BiSC Lab will be collaborating on a multisite study, "Determining an optimal delivery method for tongue strengthening during swallowing rehabilitation: Building a framework for clinical practice." This study is funded by Encompass Health and headed by principal investigator Dr. Sarah Szynkiewicz at Samford University. Co-investigators include Dr. Erin Kamarunas...
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Get to know our current lab members Tara Dickinson, Theresa Lee, Marissa Lahr, and Mackenzie Minner!
What made you want to work in the CSD field?
Tara: Speech-language pathology combines several of my passions: helping people, communication, and vocal anatomy. I'm looking forward to a career where I can problem solve...
Bridget Petitti (left) and Jamie Braden (right) are first-year graduate students pursuing their Masters in Speech-Language Pathology at CWRU. They have both played crucial roles in the BiSC Lab through their diligent work with trialing the lab equipment and conducting literature searches.
What sparked your interest within the field of...
Mary Gentile (top left), Alex Setchenska (top right), Theresa Lee (bottom left), and Tara Dickinson (bottom right) are the Undergraduate Research Assistants in the BiSC Lab, and they are all pursuing a degree in Communication Sciences.
What piqued your interest in the field of Communication Sciences?
Mary: I have always been...
As members of the Brain in Swallowing and Communication Lab, students have the opportunity to observe with Dr. Paul C. Bryson, MD, Director of the Cleveland Clinic Voice Center and Head of the Section of Laryngology, and Michelle Adessa, BM, MS, CCC-SLP, Clinical Speech-Language Pathologist. Bridget Petitti, a BiSC...
BiSC Lab congratulates Dr. Rebecca German of Northeast Ohio Medical University on the funding of her study entitled "The effect of sensory intervention on swallowing and respiration through neurological maturation in preterm infants." Dr. Mulheren serves as a consultant on this project.
Maya Brown (left) and Alex Coggins (right) are rising second-year graduate students pursuing their Masters in Speech-Language Pathology at CWRU. They have been members of the BiSC Lab for the past year.
What hobbies do you enjoy outside of the lab?
Alex: Outside of the lab I love to hang out...
Dr. Mulheren received a W. P. Jones Presidential Faculty Development Fund from the CWRU College of Arts and Sciences to study the effect of olfaction on swallowing and cortical activation. BiSC Lab is excited to start the project this summer!
The Dysphagia Research Society awarded Dr. Mulheren with the 2nd Place New Investigator Award for her oral presentation entitled "The effect of attention on swallowing in healthy individuals." The award was presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Dysphagia Research Society in San Diego, CA, on March 8,...