Denise Chisholm is an occupational therapist with expertise in psychosocial rehabilitation, community-based services and management of contracted services. She is co-author of Version 4.1 of the Performance Assessment of Self-care Skills (PASS) and her scholarly publications focus on the occupational therapy process, occupation-based practice, practical aspects of the evaluation process, evaluating capacity for independent living and integrating occupation in fieldwork and management.
Departments
Department of Occupational Therapy
Programs
Doctor of Occupational Therapy
Post Professional Program in Occupational Therapy
Education & Training
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2005
- MS, University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Awards
- Roster of Fellows, American Occupational Therapy Association
- SHRS Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
- President's Award, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
- Academic Educator Award, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
- OTR Award of Recognition, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
- Provost's Faculty Diversity Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Health Sciences Fellowship, Jewish Healthcare Foundation/Coro Center for Civic Leadership