Speak Out February 2018

Association news

2017 research grants: Funded projects

Queensland Registration Board Legacy Grant

THERE WAS A RECORD NUMBER of applications for the 2017 research grant round. The New Researcher category attracted 21 applications, with eight in the Nadia Verrall Memorial Grant category and nine in the Queensland Review Board Legacy category. Applicants may choose to apply in more than one category. When this is taken into account, there was a total of 31 unique applications. Many thanks to the reviewers and congratulations to the winners. Victoria Sandham, University of Queensland, Queensland Health The evidence-based practices of Australian speech pathologists in providing communication services to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Frances Cochrane, James Cook University How do Indigenous liaison officers support speech pathology services for Indigenous Australian adults with acquired neurogenic communication disorders? New Researcher Grant

Samantha Siyambalapitiya, Grifffith University Management of bi/multilingual aphasia in a hospital and health care setting: What happens in real-world clinical practice? Marleen Westerveld, Griffith University Examining the visual attention to print vs. pictures during school book reading in pre-schoolers with autism

Nadia Verrall Memorial Grant

Ruth Braden, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, University of Melbourne Investigating the definition and phenotype of congenital perisylvian disorders

Cori Williams Senior Advisor Evidence Based Practice and Research

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