CCANDL’s Rachael Look has been working over the past year to create a new study for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Evidence suggests that dance classes may have benefits for people with Mild Cognitive …
Hannah Belay Receives Poster Award
This year, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) granted CCANDL’s Hannah Belay an award for her poster “Communication Behaviors Manifested as Episodes of Lucidity in Persons Living with Dementia: A Scoping Review”. The award is …
Elizabeth Evans Receives American Speech-Language Hearing Association Award
This fall, CCANDL received exciting news from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA); Elizabeth Evans’s poster “Cookie Theft Analysis & Development of New Stimuli for Picture Description Among Diverse Populations” was granted the “Meritorious Poster …
CCANDL Presents at AAIC 2020
This summer, CCANDL presented our research at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC). The conference, which was scheduled to take place in Amsterdam, was reorganized to be online due to COVID-19. Dr. Kimberly Mueller presented …
Congrats to Cassandra Peters!
This May, CCANDL’s Cassandra Peters graduated from University of Wisconsin – Madison. Peters graduated from the Masters of Science program in Speech Language Pathology from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. CCANDL is sad …
Hannah Belay Receives Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
On March 9th, CCANDL’s Hannah Belay, a third year undergraduate student in Communication Sciences and Disorders received a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the 2020-2021 school year to continue her study of …
CCANDL Presents at ADRD
On Thursday March 5th, CCANDL members Hannah Belay, Cassandra Peters, Elizabeth Evans, and Audra Koscik presented their work at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Day.
CCANDL Member Elizabeth Evans Wins Best Poster Award
On March 5th, Elizabeth Evans, first-year graduate student in Communication Sciences and Disorders, won the Best Graduate Student Poster Award at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Day. Elizabeth’s poster, entitled “Validation of …
Elizabeth Evans Presents at Prosem
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 …
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 …