16 Oct HU Hires Director for Occupational Therapy Program

Huntington University is one step closer to opening its first doctorate program with the appointment of Dr. Ruth Ford (right) as the director of occupational therapy. The program will open in Fort Wayne, Ind., in fall 2014.

Ford previously served as the associate dean of occupational therapy at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. She comes to HU with 13 years of experience in academia, and is a practicing occupational therapist with 37 clinical years of experience in management, acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, long-term care, and home health. She has managed more than 500 occupational and physical therapists and speech language pathologists, and has opened multiple occupational therapy programs.

You can read much more about her on the Huntington University site.

This doctorate program will be located within the Life Science Education and Research Consortium of Northeast Indiana at the Parkview Randallia campus in Fort Wayne. The program will build on Huntington’s undergraduate degrees in psychology, nursing, and exercise science. A bachelor’s degree and certain prerequisite courses are required for this program.

Ford will relocate to Huntington in January 2014 to begin her work. She is currently serving in a consulting role in preparation for the 2014 program launch. The HU website has more information about the occupational therapy program.