Patricia Davies, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA
Associate Professor
Dr. Davies is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and has a joint appointment with the Department of Psychology at Colorado State University. She received her BS in OT at Colorado State University, and her MS and PhD in Neuroscience and Developmental Psychology at the University of Wyoming. She taught at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, for six years before coming to CSU in the fall of 2000. Patti has 20 years of experience as a pediatric occupational therapist.
Dr. Davies is Director of the Human Development Laboratory at CSU. The focus of her research is to understand the development of neurophysiological mechanisms that underlie cognitive and motor behaviors in children with and without disorders. By using electroencephalography (EEG), event-related potentials (ERPs), and behavioral testing, she is able to relate brain activity to sensory and cognitive functional performance. Along with Co-Director, Dr. William Gavin, and numerous graduate and undergraduate students, they have collected EEG and behavioral data on over 400 children and adolescents.
Dr. Davies has recently published articles in American Journal of Occupational Therapy, OTJR: Occupational, Participation and Health, Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, Developmental Neuropsychology, Brain and Cognition, Biological Psychology and Psychophysiology. Patti has served on the editorial boards for American Journal of Occupational Therapy, OTJR, and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, and reviews EEG/ERP articles for journals such as Psychophysiology, European Journal of Pediatric Neurology and Biological Psychiatry. Her research is funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Wallace Research Foundation. She has presented her research on sensory processing and cognitive event-related potentials at international conferences and invited venues in Spain, Japan, Portugal and Canada. Patti regularly presents her research at national conferences such as the Society for Neuroscience, Society for Psychophysiological Research, Society for Research in Child Development, and American Occupational Therapy Association.
For more information about her current research and past research projects, visit her Human Development Laboratory website at http://brainwaves.colostate.edu/.
When Patti has time away from teaching and research, she enjoys skiing, cycling, and gardening.
