Brianna Boadu
I am currently serving as the Administrative Assistant for CBR. I am a junior at Sargent College, majoring in Human Physiology and following a pre-dental track. Born and raised in New York City, I am passionate about pursuing a career in orthodontics and look forward to making a positive impact in the field. LinkedIn Professional […]
Swathi Kiran
Founding Director, Center for Brain Recovery. Director of Aphasia Research Laboratory. James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor of Neurorehabilitation Department of Speech Language and Hearing Sciences. Research interests: Neuroscience, Brain Plasticity, Language Recovery, Rehabilitation, Bilingualism About Swathi Kiran is the Founding Director of the Center for Brain Recovery (CBR), Director of the Aphasia Research Laboratory, […]
Emerson Kropp
About I am an undergraduate student in Boston University Sargent College with a major in Health Science and minor in Human Physiology. I plan to attend medical school after I graduate and hope to pursue a career in clinical neurology. I am very interested in using neuroimaging to elucidate the mechanisms behind post-stroke impairments, which […]
Meredith MacEachern
Research Interests: Cognitive-Communication Rehabilitation in adults Meredith MacEachern, MS, CCC-SLP is the Program Director for Boston University’s Intensive Cognitive Communication Rehabilitation Program at Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery. Previously she served as the Graduate Student Supervisor at ICCR. She has a Master’s in Speech Language Pathology from MGH Institute of Health Professions. In addition, […]
Kalli Miller
About Kalli Miller is the Marketing & Events Specialist at the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery. Kalli specializes in the marketing, communications, and event management of the Center to further support the mission of advancing research. Before joining BU, Kalli has a background in marketing, graphic design, event planning, and creative project management roles […]
Jacquelyn Nardelli
Anna Serrichio
About Anna joined the Center for Brain Recovery in June 2025 after completing her PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Penn State University. Her doctoral research examined how different forms of memory and attention relate to language outcomes in people with aphasia, using resting-state fMRI. As a postdoctoral researcher, she aims to investigate the […]
Erie Shivers
About Erie Shivers is currently a research assistant at the Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) working on the Neuroscience of the Everyday World (NEW) functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) project along with a project involving computational modeling of bilinguals with aphasia and/or dementia. Erie graduated from Boston University in May of 2024 with a Bachelor […]
Matthew VanDemark
About Matthew VanDemark is the Assistant Director (AD) of Finance & Administration at the Center for Brain Recovery. Overseeing all aspects of the Center that are not “scientific based,” he manages the logistical day-to-day operations of the Center. One of the main functions of the position is ensuring the financial security and health of the […]
Maria Varkanitsa
Research Interests My current research focuses on language processing difficulties in stroke patients with aphasia and how these difficulties relate to their cognitive deficits and brain pathology. I use behavioural measures as well as the eye-tracking technique. By exploring both language and general cognition, my primary aim is to better understand the mechanisms that underlie […]