Oct
28
to Nov 1

UCL World Stroke Day Forum 2022

Now in its fifth year, the UCL World Stroke Day Forum aims to empower stroke survivors to influence the future of stroke research at UCL. The forum, sponsored by The National Brain Appeal, encourages an open dialogue between researchers, clinicians, charities, stroke survivors, carers and loved ones.

The UTILISE team will be there! We are hosting an expo stall at the one day in-person event on Friday 28th October 2022. Watch this space…

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Sep
12
to Sep 15

Science of Aphasia (SoA) Conference - Bordeaux

The Science of Aphasia (SoA) 2022 conference will be held in Bordeaux this September. In the lab, we are looking forward to our two poster presentations, which will be lead by Sebastian Bello Lepe and Fern Rodgers (on behalf of Claudia Bruns). The topic of the conference is “Language and Cognition”.

The full program can be found here, and registrations are open.

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Sep
1
to Sep 2

British Aphasiology Society (BAS) Therapy Symposium

The UTILISE team are looking forward to speaking at this year’s British Aphasiology Society Therapy Symposium next month.

The event will cover a range of topics, from dose frameworks, feasibility trials, tDCS in bilingual aphasia, and mindfulness. Tune in on Friday the 2nd of September at 2pm to hear Fern Rodgers, of the UTILISE team, present the pilot data that informed our ongoing trial and how we have been informed by construction grammar theory.

For more information, check out the BAS website.

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Jun
22
to Jun 24

International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC)

The 2022 International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC) is taking place from 22-24 June as a hybrid event. More information can be found at: https://www.aphasiaaccess.org/iarc2022/

Claudia is excited to be presenting a (virtual) poster on “A New Approach to Sentence Therapy for Aphasia: Usage-Based Therapy and the UTILISE Trial”.

Read more about the programme here: https://www.aphasiaaccess.org/iarc-agenda/

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May
20
9:30 AM09:30

Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP) Conference

Amongst a line-up of world-class speakers discussing “Adapting for Success”, we are very pleased that our UTILISE collaborator Dr Amir-Homayoun Javadi will be presenting his talk entitled: "From buzzing to talking; Advances in effects of brain stimulation on aphasia".

Dr Javadi will talk about the fascinating world of non-invasive brain stimulation and the ways in which it may be beneficial to those recovering from post-stroke aphasia by encouraging neuroplastic changes to tissue surrounding the stroke site.

To find out more about the running order for the day, and to get your tickets, click here.

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Mar
31
3:20 PM15:20

Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP) "Therapy Talks" Event

The UTILISE Team are looking forward to presenting our talk, entitled '“What’s new in sentence therapy for aphasia? “I don’t know””, at the ASLTIP “Therapy Talks” event at the end of March.

ASLTIP are a group of independent speech and language therapists who offer support and advice to pracitioners as well as serving as a point of contact for members of the public seeking an independent therapist.

Our team have been invited to explain the sentence processing model and how it informs our therapy program.

See ASLTIP’s event page for more information on other speakers and to purchase tickets.

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Sep
23
to Sep 26

Science of Aphasia conference

Members of our lab will attend this year’s Science of Aphasia Conference in Rome. Claudia Bruns will present a poster with the title: ‘Using multi-word utterances more flexibly in non-fluent aphasia: Findings from a case series investigation’.

The title of the conference is "The temporal lobe revisited: functional and neural updates"

More information can be found here.

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