Welcome to the Brain in Swallowing & Communication (BiSC) Lab!

PI: Rachel Mulheren, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

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BiSC Lab Publication Theresa Lee

Theresa Lee was a research assistant and lab manager while at CWRU, and graduated in the Spring of 2022 with a double major in Communication Sciences and Psychology, with a minor in Spanish. She recently completed her master's degree in speech-language pathology graduate from Columbia University, Teachers College.   For her...

BiSC Lab Publication Tara Dickinson

Tara Dickinson graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Fall 2021 with majors in Communication Sciences and Psychology and a minor in Public Health. She is currently a Speech-Language Pathology graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in Voice. For her senior capstone project, Tara collected survey...

Tara, who graduated in December 2021, completed her project on SLP education in gender diverse clients. Tara, who is a current fourth year student, completed her project on genetic taster status.

Undergraduate Capstone Projects

                    What is your capstone project on and what made you interested in this subject? Theresa: My literature review focused on the effects of genetic taster status on swallowing. Before, I had heard about supertasters such as people who find chocolate extremely bitter or fruit extremely sweet, and thought that was...