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CBR Seminar Series: Sofia Vallila Rohter

January 27th, 2025 in Events

   CBR Seminar Series: Sofia Vallila Rohter, January 27, 2025 Title: Rehabilitation as Learning: Examining learning and strategy use in people with aphasia Abstract: Linguistic deficits are central to the diagnosis and treatment of aphasia, yet there is increasing recognition of the cognitive processes that contribute to rehabilitation outcomes, particularly the role of... More

Dr. Swathi Kiran receives the Honors of the Association Award

December 30th, 2024 in Accomplishments

CBR Founding Director Dr. Swathi Kiran receives the Honors of the Association Award from the  American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.  The Honors of the Association recognizes members for their distinguished contributions to the discipline of communication sciences and disorders, whose contributions have been of such excellence that they have enhanced or altered the... More

9 CBR Students Present Their Research Around the World

November 27th, 2024 in Recent Research

Featuring interviews with Student Presentations at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language Conference (SNL) in Brisbane, Australia, and the Academy of Aphasia 62nd Annual Meeting in Nara, Japan.  About the conferences The Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), founded in November of 2010, is an NIH-funded non-profit organization whose overarching... More

Visiting the Center for Brain Recovery: Interview with BU CBR Alumni Visiting Scholars Karen Arellano and Brandi BeCoats.

October 30th, 2024 in Recruitment

The Center for Brain Recovery hosts a passionate team of undergraduate and master’s students, PhD candidates, faculty and staff. CBR also welcomes visiting students and interns from other institutions to collaborate on research projects and receive valuable training. In this edition, we interviewed two of our visiting scholars Karen Arellano... More

Using Unsupervised Dimensionality Reduction to Identify Lesion Patterns Predictive of Post-Stroke Aphasia Severity

August 31st, 2024 in Recent Research

Interview with CBR Undergraduate Student Emerson Kropp about his recent research: Using Unsupervised Dimensionality Reduction to Identify Lesion Patterns Predictive of Post-Stroke Aphasia Severity Introduction Emerson Kropp is an undergraduate student at Boston University studying under Dr. Kiran in the Center for Brain Recovery as he completes his premedical bachelors degree in... More

Mapping Recovery: Understanding Aphasia Recovery Through Neuroimaging

July 1st, 2024

An Interview With 5 BU Researchers About Their Projects In the dynamic field of cognitive neuropsychology, the integration of advanced imaging techniques with clinical outcomes offers a promising approach to understanding and treating aphasia. The Center for Brain Recovery recently completed a study that examines the functional reorganization of the language... More

Unveiling Hope, CBR’s Open House 2024

April 25th, 2024 in Accomplishments

BU Center for Brain Recovery Hosts Its First Open House, Unveiling Hope in The Center’s New Office Space Earlier this month, the Center for Brain Recovery held its first open house in their new space to celebrate the work being done by its members and connect with affiliates. The invite-only event... More

Spotlight Blog: Understanding Primary Progressive Aphasia, Bruce Willis and Wendy Williams’s Diagnoses

March 27th, 2024 in In the News

BU Center for Brain Recovery Researchers Discuss: Understanding Primary Progressive Aphasia, Bruce Willis’s and Wendy Williams's Diagnoses The recent diagnoses of Bruce Willis and Wendy Williams have brought a spotlight to a relatively lesser-known condition called primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and its broader category, frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Willis's family revealed in... More

BU Center for Brain Recovery Researchers Work to Address Health Disparities in Post-Stroke Aphasia

February 22nd, 2024 in Recent Research

Addressing Health Disparities in Post-Stroke Aphasia Stroke recovery is a journey that extends beyond the physical healing process, delving into the realms of communication and social integration. For many, the aftermath of a stroke includes aphasia – a condition characterized by difficulty in speaking, understanding language, writing, or reading. However, not... More

Advancing Bilingual Aphasia Treatment With Boston University Researchers’ PROCoM Projects

January 24th, 2024 in Recent Research

Introduction Predicting Rehabilitation Outcomes in Bilingual Aphasia using Computation Modeling (PROCoM) is a concept pioneered by Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery, led by Swathi Kiran and in development by researchers Erin Carpenter, Manuel Marte, Marissa Russel, and Michael Scimeca and researcher collaborators at UT-Austin Risto Miikkulainen and Uli Grasemann. The... More

ICCR Program Presentation at ASHA Conference

November 29th, 2023 in Accomplishments

Boston University Center for Brain Recovery Presents ICCR's Innovative Approach to ABI Telerehabilitation In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, technological advancements have paved the way for transformative changes in patient care. Boston University’s Center for Brain Recovery has developed an innovative program for rehabilitation of young adults with brain injury who... More

Hariri Sponsored Student Led Workshop

October 18th, 2023 in Recent Research

Boston University Hosts Student-Led Workshop on Machine Learning and Brain-Behavior Data Sponsored By Hariri Institute Focused Research Program Unlocking Novel Data Science and AI Approaches for Brain Health and Disease On October 2nd 2023, members of the BU Center for Brain Recovery and Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory conducted a trainee-led tutorial to unite... More