SCSD Outreach 2016 Media Coverage
Click the link below to view media coverage on SCSD clinical outreach 2016.
http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews/2016/06/29/preparing-a-new-generation-of-health-care-professionals-through-community-engagement/
Media Coverage on World Voice Day
Here is an interesting interview done by BTV Montreal with our Dr. Li-Jessen!
Also check out this article covering World Voice Day 2016.
Med e-News on Swallowing Awareness Event
Click below to check out the Med e-News article about our Swallowing Awareness Event!
http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews/2016/04/08/mcgill-university-and-jewish-general-hospital-team-up-to-host-first-swallowing-awareness-event/
Med e-News on World Voice Day
Check out this article about SCSD's World Voice Day!
http://publications.mcgill.ca/medenews/2016/04/01/world-voice-day-returns-to-mcgill-university/
Advocacy and support services for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Recent research by Professors Nadig and Flanagan at McGill demonstrates that young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder benefit from support during their transition from school to the community. However, services of this kind are sorely lacking for individuals who do not have intellectual disability.
Hearing Screening
Final MICLIU Priority Points List for School of Communication Sciences & Disorders
https://www.mcgill.ca/scsd/files/scsd/comm_sc_disorders.pdf
Dr Pell's study featured in Media
Dr. Pell's study on 'GROWLS, LAUGHS AND SOBS ARE BETTER THAN WORDS AT CONVEYING EMOTION' has been covered recently by various sources of Media.
A new study by researchers at Canada's McGill University has found that humans pay more attention when an emotion is expressed through a vocalisation than we do when the same emotion is put into words.
Dr. Rvachew's article Featured on Research Tuesday of ASLHA
The article “A Randomized Trial of 12-Week Interventions for the Treatment of Developmental Phonological Disorder in Francophone Children,” authored by Dr. Susan Rvachew and Dr. Francoise Brosseau-Lapre (former doctoral student currently Assistant Professor at Purdue University) has been selected to appear as the featured Research Tuesday article on the social media channels the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association this Tuesday, December 15, 2015.
Dr. Li-Jessen's article featured on Med e-News
Dr. Li-Jessen's article has been featured on this week's Med e-News! Congratulations to our assistant professor.
Click here to read 'Using Acupuncture to treat voice disorders'.
CFI invests $1.2 million to boost excellence in research at McGill with Prof. Nicole Li as one of the recipients
McGill reports $1.2 mil investment from Canada Foundation for Innovation to boost excellence in research at McGill. Professor Nicole Li from the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders is one of the recipients of the funding. Congratulations!
Click here to read the article.
Media coverage on the study of infants preferring baby talk at Dr. Linda Polka's lab
CBC, CJAD and Smithsonian Magazine have interviewed Dr. Linda Polka on the study of how babies prefer the sound of other babies. This study was conducted by Ph.D. student Matthew Masapollo, Linda Polka and UQAM colleague Lucie Menard.
Research by Ph.D. student Matthew Masapollo, Drs. Linda Polka and Lucie Menard featured on McGill homepage
Click here to read the article.
The Voice Lab is recruiting for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers
We are looking for smart, hard-working, and fun individuals to join our voice team. We currently have positions at doctoral and post-doctoral levels. We are looking for individuals with strong background in biomedical engineering, systems biology and/ or are proficient in computer programming with C++. For interested individuals, please send the CV, unofficial transcripts and a short description of why you're interested in our work to nicole.li [at] mcgill.ca (Dr.)
World Voice Day in the media
Med e-News: World Voice Day 2015
McGill Reporter: Let your voice be heard – and keep being heard
