Natalia Wictoria Rzepa, received the National NSSLHA’s 2022-2023 Undergraduate Scholarship of $1,000. Congratulations Natalia!

Holly Panfil has received a Fulbright Canada—Mitacs Globalink Internship. This award pairs top-ranked U.S. students with faculty at Canadian academic institutions for a 10-12 week research project.

We welcome Dr. Nila Albuquerque to the team as a post doctoral fellow.

Shraddha and Lizzy present their research at the convention.

Drs. Mudar and Rogers delivered their talk on ‘Interdisciplinary Research Involving Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment’.

Congratulations Lizzy! This program is designed to support strong doctoral candidates who will pursue a teacher-investigator career in an academic environment at the university/college level in the United States. The ASHFoundation awards up to 15 scholarships of $10,000 each. https://www.ashfoundation.org/apply/new-century-scholars-doctoral-scholarship/

Dr. Raksha Mudar elected as a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) at the ASHA Convention 2022. Fellowship is one of the highest forms of recognition given by ASHA of an individual’s accomplishments and is public declaration of outstanding professional achievements. Congratulations Dr. Mudar! 

Lizzy Lydon and Dr. Mudar at their poster at Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2022 Annual Scientific meeting. Our lab co-authored multiple presentations. https://agingcenters.org/center-events/gerontological-society-of-america-gsa-2022-annual-scientific-meeting/

The Aging and Neurocognition Lab & friends were joined by members of the Human Factors and Aging Lab at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Champaign-Urbana!