Seminar Series
2024-2025 Seminar Series
Fri., Mar. 14, 2025, 2 to 3 p.m.
G26 Farber Hall, UB South Campus
Jessica E. Huber, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Professor, Chair
UB's Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences
To join via zoom: https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/95923997908?pwd=uXBpFgzEkIx9Jwbijfd3Hceokr7zMS.1
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.
Fri., Apr. 18, 2025, 2 to 3 p.m.
G26 Farber Hall, UB South Campus
Michael Seils PT, DPT, EdD
Clinical Assistant Professor
UB's Department of Rehabilitation Science
To join via zoom: https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/97552609436?pwd=fBLroSPw2Sc19kif3kpEJtT29TL03T.1
Seminar: Management and Exercise Strategies for Medically Complex Home Health Patients
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.
Lisa Keenan Uschold, PhD
Fri., Feb. 14, 2025, 2 to 3 p.m.
Department of Psychiatry, UB's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ECMC
Seminar: Common Presentations and Adjustment Reactions to Acute Injuries
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, MD
Friday, November 08, 2024
Professor
Department of Neurology
University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Seminar Topic: Clinical Relevance of Exercise in MS
Cheryl Lucas, EdD, LNHA, OTR
Friday, October 11, 2024, 2:00-3:00 pm
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
University at Buffalo
Seminar Topic: WHO Rehabilitation 2030
Ana Malfitano, PhD
Friday, September 06, 2024, 2:00-3:00 pm
Associate Professor
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Seminar Topic: Social Inequalities and Health Professional Roles
Nik Satchidanand, PhD
March 8, 2024, 2:00-3:00 pm
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Seminar Topic: Aging and Physical/Cognitive Resilience
Cristian Cuadra, PhD
March 29, 2024, 2:00-3:00 pm
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
Erin Brunelle, MS, OTR/L, ATP
February 9, 2024, 2:00-3:00 pm
Director, Client Services
Center for Assistive Technology
University at Buffalo
Seminar Topic
Facilitating Effective Use of Screen Readers for Computer Access
November 10, 2023, 2:00-3:00 pm
Renee Madathil, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Inpatient Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist
University of Rochester Medical Center
Seminar Topic
Rehabilitation Psychology
October 13, 2023, 2:00-3:00 pm
Dana Emery, OTD, OT/L
Chief of Outpatient OT
University of Rochester Medical Center
Seminar Topic
Brun Care
September 13, 2023, 2:00-3:00 pm
Haley Chizuk, PhD, MS, ATC
Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Coordinator
UBMD University Orthopedics, and the UB Concussion Management Lab
Seminar Topic
Concussion
September 29, 2023, 2:00-3:00 pm
Heather Coles, M.A. CCC-SLP, & Simon Carson, MS, OT/L, MBA
G26 Farber Hall, UB South Campus
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
David Wack, PhD
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
Kirk Personius, PT, PhD
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, and Robert Burkard, PhD
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
Christopher Radziwon, PhD
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
Jordana Maisel, PhD
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
Amy Martinez, PsyD, CBIS, CBIST
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
Hallie Zeleznik, PT, DPT
Director of strategic initiatives and professional development
UPMC Centers for Rehab Services
Seminar Topic
Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Survivors of Critical Illness
Ghazala Saleem, EdD, MS, OTR/L
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
Hang Jin Jo, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
University at Buffalo
Seminar Topic
Neuroplasticity after spinal cord injury
Seminar: Common Presentations and Adjustment Reactions to Acute Injuries In Inpatient Care Settings
Learning Objectives:
To Understand Common Psychological Adjustment to Acute Medical Injuries
- Impacts of the injury
- Appraisal of the new reality
- Coping strategies
To Identify Common Psychological Presentations to Acute Injuries
- Grief and Loss
- Adjustment Disorders/DSM 5
- Acute Stress Disorder/PTSD
- Family Reactions/Challenges to seeing a loved one injured
To Have a Basic Foundation in Strategies to Help Facilitate Adjustment
- Engagement strategies (Motivational Interviewing, ACT, Supportive Listening)
Speaker Bio: Dr. Lisa Keenan-Uschold is a licensed Chief Clinical Psychologist and has directed the Rehab Psychology services at ECMCC since 2005. She received her Master’s in Psychology and PhD in Behavioral Health/Health Psychology from the University of North Texas. She completed a clinical internship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas and Postdoctoral training at the Transitional Learning Center, a residential brain injury rehabilitation center in Galveston, Texas. Dr. Keenan-Uschold’s expertise includes trauma, pain management, adjustment to diagnoses, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, and PTSD. Her programs include individual/group therapy, adjunct support programs, inpatient consultation, community support groups, presurgical psychological evaluations, palliative care services, and healthcare staff support services. She also directs clinical internship and postdoctoral psychology training at ECMCC and provides expert testimony.