ECU Occupational Therapy

04/06/2026

11/20/2025

Exciting Collaboration Alert!
This week, Dr. Naomi Weintraub, Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, joined Dr. Denise Donica for a day at ECU to kick off a new research project. Dr. Weintraub brings a wealth of expertise in occupational therapy, particularly in handwriting and keyboarding skills. Dr. Donica is thrilled about this partnership and the innovative work ahead!

09/11/2025

This week in HNRS 2002 Survey of Health Professions, 34 ECU Honors College students with aspirations of pursuing professions in health care got to learn about and experience Occupational Therapy with the help of the ECU Occupational Therapy Honors Society members, Pi Theta Epsilon. Occupational therapy is an amazing health care field where we get to help people by transforming their lives through the use of occupations.

04/14/2025

We enjoyed hosting NBCOT® - OTR® & COTA® Certification and the Why Choose OT campaign to help share with the world the amazing profession of occupational therapy! Happy OT month!

03/25/2025

Yesterday our inaugural cohort of OTD students, accompanied by Dr. Denise Donica, attended the North Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy (NCBOT) meeting in Raleigh as part of their Leadership and Advocacy course.

“They were able to observe the business conducted by the board, learn about the Occupational Therapy Compact and witness a hearing,” Donica said. “The NCBOT's purpose is to protect the public and this was an amazing experience for them to witness state-level leadership in occupational therapy.”

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01/23/2025

We love featuring our alumni! Learn more about the work Carly Castillo ('21) is doing in California!

Today we’d like to introduce you to Carly Castillo Hi Carly, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself. I have always loved kids and I knew from a young age that I would have a career in pediatrics. I’m from a family of six kids and the beautiful chaos of every day family […]

10/02/2024

Join us for the College of Health Sciences Fall Social! Open to current students, alumni, fieldwork educators, friends, current and retired faculty and staff, patients and guests!

07/12/2024

We were excited for this new partnership and experience led by Dr. Heather Panczykoswki!

07/01/2024

We would like to congratulate Dr. Heather Panczykowski on her promotion to Associate Professor and earning permanent tenure as of July 1, 2024. Thank you Dr. Panczykowski for all that you do and we are so proud of you!