New ANCDS Board Members 2019
Welcome to the new ANCDS Board Members! |
Please help us congratulate the newest additions to the ANCDS Board, beginning their terms in 2019:
Welcome to the new ANCDS Board Members! |
Please help us congratulate the newest additions to the ANCDS Board, beginning their terms in 2019:
President's Message |
Welcome to the summer ANCDS newsletter. I hope that you've had an enjoyable summer and have been able to take advantage of our podcasts, webinars (live and on-demand), and annual meeting recordings. As you are planning your fall and winter schedules, be sure to look for upcoming webinars and mark your calendars for the ANCDS Scientific Meeting in Boston on November 14th.
Member Spotlight: Esther Kim, PhD, CCC-SLP |
In each newsletter, we will feature an ANCDS member. This quarter we're talking with Esther Kim, PhD, CCC-SLP, an Associate Professor and Director of the Aphasia Research Lab at the University of Alberta. Esther's areas of expertise include cognitive mechanisms underlying language processing in aphasia and healthy aging; developing treatment approaches for aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders.
Member Spotlight: Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, PhD |
In each newsletter, we will feature an ANCDS member. This quarter we're talking with Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, PhD, a Clinician Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Catherine's areas of expertise include cognitive rehabilitation neuroscience, basic science to clinical applications, cognitive-communication disorders, the role of sleep in neuroplasticity, cognition and neuro-recovery. Her clinical and research interests include cognitive-communication disorders in vulnerable populations (youth and adults in the criminal justice system, women survivors of intimate partner violence); and cognitive-communication and return to learn for students with mTBI/concussion and persistent symptoms.
Member Spotlight: Kelly Knollman-Porter, PhD, CCC-SLP |
In each newsletter, we will feature an ANCDS member. This quarter we're talking with Kelly Knollman-Porter, PhD, CCC-SLP, an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Speech Pathology & Audiology and Director of the Concussion Management Program at Miami University.
We are back with another installment of the ANCDS podcast, and we are inviting you to listen in!
Speaker: Mark D'Esposito, MD
Director, Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center University of California, Berkeley, CA
Speaker: Kathy Hardin, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIST
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Welcome to the team, Sarah! |
We are very fortunate that Sarah Wallace, Ph.D., has joined the ANCDS Communications Committee and is now co-editor of the ANCDS Newsletter. Many of you know Sarah because she is your colleague, mentor, committee member, or running partner. Sarah is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the Adult Language and Cognition clinic in the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wallace also directs the Communication and Cognition Lab at Duquesne. She has published extensively in the areas of multi modal communication and aphasia along with other publications in the area of neurogenic communication disorders.
Honors of the Academy |
This year, the Academy of Neurologic Disorders and Sciences recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to people who have neurologic communication disorders and to the professionals who work with them for more than 40 years. In a career that has encompassed clinical and academic settings, this person has served as clinician, administrator, teacher, researcher, consultant, and mentor. Our honoree is someone who has provided service and leadership in the workplace and in professional associations. This individual’s work is widely respected, as evidenced by productive collaborations with colleagues in many disciplines.
The distinguished recipient of the 2017 ANCDS Honors:
Student Fellow Interview |
Ryan S. Husak, MS, CCC-SLP
Doctoral Candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Kentucky
Student Fellow Interview |
Jenni Shafer, MS
Doctoral student in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Student Fellow Interview |
Kristen Ackley, B.A., B.S.
Master’s Student at Pennsylvania State University
ANCDS Student Fellow Program |
Congratulations to the newest group of ANCDS student fellows. These rising stars are sure to go on to do great things! Thanks to the mentors who volunteer to support these students
at the conference and beyond. And special thanks to the membership committee for organizing a wonderful program.
President's Message |
Welcome to the first ANCDS newsletter of 2018. It is my privilege to be serving as president this year and I am looking forward to helping advance the important work of our organization. I’d like to extend my gratitude to our Past-President, Richard Peach, for his invaluable efforts on our behalf last year. Thanks to his leadership, our operations have been substantially improved.
Committee Updates |
Education and Standards Committee:
One of the major roles of the Education and Standards Committee is to develop and implement the educational program for the Annual Scientific and Business Meeting. In completing this task for the 2017 meeting in Los Angeles, the committee members (Jennifer Horner, Isabel Hubbard, Diana Petroi, Gail Pashek, JoAnn Silkes and myself) discussed several themes. When identifying appropriate themes, the committee considered previous meetings topics, survey results from attendees of the 2016 meeting, potential presenters from the California regional area, guidance from the ANCDS Board liaison to the committee (Julie Wambaugh), and the collective knowledge of the committee.
We are back with another installment of the ANCDS podcast, and we are inviting you to listen in!
Finance Committee:
Jacqueline Laures-Gore was selected in April as Committee Chair for the new ANCDS Finance Committee. Committee members include Rebecca Shisler Marshall, Melissa Duff, Hsinhuei Sheen Chiou, and Sarah Schellinger. The committee has begun to develop ideas to help ANCDS increase revenue to support its mission and subsequent activities.
Dear Members, I hope you all have been enjoying this fine summer. But for any of you who have been affected by the severe floods, fires, tornadoes, or heat that we’ve witnessed this summer, please accept my best wishes that you’ve found the help and support you may have needed to get through the challenges these events have created.