Selected Work
- 50 Studies Every Occupational Therapist Should Know, Oxford University Press
Op-Eds
- As AAPIs, We Need Therapists Who Look Like Us, Mental Health America
- The Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Foster Health through Innovation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Reposted to Channel Kindness
COVID-19
- This nursing home ‘angel’ struggled to support her family. Then she got coronavirus., Southern California News Group
- For nursing home residents, COVID-19 sparks an epidemic of loneliness, Center for Health Journalism
- The pandemic threw a wrench in the 2020 Census. Advocates are trying to limit the damage, Center for Health Journalism
- A student’s return to Taiwan shows what a serious government response looks like, Center for Health Journalism
Health
- Babies get the limelight, but what happens to mothers’ brains after they give birth?, Center for Health Journalism
- When the trauma of a difficult birth leaves mothers devastated, alone, Center for Health Journalism
- Untreated mental health disorders among moms inflict a massive toll on families, the economy, Center for Health Journalism
Caregiving
- For older LGBT caretakers, together can still feel alone against aging and illness, Southern California News Group
- “I felt so caught in between”: Older, LGBT caretakers face special challenges, Southern California News Group
- ‘Please take me home’: The heartbreaking rubric of dementia and COVID, Southern California News Group
Clinical Expertise
- Senior Living Column Series: How to reduce the risk of falls in older adults, Southern California News Group
- Understanding the impact of trauma: How trauma can affect your mind and body, Society for Behavioral Medicine
- How Third Spaces Become the Social Infrastructure for Neighborhood Belonging, Conscious Cities Journal
- Telehealth occupational therapy improves psychosocial well-being but not glycemia among young adults with type 1 diabetes: The Resilient, Empowered, Active Living–Telehealth (REAL-T) randomized controlled trial, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- Technology for activity participation in older people with dementia: Expert perspectives and a scoping review, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
- Strategies to improve health technologies for older adults with cognitive impairment and dementia, Innovation in Aging
- Neighborly Connections May Cure Loneliness, SF Chronicle
- Obama Foundation LGBTQ leaders hope to defend democracy, bring communities together, Bay Area Reporter
- ‘Finally’ Kern Valley community celebrates opening of long-awaited skate park, 23ABC News Bakersfield
- Elissa Lee, OTD, OTR: OT in Community Engagement, The Uncommon OT Podcast
- Meet Born This Way Foundation’s Youth Reps Changing the World, Paper Magazine