Shaila Kennedy

Shaila Kennedy, BS is a graduate of UNC Charlotte with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Minor in Gerontology. Drawing on her extensive experience providing care to older adults in the assisted living and community-based settings combined with her knowledge of gerontology, Shaila has found a passion to become an occupational therapist. She brings these experiences as a caregiver as well as her expertise in gerontology to the Rehabilitation Health Services Research lab to ensure these perspectives are embedded in our work. In the future, she aspires to promote more accessible goal-oriented and holistic care for older adults in various senior housing communities. She joined the lab in 2019