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ASHA 2024 awards and abstract acceptance 

Dr. Kim was selected to receive the Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) from the the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). THE ASHA AARC Awards supports the academic-research careers of early career faculty in the discipline of commnication sciences and disorders. Dr.Kim was part of just ten recipients.   

Congratulations to lab members Marcy and Diana on their work (Title: "Examining the Role of Attention During Video Narration in Aphasia") being accepted to the ASHA conference this year. This work has been a collaboration with LASER lab and Dr. Manaswita Dutta from Portland State University. Another collaboration of Dr. Kim鈥檚 with Johns Hopkins University (Title: "Written Picture Descriptions Distinguish Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia") was also accepted to the ASHA conference. Kudos to everyone on their achievement!

34th Annual USF Health Research Day (March 1, 2024)  

Diana Perez and other lab members (Emma Ford & Brijhan Burke) presented on "Discourse Production and its Relationship with Executive Functions in Persons with Aphasia". 

Research Assisants at USF Health Research Day

Natalie Guzman and Sienna Tyson presented on "Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Communication Skills in Individuals with Aphasia".

Research Assisants at USF Health Research Day

 

Scholarship Awardees

Congratulations Marcy and Sarah for receiving the research scholarships for Spring 2024!

Scholarship Article Link

Scholarship Awardees

 

fNirs Training 

LASER LAB's students participated in an fNIRS training at 91社区 . 

fNIRS Training