Reflexões sobre uma trajetória na Terapia Ocupacional

This text is part of the memorial presented as a requirement of the contest for full professor positionin Occupational Therapy at the School of Medicine from the University of Sao Paulo. The reflections presentedaim to trace the trajectory contextualized in different periods and institutions where the writer has worked, andhow they have blended with the academic development of Occupational Therapy itself. The text also seeks todiscuss the solidification process of the writer’s training as a researcher and the results arisen thereof. Thesecourses were built on research and culminated in the Mental Health and Work search line and its interfaces withOccupational Therapy. Across the text, the academic and scientific development in the field of occupationaltherapy is reflected and, finally, discussions are pointed out on the necessary consolidation of the area in researchand graduate studies and, therefore, in the dissemination of knowledge by publications indexed and relevant tothe field. The text is both a personal account and a true representation of the profession development in Brazilin the past thirty years