation PSR Pilot Grant, Co-Investigator

Invited Presentations
  • Hansen, P. & Bodine, A. (2022). Assessing Bilateral Upper Extremity Integration using the Bilateral Task Assessment. ACRM Conference. Chicago, IL
  • Hansen, P. (2022). Innovative Educational Strategies to Increase the use of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure in Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation. WFOT Conference. Paris, France.
  • Hansen, P. & Spoeri, S. (2021). Developing clinical competency in upper extremity serial casting: A formalized mentoring program model. American Occupational Therapy Association annual conference, Boston, MA.
  • Hansen, P. (2020). Implementation strategies to increased knowledge and use of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure using the knowledge to action framework. Presented in an online format at the AOTA Education Summit.
  • IL Fieldwork Consortium (2020). ILOTA Fieldwork collaborative model presentation presented online at the ILOTA Annual Conference.
  • Hansen, P., Carpenter, J., Bodine, A., Sliwa, J. (2020). Integrating Research into Clinical Settings: A New Model of Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation. ACRM Conference in Chicago, IL.