Bio

Dr. Satvika Garg is the Scientific Programs Officer at the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF).  In this role, she develops, implements, manages, and evaluates the Foundation’s scientific programs and serves as the AOTF’s scientific programs representative to the stakeholder groups such as the AOTA, NBCOT, external scientific community, organizations, associations, governmental agencies, and academic institutions. She oversees the fiscal and programmatic accountability of scientific programs and serves on the leadership team of the Foundation that advises the CEO. Additionally, she monitors the external environment for priorities and opportunities that build research capacity and advance the science of occupational therapy. Prior to joining the AOTF, Dr. Garg worked as an Occupational Therapist/Research Collaborator at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC from 2015-2021 and as an Adjunct Faculty/ Teaching Assistant at New York University, NY from 2009-2014. Dr. Garg obtained her PhD in occupational therapy from New York University (NYU), NY and received her MS in OT from Tufts University, MA.