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Cathy Lysack, Ph.D., OT(C)

Dr. Lysack, Ph.D., OT(C) is the Deputy Director of the Institute of Gerontology and a Professor of Occupational Therapy and Gerontology at Wayne State University in Detroit. She joined the University in 1997. Dr. Lysack’s major research interest is in the social and environmental influences on health and understanding how older adults and people with disability redevelop active and meaningful lives in the community after injury. She has studied aging and depression, the independence and safety of older adults who live alone, the impact of spinal cord injury on community participation, and the reasons for and outcomes of residential moves in later life. Dr. Lysack’s research has been funded by the NIH, NIDRR, and the Retirement Research Foundation. She has served for many years on the editorial boards of AJOT, and the Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. In 2007 Dr. Lysack was inducted into the American Occupational Therapy Foundation's Academy of Research.