Sarah Tucker, PhD, OTR/L, was honored with the 2025 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award at a ceremony on October 22 at the UAB Alumni House.

UAB OT students and faculty met with lawmakers during AOTA Hill Day 2025. UAB brought one of the larger delegations—16 entry-level OTD students and three faculty. 

Low vision specialists from across South Africa gathered in Johannesburg in August for the Low Vision Matters More conference. The event, aimed at advancing the nation’s low vision care, was the second co-sponsored by the UAB School of Health Professions and the Low Vision Centre of Learning.

Department of Occupational Therapy students spent a day at Vulcan Park and Museum as part of the City Is Our Classroom series, which is designed to help them connect classroom concepts like social determinants of health and environmental justice to real places and lived experiences.