Patients with trouble swallowing following a stroke or other medical event are more likely to die in the hospital, and had longer and more expensive hospital stays, according to analysis led by researchers from the …
2017 News
Susan Thibeault, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Receives 2017 ASHA Honors of the Association
Susan Thibeault, professor of Surgery, holds the Diane M. Bless Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology and a joint appointment in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Thibeault received 2017 Honors of the Association from …
Susan Ellis Weismer, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Receives 2017 ASHA Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publication
Susan Ellis Weismer, Oros-Bascom Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and principal investigator at the Waisman Center, received the 2017 Alfred K. Kawana Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This award, named after the …
Jon Miller, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Receives 2017 ASHA Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award
Jon F. Miller, Emeritus Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, received the 2017 Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation. This award honors exemplary contributions to science and practice. Dr. Miller …
Sriram Boothalingam, Ph.D., FAAA, Featured by UW-Madison
Sriram Boothalingam, Ph.D., FAAA, and his research efforts were recently featured in the UW-Madison New Faculty Focus Series. Congratulations Sriram on this recognition by UW-Madison. Read the full UW-Madison article
CSD Graduate Students Join in the Degree Dash
Several CSD graduate students participated in the 2017 Graduate School Degree Dash. Over 650 graduate students, family members, faculty, and staff got their semester off to a fast start! Doctoral Derby racers completed a 5.7 …
Katie Hustad, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Featured by the OVCRGE
Katie Hustad, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and her research efforts were recently featured by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE). Congratulations Katie on this recognition by the OVCRGE. Read the full OVCRGE …
Signs of Summer
Students enrolled in the CSD American Sign Language summer course described their experience in this University Communications feature publication.
Au.D. Students Awarded American Academy of Audiology Foundation Scholarships
Congratulations to fourth year Au.D. student Kayla Berg, who was awarded the American Academy of Audiology Foundation‘s Patient Quality of Life Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to one student in the United States who shows exceptional …
Learning to Talk Like a Woman (or Man)
Heather Krug, M.A., CCC-SLP, was recently featured in the New York Times article Learning to Talk Like a Woman (or Man), discussing voice therapy in transgender men and women.