Pitt CSD has a unique combination of internationally-recognized scientific and clinical strengths, active research partnerships with world-class experts in computational modeling, neuroimaging, engineering and data science, and close clinical partnerships with nationally-recognized health care providers. These partnerships enable us to provide hands-on training experiences relevant to each step in the preclinical-to-clinical translation process. We have a diverse funding portfolio with support from federal sponsors such as NIH, NSF, PCORI and DARPA. In 2019-2020, we had 20 active federal grants.
CSD Research Labs
- Jason Bohland: Speech Neural Systems Lab
- Chris Brown: Psychoacoustics Laboratory
- Bharath Chandrasekaran: SoundBrain Lab
- Jim Coyle: Computational Deglutition
- Mike Dickey: Language and Brain Lab (LABlab)
- Dawna Duff: Child Language and Literacy Lab
- Will Evans: Language Rehabilitation and Cognition Lab
- Mandy Hampton Wray: Brain Systems for Language Lab
- Leah Helou: Laboratory for Vocal Systems Anatomy and Physiology Research
- Katya Hill: AAC & BCI iNNOVATION Lab (iLab)
- Catherine Palmer: HEAR Core (Healthy Engagement thru Auditory Research)
- Aravind Parthasarathy: Translational Auditory Neuroscience Lab
- Sheila Pratt: Pediatric Audiology and Auditory Rehabilitation Lab
- Bernard Rousseau: Laryngeal Biology Lab
- Susan Shaiman: Speech Production Lab
Undergraduate Research Experiences:
Brain and Communication Undergraduate Research Experience (BrainCURE)
Events
Jack Matthews-Herbert Rubin Lecture:
Dr. Elena Plante: 22nd Annual Jack Matthews-Herbert Rubin Lecture
Research Round Table:
Research Round Table Presentations:
- Dr. Sarah Wallace: Helping People with Aphasia Compensate for Reading Comprehension Changes
- Dr. Will Evans: Pitching your research and the Pitt Innovation Challenge
- Dr. Mandy Hampton Wray: Developmental stuttering: Insights from neural processes underlying language and attention
- Dr. Jana Iverson: Developing Language in a Developing Body: Interactions and Cascading Effects
- Dr. Van Mersbergen: Cortical Responses to Vocal Errors
Shared lab initiatives
Brain and Auditory Sciences Research Initiative
Research Enterprise in Voice and Swallowing
Tour the expansive laboratories and research initiatives of the Department of Communication Science and Disorders:
Tour the comprehensive lab spaces of the Brain and Communication Science Research Initiative (BASRI) within the Department of Communication Science & Disorders: