Beth is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at UAB. She joined the faculty in July 2004 to lend her expertise to completing the development of the graduate certificate program and to teach in the program.

Beth has extensive clinical experience working with persons with spinal cord injury, stroke, and low vision. Prior to joining the UAB faculty, she directed occupational therapy services at the UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabiliation. Beth possesses AOTA Specialty Certification in Low Vision Rehabilitation and the UAB Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation

Beth is very active in promoting occupational therapy in low vision rehabilitation on a national level. She currently serves as a member of the AOTA board for Board and Specialty Certification. She also represents occupational therapy on a professional issues panel for the Association of Education and Rehabilitation of Blind and Visually Impaired (AER). Beth served as co-editor with Mary Warren on the low vision textbook: Occupational Therapy Interventions for Adults with Low Vision, published by AOTA Press in 2011.

Beth completed her doctorate in health education and promotion at UAB and her dissertation on physical activity levels among older adults with low vision. She has also taught several continuing education courses on low vision rehabilitation in the United States and most recently in Singapore. Her research has been published in Occupational Therapy in Healthcare and the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Education

PhD in Health Education and Promotion, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, December 2012.

MS in Occupational Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, December 2004.

Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation, Birmingham, AL, December 2004.

BSOT, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, December 1989.

Extramural Funding Grants Implementation of National Symposium on Provision of Low Vision Rehabilitation through the Healthcare System, $40,000, Awarded September 23, 2004 from the EyeSight Foundation of Alabama, 2 year grant to develop a multi-disciplinary low vision symposium for healthcare providers.

Certifications and Special Training Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, December 2004.

Certified Drivers Rehabilitation Specialist, ADED, March 2002.

Neuro-Developmental Treatment for Adults with Hemiplegia, March 1999.

Trained in administering Functional Capacity Evaluations, October 1998.