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Marianne H. Mortera, PhD, OTR/L

Associate Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brooklyn, New York, United States

Marianne H. Mortera, PhD, OTR/L, received her MA and PhD in Occupational Therapy degrees from New York University. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, School of Health, at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Dr. Mortera has been an occupational therapist for 36 years with clinical expertise in brain injury rehabilitation. Her clinical work experience started in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Mount Sinai Hospital and The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center. Her research has focused on the return to productivity in OEF/OIF Veterans with TBI and PTSD and a review of complementary integrative medicine practices in TBI rehabilitation. She has also developed and initially tested the Mortera Cognitive Screening Measure and the Cognitive Screen for Grooming. Currently, her research interests include systematic reviews of pharmacological interventions and cognitive/functional/ADL outcomes and yoga interventions in TBI rehabilitation. Dr. Mortera has authored book chapters and publications on brain injury rehabilitation, cognitive assessment and rehabilitation, and occupational therapy assessment and treatment guidelines. Dr. Mortera has 34 years of experience as an occupational therapy faculty member in entry-level and post-professional education programs where she has mentored student research projects and has developed and taught courses in neuroscience, kinesiology, neurorehabilitation, physical disabilities, cognitive rehabilitation, medical conditions, the development of clinical practice guidelines, theory, research methods, and applied scientific inquiry at New York University, Long Island University, Columbia University, Mercy College, A.T. Still University, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and Nova Southeastern University. She is a continuing education provider and has presented extensively, nationally and internationally, on neuroscience underlying occupational therapy intervention and the development of cognitive assessments using the Structured Functional Cognitive Assessment method.

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