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New ARHP President Hazel L. Breland, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Will Focus on Interprofessional Collaboration

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ACR@Work: What activities do you make time for outside of your professional work?

Dr. Breland: Family, faith and food are important aspects of my life outside of work. I am very close to my immediate family; we spend a lot of time together. I’m the head chef in the family for major holidays, and I love preparing meals for my family and friends. These meals usually consist of seafood, potatoes and pasta—all my favorites. I am an early morning power walker, and I’m loving the slightly cooler weather fall brings so that I can enjoy my walks outdoors. Because I commute about 100 miles between my hometown of Walterboro to Charleston for work, I spend a lot of time enjoying music (which I love, love, love) and keeping up with news and new interests through podcasts and audiobooks.

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Carina Stanton is a freelance science journalist based in Denver.

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