Aging and Neurocognition Lab

Lydia and FanTing attended the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association 58th Annual Convention to present their work. Lydia gave an oral presentation as part of the Student Initiated Research & Clinical Application (SIRCA) series entitled "Effects of Strategy-Based Cognitive Training in Mild Cognitive Impairment". FanTing presented a poster entitled "Language Output in Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease".

On October 7, the Alzheimer's Association hosted a Walk to End Alzheimer's here in Champaign (for more information about the Champaign walk click  here  or about the walks in general click  here ). Members of AANCL walked at the event to show our support for the cause! It was uplifting to see how many people care about ending this disease and hear about what people have done to help those who are suffering because of Alzheimer's. There was a great turnout with 429 participants this year! Shraddha, FanTing, Stephany, and Lydia walked to support the cause!

As part of the Saffran Student Scholar Award that Lydia received, she attended and presented a poster at the 12th Annual Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA). Her poster was titled "Cognitive and Neural Alterations in Age-Associated Hearing Loss".

Lydia, a PhD student in the lab, received the Saffran Student Scholar Award for the 12th Annual Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders at Temple University. The award will include: registration to the conference, lunch with Dr. Lana Shekim, attendance at a pre-conference dinner with the speakers, travel support for airfare, and hotel accommodations. Congratulations Lydia!

Shraddha, a PhD student in the lab, received an  Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award which includes complimentary registration to attend the 2017 ASHA Convention in Los Angeles, California in November 2017. For more information, please visit the SHS page here . 

FanTing, an undergraduate research assistant in the lab, received another award for her summer research. The Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) award aims to garner student interest in pursuing a PhD and academic careers, particularly in communication sciences and disorders. For more information about the award and the work FanTing will complete over the summer, please visit the SHS post here .

Andrew and Meghan, undergraduate research assistants in the lab, graduated from UIUC with degrees in Speech and Hearing Science! We are so proud of them and will miss having them in the lab. Good luck to you both on your future endeavors!