NSU Graduate Consultant Presents at Aphasia Summit
Clarisse El-Khouri, an NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) graduate consultant, presented at the Aphasia Access Virtual Leadership Summit, April 5-10, 2021. El-Khouri is a graduate student in the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) master’s program in the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.
El-Khouri presented alongside Associate Professor Jackie Hinckley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP ( Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences), Katie Strong, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Central Michigan University), and Nick Malendowski (Central Michigan University). Their presentation, “Why didn’t I think of this before? Perceptions of Stakeholder-Engaged Research” was initially presented at the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) annual conference, March 18- 20, 2021. The presentation examined the perception of stakeholders on collaborating with people with aphasia, their family members, and clinicians involved in aphasia care.
El-Khouri and her collaborators collected aphasia researchers’ perspectives on stakeholder-engaged research, especially after the 2018 BRIDGE Conference that facilitated the formation of 11 collaborative research teams. Their presentation emphasized how researchers can better include people with aphasia, their families, clinicians, and other researchers in the research process.
The fourth Aphasia Access Leadership Summit was themed Uniting for action: Learning from one another. The four day event combined synchronous and asynchronous presentations focusing on providing optimal services and care for those affected by aphasia.
Learn more about the Aphasia Access 2021 Leadership Summit at