Tracy Jirikowic has over 30 years’ experience in occupational therapy with expertise in pediatric neurodevelopment and interventions for children and youth with developmental disabilities. Dr. Jirikowic has special research and clinical interests in children with prenatal substance exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). She holds a clinical appointment with the University of Washington Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network and is a Research Affiliate with the University of Washington Institute on Human Development and Disability. Her research activities include development of an early intervention model for young children with prenatal alcohol exposure, understanding sensory processing in children with FASD, and examining community-based interventions that promote social participation, health, and well-being for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She is Program Director of the Master of Occupational Therapy program and Co-Director for the PhD in Rehabilitation Science Program in the UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. 

Jana Cason, DHSc, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA, is a Full Professor and Director of Scholarship in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program–Honolulu at Hawaiʻi Pacific University. Dr. Cason is recognized as an early leader in the development and advancement of telehealth within occupational therapy. Her scholarly work has expanded to include innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), exploring ethical and effective integration of AI within healthcare settings. 

Dr. Cason has delivered numerous presentations at national and international conferences and has made substantial scholarly contributions through the authorship of telehealth standards and guidelines, book chapters, and peer-reviewed publications. She is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the National Academies of Practice. In addition, she serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Telerehabilitation, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal indexed in PubMed and Scopus. 

Dr. Brent Braveman has practiced as an occupational therapy clinician, educator, researcher, and manager since entering the profession in 1984. He is the Department of Rehabilitation Services Director at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. MD Anderson Cancer Center was recently ranked as the top cancer hospital in the country by US News and World Reports. The Department of Rehabilitation Services employs over 140 occupational and physical therapy practitioners.

His volunteer service in state and national professional association activities included serving two terms on the AOTA Board of Directors as Speaker of the Representative Assembly and Secretary. He was a Board Director for the American Occupational Therapy Association Political Action Committee (AOTPAC). He served as a representative to the National Institutes of Health Working Group on Cancer Rehabilitation, as a Standing Committee Member on the National Quality Forum’s NQF) Cancer Project, and on the NQF’s project on co-designing patient-centered care. Now, he is on the Board of Trustees for the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF).

Dr. Braveman is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and a recipient of the AOTA Recognition of Achievement Award for “Exemplary Contributions in Management and Program Development.”

Lisa Juckett, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, is an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University. She leverages her prior clinical experiences in physical rehabilitation and her doctoral training in implementation science to identify solutions that narrow the “research-to-practice” gap.

Dr. Juckett and her team have developed and tested strategies to expedite the use of innovations (e.g., standardized outcome measures, fall prevention interventions) in real-world practice settings, including stroke rehabilitation units, community-based organizations, and aging service agencies.

Her work has been funded by entities such as the NIH, PCORI, the Administration for Community Living, and the National Science Foundation, and she is actively involved in local and national service initiatives to improve the health outcomes of vulnerable aging communities.