annavolkmer.bsky.social
Consultant Speech & language therapist / Associate Professor, Department of Language & Cognition, Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL, London, UK. I do research on speech & language therapy for people affected dementia, primary progressive aphasia
👤 Joined on 31 January 2025
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@annavolkmer.bsky.socialWe would like to celebrate Stephanie Grasso for giving the best presentation on “Advancing assessment and intervention for primary progressive aphasia in bilingual and Spanish-speaking populations” 🥇👏 🗣️
Show PostThe award for highly commended presentation went to Arabella Bouzigues, for her fabulous insights in her talk, titled “Detecting presymptomatic speech and language changes in genetic frontotemporal dementia with natural language processing” 📈🧠🧬
Show PostWe would like to congratulate Marina Anwia for winning the award for best (in-person) poster presentation “Cognitive-linguistic skills in production of expository discourse: Insights from longitudinal changes and neural correlates in primary progressive aphasia” 🥇🤝🧠⏳
Show PostThe award for highly commended (in-person) poster presentation went to Mirjam Gauch for “More stable – stronger – firmer” – Effects of the biographic-narrative therapy ‘Cope PPA’ on the quality of life of people with PPA” 🫂📖💪💞
Show PostLast but certainly not least, we’re pleased to announce that Kristin Schaffer Mendez won the prize for best virtual poster, titled “A Speech-Language Pathologist Delivered Communication and Counseling Intervention for Primary Progressive Aphasia: Mixed Methods Findings” 💻🤲⛅️🩵
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