Cherie Blackwell, OTD, OTR/L, CHT

Dr. Blackwell teaches specialty topics in the Intervention I, Intervention III, and Movement courses. Topics include motor function, sensory function, physical agent modalities, orthotics, hand therapy, outpatient therapy, work, and lifestyle medicine. In addition, she is a mentor for student research and capstone projects.

She has clinical experience in a variety of practice settings including acute inpatient, outpatient, work hardening, mental health, and home health. Her primary practice areas focus on hand therapy, occupational health, and outpatient rehabilitation of neurological clients.

Her research interests include hand therapy, lifestyle medicine, workplace wellness, pain management, vision, and stroke rehabilitation. Her doctoral capstone topic was Enhancing participation in community gardening: A community-built occupational therapy program.

Dr. Blackwell has current licensure in Iowa and has been a certified hand therapist since 2006.

Philips, E., Blackwell, C., Phares, S., Cleveland, C., & Fowler, E. (2020, October 15). The role of OT in family practice center group visits for chronic disease management [Virtual conference presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Education Summit.

Blackwell, C., Cary, K. A., Holst, K. L., Mandle, K. M., & Dryg, L. (2018, April 20). Dynavision normative data for reaction time [Poster presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Blackwell, C., Cary, K., Holst, K., Mandle, K., Dryg, L., Clemens, S., Lemke, J.H., Castro, S., Hendricks, E., & Kelly, R. (2020). Brief Report-Dynavision normative data for healthy adults: Reaction test program. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74, 1-6. https://doi.org/ 10.5014/ajot.2020.036251