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 …
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.