This summer, Florida State University’s School of Communication and Science Disorders (SCSD) hosted its inaugural six-week Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP). The program, designed by Dr. Elizabeth Madden and Faculty Clinical Supervisor Ellen Nimmons, focuses on utilizing a new clinical service delivery model to better the communication skills of those with aphasia.
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SCSD Hosts FSUs Inaugural Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program
SCSD Alumna Takes a Deep Dive Into Her New Research at Boston Medical Center
Morgan Raskin, a Florida State University (FSU) double alumna who earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD), is pursuing her PhD at the Mass General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Professions, where she works at the Boston Medical Center (BMC).
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Assistant Professor Published in Nature Genetics
Dr. Dillon Pruett, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD), was recently published in Nature Genetics for his “Large-scale genome-wide analysis of stuttering” study. “One of the most significant impacts of our work is the potential to reduce the stigma and shame often associated with stuttering,” Pruett said. Pruett and …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Associate Professors Receive 5-Year $5 Million Grant from the HHS
SCSD Associate Professors Andrea Barton-Hulsey and Michelle Therrien, along with their research team, received a 5-year $5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Doctoral Students and Faculty Present at the SSSR Conference
On July 16-19, 2025, eight doctoral students and faculty from the School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) conference in Calgary, Canada.
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Director Awarded ASHA Fellowship
The School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) is celebrating its director, Dr. Carla Wood, who was named a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) on July 15, 2025.
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Professor Receives Grant from FSU’s Institute of Pediatric Rare Diseases
Kelly Farquharson, Professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Institute of Pediatric Rare Diseases (IPRD) for her work, “Developing the Scoring for Expressive Evaluation and Diagnosis (SEED) paradigm for pediatric speech disorders.”
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