Seminar Series

Department of Psychiatry, UB's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ECMC

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Professor, Chair
UB's Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences

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Seminar: Breathing New Life into our Understanding of Speaking

Abstract: In this talk, I will review what I have learned about how we control our respiratory (breathing) system to ensure successful communication exchanges. I will review evidence that we control the respiratory system to achieve specific communication goals (in a variety of tasks, environments, and contexts). I will also discuss how speech production is impacted in dual tasks (gait and manual tasks). I will apply these principles to people with communication disorders due to neurodegenerative diseases (like Parkinson disease).

Speaker Bio: Jessica E. Huber, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at the University at Buffalo and serves as the Department Chair. The aim of her National Institutes of Health funded research program is to develop and test interventions for speech and voice problems in older adults with and without neurodegenerative diseases (like Parkinson disease) and to translate findings to clinical treatment. She is the inventor of a small wearable device, the SpeechVive device, to treat communication impairments in people with Parkinson disease. She has a particular interest in understanding the impact of treatments on physiologic support for speech and effort. Her current research continues to examine how speech and cognition are changed by neurodegenerative diseases and how treatment impacts communication and speech physiology.

Clinical Assistant Professor
UB's Department of Rehabilitation Science 

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Continuing Education credit for NYS-licensed PT/PTAs, OT/OTAs, for in-person or zoom attendance. 

Speaker Bio: Michael Seils, PT, DPT, EdD, is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science. Seils is an APTA Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist, and National Stroke Association Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist.  His current research focuses on leadership training, interprofessional collaboration and home health care.

Professor
Department of Neurology
University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Seminar Topic:
Clinical Relevance of Exercise in MS

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
University at Buffalo

Seminar Topic: WHO Rehabilitation 2030

Associate Professor
Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Seminar Topic: Social Inequalities and Health Professional Roles

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Seminar Topic: Aging and Physical/Cognitive Resilience

Assistant Professor
DPT Program, Department of Rehabilitation Science
University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions

Seminar Topic:  The Contribution of Proprioceptive Feedback and Spinal Circuits to Neural Control of Movement: Insights into Neuromodulation 

Director, Client Services
Center for Assistive Technology
University at Buffalo

Seminar Topic
Facilitating Effective Use of Screen Readers for Computer Access

Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Inpatient Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist
University of Rochester Medical Center

Seminar Topic
Rehabilitation Psychology

Chief of Outpatient OT
University of Rochester Medical Center

Seminar Topic
Brun Care

Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Coordinator
UBMD University Orthopedics, and the UB Concussion Management Lab

Seminar Topic
Concussion

Heather Coles, M.A. CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist
University at Rochester Medical Center

Simon Carson MS, OT/L, MBA
Occupational Therapist 
University at Rochester Medical Center

Seminar Topic
From Concept to Creation, an Interdisciplinary Approach in Developing iPad Cognitive Assessments

Associate professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine
UB Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Seminar Topic
Neuroimaging for research--a primer, with a focus on auditory studies

Clinical associate professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science                                                                        UB School of Public Health and Health Professions

Seminar Topic

Reprogramming Skeletal Muscle for Enhanced Recovery from Peripheral Nerve Injury

Adam Sheppard, AuD, PhD
Assistant professor, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences 
UB College of Arts and Sciences

Robert Burkard, PhD 
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science  
UB School of Public Health and Health Professions

Seminar Topic
Threshold and Suprathreshold Measures of Hearing

Assistant professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science
UB School of Public Health and Health Professions

Research assistant professor, Department of Medicine
UB Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Seminar Topic
Treating Chronic Pain with Behavioral Medicine

Assistant professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Director of Research, IDEA Center
UB School Architecture and Planning

Seminar Topic
Advancing Inclusive Design: Linking Research to Practice

Assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Director, Integrated Cognitive Rehabilitation Program
University of Rochester Medical Center

Seminar Topic
Intro to Cognitive Rehabilitation: Insights from a Neuropsychologist 

Director of strategic initiatives and professional development
UPMC Centers for Rehab Services

Seminar Topic
Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Survivors of Critical Illness

Assistant professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science
UB School of Public Health and Health Professions

Seminar Topic
Brain Injury Behind Closed Doors: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Consequences and Management

Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
University at Buffalo

Seminar Topic
Neuroplasticity after spinal cord injury