Lab News

Recognizing Founding Lab Member Megan Weilmuenster

May 2026 The lab extends sincere appreciation to Megan Weilmuenster for her hard work and many contributions as a founding lab member. Megan played an important role in helping establish the lab’s administrative systems and served as the first editor of the lab...

Presentation at the 2026 AOTA Conference

April 2026 Dr. Chen attended the 2026 American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, California, where she presented her work, “Mitigating Loneliness in People Aging with Long-Term Physical Disabilities (PAwLTPD): The Importance of Social...

Development of the Leisure Participation Instrument Begins

November 2025 The lab began developing a new leisure participation instrument, the Leisure Participation Checklist, with input from expert reviewers. This work represents an important step toward advancing measurement tools that can better capture the diversity of...