Service and Leadership
Anne Zachry, PhD, OTR/L
Department Chair and Associate Professor
- American Occupational Therapy Political Action Committee Tennessee Ambassador (2023–Present)
- Co-Chairperson, Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association West Tennessee District, Nashville, TN (2021–Present)
- Creator and moderator of the “Occupational Therapy Research: Networking & Collaboration” Facebook group, which has over 2.6K members (2019–Present)
- Creator and moderator of the “Occupational Therapy Educators” Facebook group, which has 1.3K members (2019–Present)
- Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association Pediatric Community of Practice Member (2019–Present)
- Committee Member, American Occupational Therapy Association Academic Leadership Council (2016–Present)
- UTHSC College of Health Professions Dean’s Council Member (2015–Present)
- External Reviewer for Tenure and or Promotion, East Carolina University (2023)
- Academic Education Special Interest Sector Faculty Mentor of two mentees (2021-2023)
- External Reviewer for Tenure and/or Promotion, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2019)
- Chairperson, Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association West Tennessee District, Nashville, TN (2015–2021)
- Member, American Occupational Therapy Association Pediatric Community of Practice (2013–Present)
Stephanie Lancaster, EdD, MS, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS
Program Director and Assistant Professor
- UTHSC Department of Occupational Therapy Curriculum Planning Committee Chair, January 2016 to present
- Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association (TNOTA): President, Jan. 2024 to present; President-Elect, 2023; co-facilitator of the TNOTA Pediatric Community of Practice, May 2019 to Dec. 2023
- American Occupational Therapy Association Representative Assembly representative for the state of Tennessee, July 2019 to December 2023
- Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD): Chair of the Communications Committee, November 2022 to present; Vice Chair, July 2020 to October 2022; Secretary, July 2017 to June 2019; Co-chair of the Education Committee (COTAD-ED), May 2017 to December 2019
- UTHSC Diversity and Inclusion Officers Council, May 2021 to present
- UTHSC Diversity and Inclusion College Officers' Support Group, representative of the COHP, May 2021 to present
- Tennessee Association for Assistive Technology Executive Board Member and Academic Program Liaison, Dec. 2016 to present
- UTHSC DEI workgroup (part of the UTHSC campuswide strategic plan update), committee co-chair (Sept. 2022-May 2023)
- UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) Advisory Board, June 2019 to Dec. 2022
- Guest co-editor of a special edition of peer-reviewed journal WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (2019)
Orli Weisser-Pike, OTD, OTR/L, CLVT, SCLV, CAPS
- Abstract reviewer, WFOT Congress 2022
- Board member, Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP)
- Co-Chair, Subject Matter Expert Committee in Low Vision Therapy, ACVREP
- Guest editor, Occupational Therapy in Health Care
- Applicant reviewer, Specialty Certification in Low Vision, AOTA
Lee Williams, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor & Professional Service
- Parkinson’s Disease, television interview for Best Times magazine, 2018
- Function Based Activity Programs, 2018
- TNOTA invited speaker, 2018
- Baptist Desoto Hospital: Arjo Training Specialist/ Coordinator, 2012-2014
- Ergonomic Assessments of Clinical Lab Services Department at BMH DeSoto, 2008
- Presenter at Baptist DeSoto hospital quarterly meeting "Servant Leadership", 2006
- Clinical Specialist -Outpatient Therapy training, 2006-2014
- Clinical Specialist- ICU training, 2004-2014
- Fieldwork Educator- Baptist DeSoto Hospital, 1999-2014
- Corporate Compliance Committee for outpatient billing regulations, 2008- 2009
- Organized and coordinated a system wide ICU training course for PT, OT, and SLP. 2008 Performance Improvement Committee, 2002-2004
Lauren Woods, PhD, OTR/L
Admission Chair and Assistant Professor
- Journal Reviewer/Referee, Premier Publishers, December 17, 2020 - Present
- TNOTA Mentorship Committee Member, January 2023- Present
- ·TNOTA Mental Health Community of Practice Member, October 2022- Present
- Board Member of Merge Memphis, Memphis, TN, June 2020- Present
- Member of PT Faculty Search Committee UTHSC PT Department (2022)
- Chair of Faculty Search Committee, UTHSC Occupational Therapy Department (2022)
Pamela Lewis-Kipkulei, PhD, OTD, OTR/L
Associate Professor & OTD Capstone Coordinator
- Co-chair for the Southern District, and Medicare Legislative Chair, Arkansas Occupational Therapy Association (AROTA)
- Political Action Committee Ambassador for the State of Arkansas, American Occupational Therapy Association Political Action Committee
- Committee Member, American Occupational Therapy Association Volunteer Leadership Development Committee
- Committee Member, Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association Mentorship Committee—
- Co-Chair, Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association Diversity Committee
- Continuing Competency Project Development Committee Volunteer, National Board for Certification in Occupational therapy (2015-2023)
- Reviewer, Teaching and Learning Inquiry Journal (ISSOTL)
- Reviewer, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research (OTJR)
- Mentor, American Occupational Therapy Association Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Program
- Committee Member, American Association of Blacks in Higher Education Research Committee
- Member, National Black Occupational Therapy Caucus
- Committee Member, Arkansas Occupational Therapy Association Motivate Conference Planning Committee (2022)
- Reviewer, AOTA Education summit proposals (2022)
- Reviewer, AOTA Annual Conference & Expo (2020)
April Hilsdon, MOT, OTR/L
Instructor & Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
- UTHSC Faculty Senate (2022-current)
- UTHSC Faculty Senate Non-Tenure Track Committee (2022-current)
- UTHSC MOT Perks for FW Program Coordinator (2023-current)
- UTHSC COHP Engaging Communities Workgroup (2024)
- ASP/OT Clinical Faculty Search Committee (2025)