Faculty Bio Detail
Donna Breger Stanton - MA, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA
Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy
Email: dbreger@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Telephone: 510-869-6743
Address: 450 30th Street
Oakland - CA 94609
I have a BS in OT from San Jose State College, and MA, OT from University of Southern California. I have practiced in multiple specialty areas including neuro rehab, orthopedics, sensory integration, pediatrics and in psychosocial. I became interested in hand therapy have focused in this area of practice for more than 20 years. I was president of the American Society of Hand Therapists in 2005, and presently I am secretary of a newly formed La Federation de Mano (of North and Central Americas for hand surgeons and therapist). I am completing my second year as president of Faculty Organization which ends this school year. I am vice chair of the ASHT annual meeting committee which takes place in Boston, MA Oct 23-26, 2008, and I am co-chair of the combined annual meeting of ASSH and ASHT in San Francisco, September 2009.
Research Interests:
Contrast baths, sensibility testing, carpal tunnel syndrome
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
American Society of Hand Therapists
merican Occupational Therapy Association
American Association of Hand Surgury
Occupational Therapy Association of California
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
I am responsible for Level II occupational therapy fieldwork, including finding and making the placements for the internships. I have two research groups, one of which is studying the effectiveness of contrast baths by collection of data from an IRB approved multi-center study. A faculty scholarship grand was received to cover costs of equipment supplies, and statistical analysis once study is complete and data are fully in. The second group, first year MOTs 2009 are beginning researching the consistency of education of use of thermal agent modalities in the OT curriculum.
Courses taught at Samuel Merritt University include: Adaptive Technology and Introduction to Modalities; Foundations of Occupational Therapy; Complementary Healthcare Systems in Occupational Therapy, and Introduction to Level I Fieldwork as well as Level II fieldwork.
Publications and Presentations:
I have multiple publications primarily found in the Journal of Hand Therapy. The most recent publication to be found will be based on the speech given for the Nathalie Barr Award Lecture at the 2007 ASHT meeting in Phoenix, AZ on the topic of "Mind, Body, and Science of Hand Therapy."
As one of four co-editiors for a special issues of the Journal of Hand Therapy, the topic is focused on the "wounded Warriors" and the issue will be published spring 2008.
I recently presented a paper regarding the systematic review of contrast baths, why do we use them? at the International Federation of societies of the Hand, Sydney Australia, March 13, 2007. With my co-author Rolando Lazaro, our paper on this topic has been submitted for consideration of publication to the Journal of Hand Therapy
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:
Nathalie Barr Lectureship Award, for 2007
Faculty Scholarship Grant March 2007 to research on Contrast Baths
President, Faculty Organization, SMU 2006-2008
President, American Society of Hand Therapists, 2005
Secretary, La Federacion de Mano, 2007-2010
Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy
Email: dbreger@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT)
Telephone: 510-869-6743
Address: 450 30th Street
Oakland - CA 94609
I have a BS in OT from San Jose State College, and MA, OT from University of Southern California. I have practiced in multiple specialty areas including neuro rehab, orthopedics, sensory integration, pediatrics and in psychosocial. I became interested in hand therapy have focused in this area of practice for more than 20 years. I was president of the American Society of Hand Therapists in 2005, and presently I am secretary of a newly formed La Federation de Mano (of North and Central Americas for hand surgeons and therapist). I am completing my second year as president of Faculty Organization which ends this school year. I am vice chair of the ASHT annual meeting committee which takes place in Boston, MA Oct 23-26, 2008, and I am co-chair of the combined annual meeting of ASSH and ASHT in San Francisco, September 2009.
Research Interests:
Contrast baths, sensibility testing, carpal tunnel syndrome
Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
American Society of Hand Therapists
merican Occupational Therapy Association
American Association of Hand Surgury
Occupational Therapy Association of California
Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
I am responsible for Level II occupational therapy fieldwork, including finding and making the placements for the internships. I have two research groups, one of which is studying the effectiveness of contrast baths by collection of data from an IRB approved multi-center study. A faculty scholarship grand was received to cover costs of equipment supplies, and statistical analysis once study is complete and data are fully in. The second group, first year MOTs 2009 are beginning researching the consistency of education of use of thermal agent modalities in the OT curriculum.
Courses taught at Samuel Merritt University include: Adaptive Technology and Introduction to Modalities; Foundations of Occupational Therapy; Complementary Healthcare Systems in Occupational Therapy, and Introduction to Level I Fieldwork as well as Level II fieldwork.
Publications and Presentations:
I have multiple publications primarily found in the Journal of Hand Therapy. The most recent publication to be found will be based on the speech given for the Nathalie Barr Award Lecture at the 2007 ASHT meeting in Phoenix, AZ on the topic of "Mind, Body, and Science of Hand Therapy."
As one of four co-editiors for a special issues of the Journal of Hand Therapy, the topic is focused on the "wounded Warriors" and the issue will be published spring 2008.
I recently presented a paper regarding the systematic review of contrast baths, why do we use them? at the International Federation of societies of the Hand, Sydney Australia, March 13, 2007. With my co-author Rolando Lazaro, our paper on this topic has been submitted for consideration of publication to the Journal of Hand Therapy
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards:
Nathalie Barr Lectureship Award, for 2007
Faculty Scholarship Grant March 2007 to research on Contrast Baths
President, Faculty Organization, SMU 2006-2008
President, American Society of Hand Therapists, 2005
Secretary, La Federacion de Mano, 2007-2010