Faculty Members & Collaborators
Awarded to CBR Faculty in Alignment with CBR's Mission
Faculty Publications in 2025
Mike Esterman Associate Professor; Principal Investigator, National Center for PTSD - VA Boston Healthcare System esterman@bu.edu Profile Dr. Esterman is an Associate Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Core Faculty for the Center for Brain Recovery, and a Principal Investigator for the National Center for PTSD - VA Boston Healthcare System. […]
Dr. Swathi Kiran, founding director of the Center for Brain Recovery, was recently welcomed on the Neurorehab Resources and Insights podcast to speak with Drs. Jyutika Mehta and Marie McNeely about language recovery following stroke and traumatic brain injury. In this episode, titled "Finding Your Voice Again Through Speech Therapy with Dr. Kiran and Patrick Prock", […]
Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) faculty member Dr. Terry Ellis will be the Lead Investigator on a clinical research study awarded $2 million in grant funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. This study will assess the impact of MedRhythms’ MOVIVE (MR-005) on gait, mobility, and cognitive responses for people with Parkinson’s disease. The […]
Congratulations, Dr. Michael Scimeca! Michael Scimeca PhD mscimeca@bu.edu Profile Dr. Scimeca successfully defended his dissertation on January 7th, 2026, completing his PhD at Boston University's Sargent College in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences. Throughout his doctoral studies, Scimeca was mentored by Dr. Swathi Kiran, director of the Boston University Center […]
Dr. Swathi Kiran, Founding Director of the Center for Brain Recovery, was awarded 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar status by ScholarGPS for her career accomplishments in the field of Aphasia, ranking within the top 0.05% of aphasia scholars based on publication impact, quantity, and quality. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Dr. Kiran has […]
December 18, 2025 Overcoming Injury Theo Visco was 20 years old and a sophomore in college when he experienced a helmeted ski accident on March 12th, 2025, that put him in a coma for five days. The accident had caused him to be unable to move the entire right side of his body and left […]
November 20, 2025 This year, three Center for Brain Recovery team members presented at the 2025 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, and one CBR PhD Student was awarded an ASHA Scholarship. Presentations Supporting Young Adults with ABI in Transition to Higher Education: Key Strategies for Success Jacquelyn Nardelli, Clinical Supervisor for the ICCR Program, […]
October 26th – 28th, 2025 Eight researchers from the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) attended the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia this October to present their work and gain new insights from peers in the fields of neuroscience and speech, language, and hearing sciences. Platform Sessions Shalom Henderson (Postdoctoral […]
