Piersol, Catherine

PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
MS, Boston University, Boston, MA
BS, Tufts University, Medford, MA

• National Board Certification for Occupational Therapy
• Licensed Occupational Therapist: Pennsylvania and New Jersey

• Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
  
• Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy
  
• Director, Jefferson Elder Care        
  

• Member, American Occupational Therapy Association
• Member, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
• Member, Gerontological Society of America
  

• Intervention research in neurocognitive disorders and caregiving
• Translation and delivery of evidence-based interventions into realworld settings for persons with neurocognitive disorders and their caregivers
• Caregiver appraisal of functional capacity in persons with neurocognitive disorders and its impact on safety, participation and care
• Person-environment-occupation fit and the impact on function and aging in place

• Fellow of American Occupational Therapy Association, 2015, Bethesda, MD
• Stephen Heater Award of Outstanding Achievement, 2013, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA
• Jeanette Blair Writer’s Award, American Occupational Therapy Association, 2013, Bethesda, MD
  
• Award of Appreciation, Philadelphia University Occupational Therapy Program, Class of 2006, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
• Award of Appreciation, Philadelphia University Occupational Therapy Program, Class of 2003, 2006, Philadelphia, PA
• Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Labor, National Occupational Information Network, 2006, Washington, DC
• Occupational Therapist Award of Recognition, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, 1999, Philadelphia, PA
• American Occupational Therapy Association Service Commendation, 2003, 2006, 2011, Bethesda, MD
• Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association Service Award, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2011, Philadelphia, PA