Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant Recipients

The Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant supports partnerships between academic or organizational researchers and clinical practitioners to conduct collaborative studies designed to enhance evidence for improving communication sciences and disorders services.

2022

Awarded $35,00 per team

Exploration of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Training Supports for Health Care Providers

Susan Fager
Susan Fager
Director, Communication Center
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals
Jessica Gormley
Jessica Gormley
Assistant Professor; Research Coordinator
University of Nebraska Medical Center
 

Facilitating Intentional Communication in Young Children With Complex Communication and Motor Needs: Integrating Communication and Motor Supports to Optimize Treatment Effects

Julie Feuerstein
Julie Feuerstein
Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
Jennifer Tucker
Jennifer Tucker
Assistant Professor
University of Central Florida
 

Supporting Speech-Language Pathologists in Academic Vocabulary Intervention (SSAVI)

Elizabeth Kelley
Elizabeth Kelley
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
Claire Willard
Claire Willard
Speech and Language Coordinator
Columbia Public Schools
 

Clinical Application of Cognitive Assessment in Audiology

Pamela Souza
Pamela Souza
Professor
Northwestern University
Heidi Hill
Heidi Hill
Owner
Hearing Health Clinic
 

2020

Awarded $35,000 per team

Coaching Nursing Assistants to Improve Communicative Interactions: An Implementation Study

Natalie Douglas
Natalie Douglas
Associate Professor
Central Michigan University
Susan Browning
Susan Browning
Clinical and Quality Specialist
Encore Rehabilitation Services

Examining the Effect of Implementing a Standardized Approach for the Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS)

R. Jordan Hazelwood
Jordan Hazelwood
Assistant Professor
Appalachian State University
Aneesha Virani
Aneesha Virani
Clinical Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services
Northside Hospital

Barriers and Facilitators to Inclusion in the Schools: Exploration at the State, District, and Clinician Levels

John Heilmann
John Heilmann
Associate Professor
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Andrea Bertone
Andrea Bertone
Consultant
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

High-Frequency Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Testing to Improve Audiologic Clinical Services for Vulnerable Populations

Heather Porter
Heather Porter
Senior Audiology Research Associate
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Jan Kaminski
Jan Kaminski
Director
Clinical Sensory Physiology Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital

2018

Awarded $35,000 per team

Intergenerational Montessori Program for Adults With Memory Concerns

Michelle  S. Bourgeois
Michelle S. Bourgeois
Professor
University of South Florida
Jennifer A. Brush
Jennifer A. Brush
CEO
Brush Development, Inc.

Online Training and Implementation of Adapted Literacy Instruction by Pre- and In-Service Speech-Language Pathologists

Jessica G. Caron
Jessica G. Caron
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Meghan O'Brien
Meghan O'Brien
Speech-Language Pathologist II
Boston Children's Hospital

Adaptation and Validation of the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) for Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES)

Katherine Hutcheson
Katherine Hutcheson
Associate Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Heather M. Starmer
Heather M. Starmer
Clinical Assistant Professor/Director
Head and Neck Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation at the Stanford Cancer Center

Alternate Stimuli for Use in Behavioral Audiometric Assessment of Difficult-to-Test Populations

Sarah F. Poissant
Sarah F. Poissant
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lisa Rylant
Lisa Rylant
Clinical Audiologist
Connecticut Children's Medical Center