4th-year occupational therapy (OT) student Hannah Clark was awarded the Tikkun Olam Makers Fellowship.
The fellowship is a 9-month International Leadership Program built to support students
who seek to apply technology and innovation to solve unmet challenges faced by people
with disabilities, the elderly, and vulnerable groups in their communities. Hannah
is the first United States occupational therapy student to be accepted into this incredible
program.
Hannah first established her love for assistive technology while working with students
at the Watson Institute. Assistive technology is one of Hannah’s many strengths and
it was well-recognized by Associate Professor Dr. Richard Simpson, Ph.D., who suggested
to Hannah that she apply for the fellowship as a continuance of her work but on a
bigger scale.
Hannah hopes to accomplish huge things with this fellowship both professionally as
well as by engaging the community. She wants to “Create an awareness of adaptive and
assistive technology by Duquesne, Pittsburgh, and the global community by making it
more readily available and easier to access”. Hannah’s dreams and aspirations include
bringing greater awareness about all the amazing things that assistive technology
can enhance by “hosting a make-a-thon in the future.”
Duquesne OT students are always prepared to be outstanding global citizens that are
“skilled and compassionate practitioners who improve lives through meaningful interventions”.
The TOM Fellowship was put in place to “solve the unmet challenges faced by people
with disabilities, the elderly, and vulnerable groups in their communities”. Together,
Hannah and the TOM fellowship will bring outstanding awareness to Hannah’s vision.
Congratulations to Hannah on this outstanding accomplishment!
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Published
August 09, 2023