{"id":6010,"date":"2023-06-18T20:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T00:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/?post_type=profile&p=6010"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:45:45","slug":"emily-braun","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/profile\/emily-braun\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Braun"},"content":{"rendered":"

About
\n<\/strong>Emily Braun, PhD, CCC-SLP completed her doctoral work in the Center for Brain Recovery in 2023 and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

Research Interests
\n<\/b>Emily’s research is focused on a) behavioral and neural predictors of aphasia recovery; and b) optimization of treatment to maximize functional communication outcomes for people with aphasia.<\/p>\n

Credentials
\n<\/strong>Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)<\/p>\n

Speech-Language Pathologist state licensure in Massachusetts and Illinois<\/p>\n

Academic Profiles
\n<\/b>Research Gate<\/span><\/a>
\nGoogle Scholar<\/span><\/a>
\nLinkedIn<\/span><\/a>
\nORCID<\/span><\/a>
\nResearch Directory<\/a><\/p>\n

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Peer-Reviewed Publications
\n<\/b>Braun, E. J.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>& Kiran, S. (2022). Stimulus- and person-level variables influence word production and response to semantically-based anomia treatment for individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia.\u00a0<\/span>Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, Epub,65,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>3854-3872. DOI:\u00a0<\/span>10.1044\/2022_JSLHR-21-00527<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Braun, E. J.<\/strong>, Billot, A., Meier., E., Pan, Y., Parrish, T. B., Kurani, A. S., & Kiran, S. (2022). White matter microstructural integrity pre- and post-treatment in individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia.\u00a0<\/span>Brain and Language, 232<\/em>, 105163. DOI:\u00a0<\/span>1016\/j.bandl.2022.105163<\/a><\/p>\n

Billot, A., Lai, S., Varkanitsa, M.,\u00a0<\/span>Braun, E. J.<\/strong>, Rapp, B. Parrish, T. B., Higgins, J., Kurani, A. S. Caplan, D., Thompson, C. K., Ishwar, P., Betke, M., & Kiran, S. (2022). Multimodal neural and behavioral data predict response to rehabilitation in chronic post-stroke aphasia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Stroke, 53<\/em>, 1606-1614.\u00a0<\/em>DOI:\u00a0<\/span>10.1161\/STROKEAHA.121.036749<\/a><\/p>\n

Dekhtyar, M.,\u00a0<\/span>Braun, E. J.<\/b>, Billot, A., Foo, L., & Kiran, S. Videoconference administration of the Western Aphasia Battery \u2013 Revised: Feasibility and Validity (2020).\u00a0<\/span>American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology<\/span><\/i>, 29,<\/em>\u00a0673-687. DOI:\u00a0<\/span>10.1044\/2019_AJSLP-19-00023\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conlon, E. L,\u00a0<\/span>Braun, E. J.<\/b>, Babbitt, E. M., & Cherney L. R. (2020).\u00a0 Treatment fidelity procedures for an aphasia intervention within a randomized controlled trial: Design, Feasibility and Results.\u00a0<\/span>American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29<\/span><\/i>, 412-424. DOI:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>10.1044\/2019_AJSLP-CAC48-18-0227<\/a><\/p>\n

Cherney, L. R.,\u00a0<\/span>Braun, E. J.<\/b>, Lee, J. B., Kocherginsky, M., & van Vuuren, S. (2019). Optimizing recovery in aphasia: Learning following exposure to a single dose of computer-based script training.\u00a0<\/span>International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology<\/span><\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>21,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>448-458. DOI:\u00a0<\/span>10.1080\/17549507.2019.1661518<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conference Proceedings
\n<\/strong>Lai, S., Billot, A., Varkanitsa, M.,\u00a0<\/span>Braun, E. J.<\/strong>, Rapp, B., Parrish T. B., Kurani, A. S., Higgins, J., Caplan, D., Thompson, C. K., Kiran, S., Betke, M., & Ishwar, P. (2021, June). An exploration of machine learning methods for predicting post-stroke aphasia recovery. Paper presented at PETRA \u201921: The 13th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>PErvaseive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference (PETRA), Corfu, Greece. DOI:\u00a01145\/3453892.3461319<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Gu, Y., Bahrani, M., Billot, A., Lai, S.,\u00a0<\/span>Braun, E. J.<\/strong>, Varkanitsa, M., Bighetto, J., Rapp, B., Parrish, T. B., Caplan, D., Thompson, C. K., Kiran, S., & Betke, M. (2020, June). A machine learning approach for predicting post-stroke aphasia recovery: A pilot study. Paper presented at PETRA \u201920: The 13th<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span>PErvaseive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference (PETRA), Virtual. DOI:\u00a0<\/span>10.1145\/3389189.3389204<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Book Chapter
\n<\/strong>Gilmore, N.,\u00a0Braun, E. J.<\/strong>, & Kiran, S.\u00a0(2022). Neurology, Connectivity and Aphasia. In Papathanasiou & Coppens (Eds.), Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22217,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22217"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9080,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/6010\/revisions\/9080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cbr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}