It is with immense pride that we congratulate Dr. Lauren Tabor on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation and becoming the first PhD graduate of our laboratory! If you have not gathered from our previous posts where we have highlighted her accolades, Lauren has been an extremely productive member of the…
On March 22, 2017, PhD student Raele Robison presented her poster “Relationship Between Self-Rated Communication Effectiveness and Disease Severity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” at the 1st Annual Diversity Graduate Research Symposium. She was awarded first place in the Biological Sciences division at this event. More details about the event can…
And the award goes to… …but first, a little backstory. On Friday, March 17th, Raele Robison, Ph.D. student and mentee of Dr. Emily Plowman, presented her poster “Respiratory Strength Exercise Program Improves Pulmonary, Cough and Lingual Physiologic Reserve in an Individual with C9orf72 ALS”. This poster was funded by a…
We are delighted to celebrate the admission of Alayna Ernster into the Rehabilitation Science PhD program in the College of Public Health and Health Professions here at the University of Florida for Fall 2017. As part of her admission, Alayna was awarded the Dean’s Office Scholarship Award, a highly competitive…
Lauren Tabor a second year doctoral student in the Swallowing System’s Core working with Dr. Emily Plowman was recently featured in the University of Florida student spotlight! Check it out at: http://rehabsci.phhp.ufl.edu/2016/08/23/lauren-tabor/ …
Joy Gaziano was presented with the 2014 American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders Award for her research investigating factors affecting return to oral intake in head and neck cancer patients post-endoscopic lumen restoration. Joy was presented with this award at the national Dysphagia Research Society meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK Two research presentations from the NSSR Lab were given at the Cutting edge Laryngology conference held at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Doctoral student Amanda Domer won best platform scientific presentation for her research on the effects of aspirated thickened water in…
NSSR doctoral Students Amanda Domer and Stephanie Watts were selected to present their research at the Statewide Graduate Research Day in Tampa, Florida. This event featured subject division winners from each university in the state of Florida, therefore showcased the top graduate students in Florida. At this event, Stephanie Watts…
Seattle, Washington Joy Gaziano, Emily Plowman and Stephanie Watts all gave research presentations at the 21 st Dysphagia Research Society meeting in Seattle Washington. Dr. Plowman and Gaziano were invited speakers on specialist panels were they spoke about the utility of stem cells for treatment of the damaged tongue and…
