2025: Shelly J. Lane, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Shelly J. Lane is a professor and academic program director at Colorado State University (CSU), director of the CSU Sensory Integration, Play and Occupational Therapy Lab, and conjoint professor of cccupational therapy at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Her long research and teaching career has focused on topics linked to neuroscience foundations of childhood occupations and occupational challenges. She has mentored graduate students and colleagues for over 20 years, across five continents.  She has edited, co-authored and contributed to texts addressing sensory integration and processing, neuroscience applications to practice, and pediatric occupational therapy practice.