Namrata Grampurohit, PhD, OTR/L
She / Her / Hers / Herself
Associate Professor
She / Her / Hers / Herself
Associate Professor
RESEARCH & PRACTICE INTERESTS
Outcomes, Assessment & Measurement
Research Methods
Occupational Therapy
Rehabilitation in Neurological Conditions
Education
PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
MOTh, University of Mumbai, India
BOTh, University of Mumbai, India
Publications
- Parents’ Perceptions of Eye-Gaze Technology Use by Children With Complex Communication Needs
- A Pilot Feasibility Trial of an Upper Extremity Assistive System
- Sleep Management within Skilled Nursing Facilities: A Practice Survey
- Neuromotor prosthetic to treat stroke-related paresis: N-of-1 trial
- Developing guiding principles for technology-based rehabilitation program by engaging people with motor incomplete tetraplegia
TEACHING
Integrative Research Seminar
Certifications
OTR/L - Occupational Therapist Registered & Licensed
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Namrata Grampurohit is an occupational therapist and holds an academic appointment in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences as an Associate Professor. She completed her occupational therapy training in India at the University of Mumbai where she worked with children with neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy and autism. She is multilingual with fluency in English, Hindi, and Marathi. After moving to the United States, she worked full time as a clinical staff occupational therapist in Seattle, WA in the areas of acute care, critical care, inpatient rehabilitation, and skilled nursing. She completed her PhD in 2016 at the University of Washington, Seattle with her dissertation focused on assessment of hand function in people with neurological conditions.
Dr. Grampurohit’s research interests include scale validation and development for different kinds of performance assessments, observational tests, and questionnaires. Her recent grants are in the spinal cord injury population through the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. The research areas include developing an intervention fidelity measure of coaching, and validation of remote assessment of function.
Dr. Grampurohit will be teaching research methods courses within JCPH in the PhD program and actively working on research projects with students and faculty.