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was well-represented last week at the 2026 Annual Rehabilitation Research Retreat! Pictured: Research Associate Prof...
08/17/2026

was well-represented last week at the 2026 Annual Rehabilitation Research Retreat! Pictured: Research Associate Professor, Dr. Lea Sayce, lead a talk titled "Deriving precision medicine targets for voice disorders: mapping tissue level changes to fluid structure interaction models", and Associate Professor, Dr. Samantha Hauser, a talk titled "Precision Diagnostics for Sensorineural Hearing Loss".

Additionally, Associate Professors Dr. Mandy Hampton Wray and Dr. Will Evans led breakout sessions in their research areas, and Dr. Evans gave a talk titled "Developing a social gaming digital therapeutic for aphasia".

Pleased to share a new scoping review in The Laryngoscope, first-authored by CSD doctoral student Ekaterina (Katia) Brun...
08/13/2026

Pleased to share a new scoping review in The Laryngoscope, first-authored by CSD doctoral student Ekaterina (Katia) Bruno. Across 12 studies (610,213 patients), they found evidence of both new-onset and worsening OSA following ACDF. Proposed contributors and directions for future work were also discussed.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lary.70806

Big congratulations to Suheyla Yoksuloglu, MA-SLP Class of 2027, on her selection for ASHA’s Student Leadership Progra...
08/11/2026

Big congratulations to Suheyla Yoksuloglu, MA-SLP Class of 2027, on her selection for ASHA’s Student Leadership Program (MSLP)! Suheyla earned a spot in this competitive, limited-cohort program and will spend six days at the ASHA Convention in Indianapolis this November learning and connecting with master’s, AuD, and PhD students from programs across the country. We’re so excited to see what comes next for her!

08/05/2026

UPMC Audiology is looking to expand their terrific group of audiologists. If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please email Catherine Palmer ([email protected])

One full-time and one half-time Audiologist UPMC Bay Front (Erie, PA)

One full-time Audiologist, New Castle, PA

One full-time Audiologist, Butler, PA

One full-time Audiologist, Wexford, PA (and UPMC Passavant)

A BIG congratulations to Dr. Hari Bharadwaj who was promoted to Associate Professor, awarded tenure in The Department of...
07/27/2026

A BIG congratulations to Dr. Hari Bharadwaj who was promoted to Associate Professor, awarded tenure in The Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh!!

A BIG congratulations to Dr. Leah Helou who was promoted to Associate Professor, awarded tenure in The Department of Com...
07/27/2026

A BIG congratulations to Dr. Leah Helou who was promoted to Associate Professor, awarded tenure in The Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh!!

Please welcome Caroline Diem from Hershey, PA to the SLP program! Caroline is excited to learn more during her clinic...
07/13/2026

Please welcome Caroline Diem from Hershey, PA to the SLP program! Caroline is excited to learn more during her clinical placement and working hands on! A fun fact about Caroline is she raised a dog at Penn State who is now a bomb dog for the US Marshals!

Please welcome Caroline to Pitt CSD!🎉

Please welcome Kassidy Georgevich from Levittown, PA to the SLP Program! Kassidy is excited for the clinical experien...
07/13/2026

Please welcome Kassidy Georgevich from Levittown, PA to the SLP Program! Kassidy is excited for the clinical experiences to come and meeting new people!

Please welcome Kassidy to Pitt CSD!🎉

PhD candidate, Candace van der Stelt, published a first-author manuscript highlighting a Clinical Trial Protocol in Dr...
07/10/2026

PhD candidate, Candace van der Stelt, published a first-author manuscript highlighting a Clinical Trial Protocol in Dr. Will Evans' Language Rehab and Cognition Lab. The trial investigates how implementing adaptive naming deadlines in anomia treatment impacts post-stroke aphasia recovery!

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/5/e116172

Dr. Kendrea Garand is excited to share her new study in Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders! S...
07/10/2026

Dr. Kendrea Garand is excited to share her new study in Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders! She explored how simulation-based training with an aspiration screening tool and bolus testing built graduate dietetics students' skills and confidence in providing dysphagia care!

https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/tlcsd/vol10/iss1/19/

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