FACULTY EMERITA

Mary W. Hildebrand, OTD, OTR/L Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy

Mary Hildebrand, OTD, OTR/L, is an associate professor and Director of the Tabor-Connor Family Occupational Therapy Center for Learning, Participation, and Rehabilitation (OT CLiPR) at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.

Dr. Hildebrand taught in the Program in Occupational Therapy at Washington University in Saint Louis, MO, and in the Department of Occupational Therapy at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Her research interests include interventions for caregivers of people who have had a stroke, the effect of aphasia on participation after stroke, prevention, and treatment of mental health disorders as a result of stroke, work adaptation for farmers and agricultural workers with disabilities or chronic conditions, prevention, and treatment of depression in older adults, and self-management of chronic conditions and health promotion.

Dr. Hildebrand has published and presented at state, national, and international levels. She has volunteered for state and national occupational therapy organizations in a variety of roles. She has also served on two committees for national speech and language associations.