An Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L

An Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, is an acute care occupational therapist and project scientist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She recently earned her clinical doctorate in occupational therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. At WashU, An was a graduate student researcher for three years in the Participation, Environment, and Performance Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Susan Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA. There, she conducted research focused on home modification interventions delivered by occupational therapists to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults. Previously, she served for three years as an Associate Editor for the OT Student Pulse, a monthly national newsletter of the American Occupational Therapy Association written by students for students. Currently, she serves as a Junior Leader/Officer for the Gerontological Society of America's Health Sciences Section where she works to better understand and communicate the needs of emerging scholars in aging research to senior section leaders. Her developing research interests include improving rehabilitation outcomes for frail older adults and leveraging informatics methods to develop clinical decision support tools for geriatric rehabilitation.