Prevention Works
Owner/Director
Madison, CT
1995 - Present
Marcy Sanders is a professor of occupational therapy at Quinnipiac University. Her clinical expertise lie in ergonomics, community health promotion (children and older adults), and environmental modification. She is the chair of the university ergonomics committee which allows her to provide office and manual materials handling ergonomics services to the QU. She teaches ergonomics, research, and administration courses to graduate students and coordinates the graduate Capstone programs. She has been involved in developing low vision programs for community seniors, school-based health promotion programs for elementary schools, and adaptive skiing training programs. Her projects are conducted with students, allowing them to participate in great real-life learning opportunities.
Her current research focuses on volunteerism in adapted sports, home lighting for older adults, light and health, and examining the efficacy of back-pack safety programming. Her interest in health promotion extends internationally as she provide interprofessional oral health educational programs in the rural Bahamas with dental hygiene faculty and students from Tunxis Community College. She has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications. She is also proud to have started an adapted soccer program called TOPS soccer in which highshool students are buddies to players with special challenges.
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Her current research focuses on volunteerism in adapted sports, home lighting for older adults, light and health, and examining the efficacy of back-pack safety programming. Her interest in health promotion extends internationally as she provide interprofessional oral health educational programs in the rural Bahamas with dental hygiene faculty and students from Tunxis Community College. She has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications. She is also proud to have started an adapted soccer program called TOPS soccer in which highshool students are buddies to players with special challenges.
Education
- BS, The Fletcher School At Tufts University
- MA, University of Southern California
- MSOSH, University of New Haven
- PHD, Walden University
Areas of Expertise
- Occupational Medicine, Work and Ergonomics
- Wellness/Lifestyle Medicine
- Vision Rehab/Low Vision
Organization
- Occupational Therapy
Office Location
- Medicine, Nursing, Health Sci 362G
Mail Drop
- NH-HSC
Experience
Quinnipiac University
Professor, Occupational Therapy
Hamden, CT
1993 - Present
Professional Sports Care, Inc.
Co-director Occupational Therapy
Meriden, CT
1991 - 1995
Hope Special Education Center
Co-director Options Program
University of Southern California Buena Park, CA
1988 - 1990
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles,
Occupational Therapist II
Los Angeles, CA
1981 - 1988
St. John's Hospital and Health Center
Occupational Therapist
Santa Monica, CA
1979 - 1981
Selected Publications
A school-based, interprofessional approach to sustaining oral health on an Island community
Sanders, M.J., Turcotte, C., & Johnson, P.A.
DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1803818 Journal of Interprofessional Healthcare 1-5 quarter (2020)
Physical Dysfunction
VanOss, T., Sanders, M., & Hewitt, P.
Environmental Assessment and Modification: Home, Work, and Community 8th (Wolters Kluwer 2019)
Home lighting feasibility study
Sanders, M.
AOTA, Salt Lake City, UT (2018)
Older manufacturing workers and adaptation to age-related changes
Sanders, M.
3(72) American Journal of Occupational Therapy 7203205060p1-7203205060p11 March (2018)
The benefits of volunteering in adapted skiing
Sanders, M.
AOTA, Salt Lake City, UT (2018)
Lighting the work environment
Sanders, M.
3(3) Work & Industry Special Interest Section Quarterly 29-31 August (2018)
An interprofessional approach to ergonomics
Michalak-Turcotte, C., Sanders, M. J., & Johnson, P.
16(1) Dimensions of Dental Hygiene 30-32 January (2018)
Qualitative findings of Stress and Coping in College Students
Haughey, K., Soja, J., & Sanders, M.
American occupational therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA (2017)
Analyzing reflections in service learning to promote personal growth and community self-efficacy
Sanders, M., Van Oss, T., & McGeary, S.
39(1) Journal of Experiential Education 73–88 (2016)
Age-Related Changes and environmental modifications for healthy Older Workers in Manufacturing: A Multiple Case Study
Sanders, M.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Washington DC (2016)
Examining children’s concepts of health related to backpack safety
Sanders, M.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Washington, DC (2016)
Designing classroom routines to promote physical activity in children
Sanders, M.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Chicago, IL (2016)
Developing an ergonomics process
Sanders, M.
Ergonomics Conference, Plenary Session, Cromwell, CT, CT Business and Industry Association (2016)
Academic Awards, Fellowships and Grants
Lifetime Achievement Award
Academic Award | 2019-2020
American Occupational Therapy Association
Sigma Xi Lectureship Subsidy Grant
Grant | 2019-2020
Sigma Xi Research Society