This February, first year MS SLP student Elizabeth Evans presented her work on African American Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease and the role of connected speech analysis. Her presentation included information from Gina …
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Dr. Mueller Featured on Dementia Matters Podcast
This month, Dr. Nathaniel Chin and Dr. Kimberly Mueller discussed cognitive health on Dr. Chin’s podcast Dementia Matters. The podcast episode focuses on the positive impact of cognitively stimulating activities and social engagement. To learn …
CCANDL lab awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment seed grant
The CCANDL lab has been awarded the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment seed grant for their project Improving Communication Quality of Life for Individuals with Memory Loss. Through this project we aim to determine the feasibility of …
Elizabeth Evans Presents Research to Black Leaders for Brain Health
First-year MS-SLP student Elizabeth Evans and CCANDL Research Assistant presented her research to Black Leaders for Brain Health on “Understanding Speech Changes in Aging and Cognitive Decline in African American Adults: Creation of New Methods …
Presentation with Wisconsin ADRC
At a recent “Healthy Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment” class, Dr. Kimberly Mueller described how enhancing cognitive and social engagement can positively influence cognition and quality of life. The YouTube video can be found here: …
Lab Member Receives Friends of WSHA Scholarship
Lab member Cassandra Peters received the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association’s Friends of WSHA Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to one chosen graduate student in the field of speech-language pathology or …
CCANDL Members Join Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Members of CCANDL raised awareness for Alzheimer’s research and care by walking in the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s. It was a great day to come together and show our support for a wonderful …
Saturday Training Day
CCANDL lab members gave up a Saturday morning to work on speech/language transcription training. Elizabeth Villanueva, MS CFY-SLP and Erin Hackett, MS CFY-SLP expertly crafted and ran this training day.
CCANDL Project Awarded Funding from ADRC
This August, CCANDL received exciting news from the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC). The Wisconsin ADRC announced the two projects it would award funding to for its Developmental Project award, and one of CCANDL’s …
CCANDL’s Kimberly Mueller Presents our Scientific Findings at AAIC
On July 16th, 2019, Dr. Kimberly Mueller presented some of CCANDL’s scientific findings at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2019 (AAIC) in Los Angeles. While CCANDL studies multiple areas of communication, Dr. Mueller specifically …