Expertise

Dr. Lassell is a licensed occupational therapist with seven years of clinical experience who seeks to design interventions to support brain health and health equity. Her work focuses on bridging the gap between community-based services and healthcare systems while seeking to understand how factors such as social determinants of health, chronic disease, and function, shape a person's ability to access and participate in health promoting activities they find meaningful within their homes, neighborhoods, and communities.

Scholarly Interests:

  • Gerontology
  • Participatory approaches
  • Health equity
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Nature-based interventions
  • Hospice
  • Home Health Care
Degrees
PhD, Colorado State University, Occupation and Rehabilitation Science, 2021
MOT, Shawnee State University, 2013
BA, Marian University, Communications, 2010
BA, Sports Performance, 2010