Christine Pellegrini, PhD
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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Priscilla Calvache, MSW, LCSW
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, United States
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Dr. Susan L. Murphy's groundbreaking research illuminates the transformative potential of patient and community-centered healthcare interventions, challenging traditional top-down medical approaches by demonstrating how collaborative, participatory research can fundamentally reshape our understanding of health management. By embracing the "it takes a village" philosophy, her work systematically deconstructs conventional intervention design, positioning patients and community members as essential co-creators rather than passive recipients of medical strategies, ultimately producing more responsive, effective, and meaningful health solutions that authentically address complex individual and collective wellness challenges.
Speaker: Susan Murphy, OT, ScD – University of Michigan