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Alexia Metz, Ph.D., OTR/L

Professor
Program Director, Occupational Therapy
School of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
HH 2102C
Mail Stop 119
419.530.6692
alexia.metz@utoledo.edu
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Bio
Dr. Metz trained as an occupational therapist at Eastern Michigan University (’95) and practiced in several clinical settings, primarily with children. She earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Northwestern University (’06). She joined the faculty at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· in 2007 and has been serving as the Program Director since 2020. Her research interests include occupational therapy approaches to maximize participation for children—especially children’s play and infants’ Tummy Time—through family-centered practice.