Dr. Janet Falk-Kessler Distinguished Lectureship and Day of Scholarship
Friday January 29th, 2027
12:00PM - 4:00PM
Fully virtual
Join an international and diverse roster of clinicians, educators, scholars, and presenters and earn up to 4 professional development contact hours!
Attendees can join live virtually or access all session recordings for up to 4 weeks after the conference.
The annual Dr. Janet Falk-Kessler Lectureship and Day of Scholarship honors the contributions of former Columbia program director Dr. Janet Falk-Kessler to the occupational therapy profession.
Call for Papers will be due on July 13th, 2026.
Registration will open in the fall.
For more information, please reach out to
Leslie Alas | la3047@cumc.columbia.edu
Support the Closing the Gap Scholarship Fund
Past Janet Falk-Kessler Distinguished Lecturers
2026: Dr. Gordon Muir Giles, PhD OTR/L FAOTA
2025: Kathryn Ellis, OTR/L, OTD, CSOT, AASECT-SC
2023: Victoria Garcia Wilburn, DHSc, OTR, FAOTA
2022: Amy Lynch, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, TBRI® Educator, SCFES
2021: Gary Bedell, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
2020: Danielle Butin, MS, OTR
2019: Kristie Koenig, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA