Janet Falk-Kessler, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA

· Keynote Speaker. Columbia University Occupational Therapy Commencement Speaker: Are We Fulfilling the Promise of Occupational Therapy? 2024

· Occupational Therapy Leaders and Legacies Society. 2022

· Keynote Speaker. Pi Theta Epsilon Gamma Alpha Chapter Induction Ceremony. Dominican University Occupational Therapists’ Role in Society. 2022

· Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, New York State Occupational Therapy Association. 2021

· Keynote speaker. Interprofessional Education Day, Columbia University The Generational Divide: Why Age Matters. 2018

· Recipient of the President’s Award, New York State Occupational Therapy Association. 2018

· Columbia University Programs in Occupational Therapy establishes the Janet Falk-Kessler Distinguished Lectureship and Day of Scholarship. 2018

· Keynote speaker, American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, State of the Science Event, Phila, PA. Resilience: The Process and Product of

Occupational Therapy. 2017

· Inducted into the American Occupational Therapy Association’s ROSTER OF FELLOWS, for “outstanding contributions to mental health education”. 1997

· Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi, an Honor Society for Educators, for outstanding contributions to education. 1993

· Sphinx and Key Honor Society for Academic Achievement. 1974

· "The Class of 1958 Award for Scholarship and Service". 1974