Students in the Department of Communicative Disorders presented research posters at the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association Annual Conference in Stevens Point, WI in February.
The research posters were judged in seven categories.
Students from UW-Madison won the following awards:
- Cynthia Chow - tied 1st place; Hearing Basic Science: Chow received her Bachelor's degree in Communicative Disorders from UW-Milwaukee in 2009 and is a second year graduate student in the Doctor of Audiology program at UW-Madison. She is a student audiologist in the Abbeduto Laboratory and graduate student researcher in the Gubbels Laboratory, both at the Waisman Center. She greatly enjoys her research experiences and plans to continue researching in the future.
- Laura Grant - 2nd place; Voice Basic Science Research: Grant received her bachelor’s of
Laura Grantscience in biopsychology from the University of Michigan in 2002. She is currently a second year MS/PhD student in communicative disorders and is interested in the neuronal mechanisms underlying cranial sensorimotor deficits associated with Parkinson disease.
Megan Gross
- Megan Gross -1st place Language/Cognition Science: Gross is a second-year MS/PhD student in Communicative Disorders. She worked as a project assistant for Dr. Jan Edwards on a study of factors influencing the ability to code-switch in children who speak African-American English. She is currently working as a project assistant for Dr. Margarita Kaushanskaya on a study of word learning and memory in Spanish-English bilingual children.
Corinne JonesCorinne Jones - 1st place; Swallow Clinical Science and Cognitive Basic Science: Jones earned her Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from UW-Madison in 2010 and her Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics from Boston University in 2008. She is currently in her Clinical Fellowship in the UW Hospital and Clinics' Voice & Swallow Clinic, focusing on dysphagia evaluation and treatment in the acute inpatient population. She also is working as the research manager for Dr. Tim McCulloch, whose research focus centers around High-Resolution Pharyngeal Manometry.
Nick LiimattaNick Liimatta - tied 1st place; Hearing Basic Science: Liimatta is currently a 3rd-year Au.D. student at UW-Madison. He graduated with distinction from UW-Madison's undergraduate communicative disorders program in 2008. He is an active member in the Student Academy of Audiology. He will be spending his fourth-year externship in the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
Jamie Shier
- Jaime Shier - 3rd place; Voice Basic Science Research: Jaime received her undergraduate degree in biology with a focus on neurobiology at UW-Madison. She is currently lab manager and research associate in Dr. Michelle Ciucci’s laboratory. Her current research includes studying the effects of aging on laryngeal sensorimotor function. In her spare time, she loves to try out new recipes, as well as ballroom dance.
Ryan SovinskiRyan Sovinski - 1st place Clinical Speech and Voice: Sovinski received her undergraduate degrees from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She is currently a second year graduate student at UW-Madison majoring in Communicative Disorders. She volunteers with at-risk school-aged children, she's an active member of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Upon graduation in the spring 2011, she will be working in a pediatric private practice serving children in the Birth to Three program and school-aged children.
