As one of the nation’s most forward-thinking institutions, UF’s tradition of innovation has produced a wide range of breakthroughs and new technologies. But it also created more — a community that brings research and business together to inspire people to think bigger. [button url=”http://www.ufl.edu” style=”normal”]Visit Their Site[/button]…
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 182,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students. [button url=”http://www.asha.org” style=”normal”]Visit Their Site[/button]…
The AHA is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. Founded by six cardiologists in 1924, they now have more than 22.5 million volunteers and supporters. The AHA funds innovative research, fights for stronger public health policies, and provides critical tools and information…
Through collaborations with other VA program offices, Federal partners, state partners, and rural communities, the VHA Office of Rural Health works to optimize the use of available and emerging technologies, establish new access points to care, and employ strategies to increase health care options for all rural Veterans. [button url=”http://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/”…
On October 23, 2014, a total of five presentations were given from the NSSR Lab at the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS) annual meeting at the beautiful Sandpearl Resort in Clearwater Florida. NSSR research students and clinicians Stephanie Watts, Lauren Tabor, Raele Robison, Michelle Rosado, and Dr. Plowman each gave scientific…
[lead]Nutrition and Feeding Tube Placement for PALS: Best Practice in Clinical Decision Making[/lead] Dr. Plowman’s thoughts on best practices for feeding tube placement in people with ALS (PALS) were recently featured in an online article published in the popular online center ‘Dysphagia Café’. [button url=”http://www.dysphagiacafe.com/2014/10/23/nutrition-and-feeding-tube-placement-for-people-with-als-best-practice-in-clinical-decision-making/” style=”normal”]Read the Article on Dysphagia…
Third year NSSR doctoral Student Stephanie Randall Watts passed her Doctoral Competency Examination and officially became a Doctoral Candidate this month. Watts research is focused on understanding the relationship between cough, airway protection and swallowing function. The lab celebrated her success with a surprise party during our weekly journal club…
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts and supports research in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language. [button url=”http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx” style=”normal”]Visit Their Site[/button]…
In pursuit of its broad mission, the NICHD conducts and supports laboratory research, clinical trials, and epidemiological studies that explore health processes; examines the impact of disabilities, diseases, and variations on the lives of individuals; and sponsors training programs for scientists, health care providers, and researchers to ensure that NICHD…
Milan, Italy Dr. Emily Plowman and Research Therapist Michelle Rosado visited the Neuromuscular Omnicomprehensive Center (NEMO) in Milan, Italy on May 19th where Dr. Plowman was invited to speak about her research in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The NEMO institute is housed within the largest hospital complex in Europe and…
