Faculty of the Department of Occupational Therapy Education

Allison M. Kabel, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

NIH Post Doctoral Fellowship in Aging and Urban Health
Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University

PhD in Anthropology, with specialization in Medical Anthropology
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Research Interests: Cultural construction of health, illness and disability, end-of-life care, the hospice movement and personhood. Also areas of study include spinal cord injury, hip fracture, optimal healing environments (OHEs) and alternative medicine.