The Aphasia Journal Club meets online every Friday. It's a great opportunity to discuss not only language and aphasia—a language deficit that often follows stroke—but also clinical research in general.
Paola and Edmund share how the Hollis Lab is adapting to working at home and back in the lab to carry on their research mission during the pandemic. Paula expresses, “I am proud of this lab because it motivates its employees to do better, every day.”
National Institutes of Health Research Infrastructure Programs
The Burke Neurological Institute has been awarded a grant of more than a half a million dollars from the National Institutes of Health Research Infrastructure Programs.
NEI-funded research is aimed at objectively evaluating what people living with low vision due to cerebral (cortical) visual impairment (CVI) can and cannot see, especially in situations where a significant intellectual disability interferes with the ability to communicate or read an eye chart.
As a part of our “Unstoppable” series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Kathleen Friel. Dr. Friel was born with cerebral palsy (CP), a neurological disability that affects her speech, walking, and fine motor skills. As she grew up, Kathleen’s interest in science blossomed.
