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Towards Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Brain-Computer Interface Synergy

September 17, 2015
Virtual Workshop

Participant List

Melanie Fried-Oken, Ph.D. (co-chair)
Neurology, Pediatrics, Biomedical
Engineering, and Otolaryngology
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon

Cathy Binger, Ph.D.
Speech & Hearing Sciences
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sarah Blackstone, Ph.D.
Augmentative Communications Inc.
Monterey, California

Jonathan Brumberg, Ph.D.
Speech-Language-Hearing:
Sciences & Disorders
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Edward Chang, M.D.
Neurological Surgery and Physiology 
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Leslie Collins, Ph.D.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Cynthia Cress, Ph.D.      
Special Education &
Communication Disorders
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

Richard Ellenson, MBA
Cerebral Palsy International
Research Foundation
New York, New York


Deniz Erdogmus, Ph.D.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

Leigh Hochberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Engineering and Neurology
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Jane Huggins, Ph.D.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;
Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Katie Hustad, Ph.D.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

Beth Mineo, Ph.D. 
Disabilities Studies
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

MaryAnn Romski, Ph.D. 
Communication
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

Gloria Soto, Ph.D.
Physical and Health Impairments
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California 

Theresa Vaughan, B.A. 
Adaptive Neurotechnologies,
Brain-Computer Interfaces  
New York State Department of Health
Albany, New York

 

Organizers

Roger L. Miller, Ph.D.
Program Director, Neural Prosthesis Development Program
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

Lana O. Shekim, Ph.D. (co-chair)
Program Director, Voice and Speech Programs
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

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