Katherine J Loomis, MA, OTR/L, CHT

Katie Loomis, MA, OTR/L, CHT, is a PhD candidate in the Chan Division of Occupational
Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California and a research
assistant in the Musculoskeletal Sonography and Occupational Performance Laboratory. She
has 12 years of clinical and research experience in hand therapy, is an active member of the
ASHT Research Division, and an ad hoc reviewer for several rehabilitation-oriented journals.
Katie’s research interests center on facilitating large-scale, collaborative practice-based
research to better understand and quantify the multidimensional process of upper extremity
rehabilitation, and to advance care effectiveness and individualization.