FSU Project to Provide Opioid Epidemic Assistance in Rural Communities Receives $1.3 Million Grant

School of Information Assistant Professor Margaret Sullivan is Co-Pi for the College of Social Work’s project “Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Centers (ROTA-R)” which recently earned a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project will work to provide technical assistance and training on opioid harm reduction and prevention …

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SCSD Associate Professor Awarded Research Grant from Korea Health Industry Development Institute

SCSD Associate Professor Awarded Research Grant from Korea Health Industry Development Institute

Dr. Yunjung Kim, Associate Professor from the School of Communication Science and Disorders, was recently awarded a research grant from Korea Health Industry Development Institute. This project, in collaboration with Human-AI-Information (HAII) in South Korea, aims to develop a smartphone-based, AI-assisted, and patient-driven speech rehabilitation software for people with dysarthria secondary to stroke and to examine its treatment efficacy.

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Project Led by Dr. Marcia Mardis on Rural Disaster Resiliency Hubs Presents at CIVIC Project Showcase in Washington DC

On September 22, Dr. Marcia A. Mardis and Ms. Jana Whitehead, a Calhoun County resident who has been working with FSU researchers, traveled to Washington DC to present the National Science Foundation (NSF) research project “Rural Resiliency Hubs: An Integrated, Community-Centered Approach to Addressing the Resiliency Divide through Rural Public Libraries.” The project, focused on …

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Collaborative Manuscript by the School of Communication Science and Disorders and the School of Teacher Education Accepted for Publication in LSHSS

Recently, the collaborative manuscript, “Practice-Based Coaching for Speech-Language Pathologists supporting Paraeducators and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants,” was accepted for publication in Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools (LSHHS), a flagship journal of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). This manuscript was led by Dr. Lindsay Dennis, associate professor in the School of Teacher Education and …

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SCSD Faculty Members Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Ellen Nimmons Receive $4,000 Translational Research Award

Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Ellen Nimmons

Recently Dr. Elizabeth Madden, School of Communication Science & Disorders (SCSD) Assistant Professor, and Ellen Nimmons, SCSD Faculty Clinical Supervisor, received a $4,000 SCSD Translation Research Award for collaborative research.  Dr. Madden explained “The award Ellen Nimmons and I received is a new award funded by the School of Communication Science and Disorders that encourages …

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