2021 Awards & Recognitions 1010 a multisite, multidiscipline therapy clinic with specialization in sensory integration. She engages in research in practice to examine the effectiveness of sensory-related interven- tions, trains and mentors therapists, and develops treatment modules focused on sensory-based interventions. She has many publications and presentations supporting the impor- tance of sensory-based interventions in improving outcomes for children with sensory processing differences. AOTF Early Career Research Excellence Award Chih-Ying (Cynthia) Li, PhD, OTR/L University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas Dr. Chih-Ying (Cynthia) Li is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported career development award (K01) recipient from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research. Dr. Li conducts health services research and comparative effec- tiveness research with a focus on rehabilitation outcomes and standardized functional measurement. Dr. Li is the principal investigator of the 2017 UTMB Claude Pep- per Older Americans Independence Center Pilot Award funded by NIH/National Institute on Aging, and the 2020 Health Services Research Grant funded by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. She is also a Select Scholar of the 2019 NIH-funded Training in Grantsman- ship for Rehabilitation Research (TIGRR) fellowship. AOTF Mid-Career Research Excellence Award Jessica Kramer, PhD, OTR/L University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Dr. Jessica Kramer is nationally and internationally known for her scholarly work in development and evaluation of assessments and interventions to empower participation of youth and young adults with intellectual and/or develop- mental disabilities (I/DD). She has successfully integrated participatory research methodologies with youth and young adults with I/DD into rigorous, best practice methods for assessment and intervention development and evaluation. Moreover, Dr. Kramer utilized a conceptual framework to design cognitively accessible Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), leading to developing the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO), as well as other PROMs adopted worldwide, including the PEDI-CAT, PEDI-CAT (ASD), and others. AOTF Academy of Research Kathleen Doyle Lyons, ScD, OTR/L Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College Lebanon, New Hampshire Dr. Kathleen Lyons is a rehabilitation scientist focused on building the evidence base for occupational therapists working in oncology. She is trained in experimental design, mixed methods, and implementation science. Her research program is designed to answer the following question: How can we support people living with cancer to fully participate in meaningful activities, life roles, and society through theory-driven and evidence-based rehabilitation? She designs and tests pragmatic interventions that blend occupational therapy with behavioral therapies. Her research is primarily community-based, as she has developed both telehealth and home-based interventions. Shawn C. Roll, PhD, OTR/L, RMSKS, FAOTA, FAIUM University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Dr. Shawn Roll is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California’s Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, where he also directs the PhD in Occupational Science program. Dr. Roll is a licensed occupational therapist, registered sonographer, and occupational scientist who studies the relationships between musculoskeletal conditions of the arms and hands, people’s ability to perform activities, and their health outcomes within the workplace. His specialties include using ultrasound to study carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects an estimated 10 million Americans with annual health care costs of $2 billion. He also studies holistic approaches for improving the experience and results of hand therapy. His largest current project, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is designing the next generation of intelligent “smart desks” that can automatically learn from, adapt to, and respond to users’ habits and preferences to improve their health at work.