Hannah Clark receives TOM Fellowship

The TOM fellowship is a 9-month International Leadership Program built to support students who seek to apply technology and innovation to solve unmet challenges faced by people with disabilities, the elderly, and vulnerable groups in their communities.  Hannah is the first United States occupational therapy student to be accepted into this incredible program.  
  
Hannah first established her love for assistive technology while working with students at the Watson Institute.  Assistive technology is one of Hannah’s many strengths and it was well-recognized by Associate Professor Dr. Richard Simpson, Ph.D., who suggested to Hannah that she apply for the fellowship as a continuance of her work but on a bigger scale.  
  
Hannah hopes to accomplish huge things with this fellowship both professionally as well as by engaging the community. She wants to “Create an awareness of adaptive and assistive technology by Duquesne, Pittsburgh, and the global community by making it more readily available and easier to access”. Hannah’s dreams and aspirations include bringing greater awareness about all the amazing things that assistive technology can enhance by “hosting a make-a-thon in the future.” 
  
Duquesne OT students are always prepared to be outstanding global citizens that are “skilled and compassionate practitioners who improve lives through meaningful interventions”. The TOM Fellowship was put in place to “solve the unmet challenges faced by people with disabilities, the elderly, and vulnerable groups in their communities”. Together, Hannah and the TOM fellowship will bring outstanding awareness to Hannah’s vision.  
  
Congratulations to Hannah on this outstanding accomplishment!