Our Alumni

The following lab alumni trained in CPERL at UIC (2015-present):

  • Annika Knuth: Rush OTD Student Intern, Occupational Therapy (Class of 2026)
  • Ashley Huang: UIC Honors Undergraduate Intern, Neuroscience and GPPA Pre-Medicine (Class of 2026)
  • Valeria Esparza: UIC Honors Undergraduate Intern, Psychology (Class of 2025)
  • Carla Ribeiro Lage: UIC PhD student, Rehabilitation Sciences, Senior Teaching Fellow and Academic Coordinator of Practice Education, Bond University
  • Shivani Saluja: UIC Honors Undergraduate Capstone, Public Health (Class of 2024), MPH, Yale University
  • Ivana Lucero: UIC Honors Undergraduate Capstone, Psychology (Class of 2023)
  • Sabrin Rizk, PhD, OTR/L: UIC Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Trainee (2021-2023), Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
  • Vera Kaelin, PhD, MScOT: UIC PhD graduate (Class of 2022), Faculty, University of Applied Sciences in Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland
  • Zurisadai Salgado: UIC Honors Undergraduate Capstone, MS graduate (Class of 2023)
  • Marlene Angulo: UIC Honors Undergraduate Capstone, Kinesiology (Class of 2023)
  • Julia Gabrielle Sim, BS: UIC Honors Undergraduate Capstone, E-OTD graduate (Class of 2025)
  • Varun Maheshwari, MS: UIC MS Research Assistant, Associate Consultant, Slalom
  • Kyle Truevillian: UIC Undergraduate Intern, Emory University graduate (Class of 2023)
  • Dianna Bosak, OTD, OTR/L: UIC Honors Undergraduate Capstone, OTD Capstone Trainee, Research Specialist, Occupational Therapist, Executive Director, The Clubhouse, Chicago
  • Jessica Jarvis, PhD, MT-BC: UIC Postdoctoral Scholar (2017-2019), NIH T32 and K23 Scholar, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
  • Andrea Gurga, OTD, OTR/L: UIC MS/POTD Capstone, Occupational Therapist, Graduate Academic Coordinator and Community Engagement Specialist, NoCo Pediatric OT, LLC and Iron Horse Therapeutic Farm, Integrated Pediatric Therapy Associates, Colorado
  • Briana Rigau, OTD, OTR/L: UIC MS/POTD Capstone, Occupational Therapist, Peek-a-boo Pediatric Therapy, Colorado
  • Weronika Zuczek, MS, OTR/L: UIC MS Student, Occupational Therapist, In2Great Therapy, Chicago
  • Sara Brumm, MS, OTR/L: UIC MS Student, Occupational Therapist, Blossom Therapy, Chicago
  • Alexa Greif, OTD, OTR/L: UIC POTD Student, Clinical Director, Joy Center, Germany
  • Heather Lim, BS, MSOT, OTR/L: Undergraduate Intern, Occupational Therapist, Health Excel, California
  • Christina Sidorowych, MS: UIC MS Intern, Medical Illustrator, Osso VR and Sidorowych Visuals (sidorowych.com)
  • Marya Corden, MPH: UIC Research Specialist, Director, Clinical Research Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Naba Khan, MS, OTR/L: UIC MS Intern, Occupational Therapist, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed
  • Sarah Ahmed, BS, OTD, OTR/L: UIC BS Intern, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed

The following lab alumni trained in CPERL at CSU (2011-2015):

  • Kristen Arestad, MS, OTR/L: CSU MS Thesis, Occupational Therapist, Children’s Hospital Colorado
  • Lauren Nale, MS, OTR/L: CSU MS Thesis, Occupational Therapist
  • Ryan Borgschulte, BS: CSU BS Student Intern, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed
  • Tanya Benjamin, PhD: CSU MS Thesis, Assistant Professor, Texas Women’s University
  • Anna Cliff, MS, OTR/L: CSU MS Thesis, Occupational Therapist and Assistive Technology Consultant
  • Cara Dart, OTD, OTR/L: CSU BS Student, Occupational Therapist, Invo Healthcare, California
  • Xinrui Jiang, PhD: CSU Honors Undergraduate Thesis, Research Scientist, Datacubed Health
  • Molly Gleason, MOT, OTR/L: CSU MS Intern, Occupational Therapist, UC Health
  • Rachel Ohene, MOT, OTR/L: CSU MS Intern, Occupational Therapist and Director, Liberate Pelvic Health
  • Megan Baker, PhD: CSU MS/PhD Student, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed
  • Erin Albrecht, PhD: CSU PhD Student, Data and Evaluation Manager, Director Equitable Evaluation Initiative, Invest in Kids
  • Kristen Fitzgerald, BS: CSU BS Student, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed
  • Jenifer Marley, MS: CSU Staff, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed
  • Christina Alvord, MS, OTR/L: CSU MS Student, current affiliation unknown/not disclosed