Dianna Lunsford

Name and Contact

• Dianna Lunsford

• Email: lunsford001@gannon.edu; lunsforddianna@gmail.com 

Training and Advanced Certifications

• CarFit-March 2022 

• MoCA-March 2022 

• Hand Therapy Certification Commission (Certified Hand Therapist) 1996- to date; renewed  2021 

• National Board Certification of OT (1991) recertified through 2026 

Area(s) of Expertise

• General OT 

• Hand Therapy 

• Editorial skills 

• Leadership skills

Awards and Honors

• American Society of Hand Therapy (ASHT) President’s Outstanding Service Award 2021, 2018 & 2017 

• GVSU Kimboko Inclusion Award: Graduate and Professional Student Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentor, April 2013

Leadership Accomplishments and Passions

• I am passionate about developing the future generations of occupational therapists. I believe this can be done a variety of ways: 

  • Mentoring-I have mentored students and young professionals about professional  decisions, leadership opportunities, and hand therapy. 

  • Scholarship-I believe that the best way to demonstrate contributions to our profession  is to be an example and include students and young professionals in publications and  professional presentations. 

• I am passionate about developing occupational therapy and hand therapy globally.

  • I have been a committee member of the International Committee of ASHT since  2015, assisting to organize, support and educate with international connections in  hand therapy. 

  • I have gone on several international mission trips to El Salvador 2005-2010, representing and providing occupational therapy and hand therapy services. 

  • I have organized and led international FW experiences to Ecuador (2013 & 2014;  2017, 2018 & 2019) and Spain (2020) through 2 different universities. 

  • I have provided international lectures not only at WFOT, but through global  connections with the Czech Society of Hand Therapy (2022) and at the University of  Malaga, Spain (2022).

• I am passionate about advancing the profession forward through scholarship: as the senior  editor for the ASHT Times; an occasional editor for several peer-reviewed journals; through  writing and publishing original research with collaborators; and as a recent co-editor for an  upcoming first edition textbook on leadership and management for PT and OT.

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