I am an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading. I am not able to be a principle supervisor, but I can be part of a supervisory team for PhD students. I am also able to supervise dissertations for BSc, MSci and MSc students.
As well as supervising projects within my interests (see below), I am sometimes asked to provide additional supervision for research design and statistics. I am more than happy to do either.
I am particularly keen to support Speech Therapists to complete projects as part of their ongoing clinical practice. I am always happy to provide advice and support for such projects. See also the Clinical Academic CEN in the UK.
I am particularly interested in developing approaches to neuro-rehabilitation that address and harness the complexity of everyday communication.
My work translates between theory and clinical practice. This means I try to understand the mechanisms and motivation for assessment, intervention and strategies to support adults with acquired speech, language and communication needs as a result of neurological damage.
If you'd like to collaborate, please get in touch
Assessment and intervention for neurogenic speech and language disorders, particularly developing assessment and rehabilitation approaches that target language as it is used in situated/real-world contexts.
Building a large, sharable, database of behavioural data from assessments/experiments with individuals who have aphasia following stroke. See here for more details
Research as part of clinical practice for speech & language therapists / supporting clinical-academic careers
Exploring the relationship between learning, functional communication and therapy outcomes for individuals with aphasia
Situated / embodied / naturalistic communication
Best practice in statistics and using R for data analysis cran.r-project.org
"Database of Acquired Language Impairment Profiles (DALIP): a resource for exploring the nature and impact of language processing difficulties in adults with neurological impairments". Co-applicants: Dr. Arpita Bose & Dr. Holly Robson £13,540 British Academy ARP scheme, AQ2324 \ 230027. 2024-2026
"Database of Acquired Language Impairment Profiles (DALIP): a resource for exploring the nature and impact of language processing difficulties in adults with neurological impairments" Principal Investigator. Co-applicants: Dr. Arpita Bose & Dr. Holly Robson £24,499. British Academy ARP scheme, AQ1819 \ 190023, 2019-2024
PCLS Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund "Introducing core concepts for the behavioural sciences: piloting data collection as an integral part of research methods teaching". Principal Investigator. £1955. 2017-2018.
University of Reading 2020 Research Fellowship. Principal Investigator. £4000. Spring/Summer 2017.
"Closing the digital divide and enhancing participation in social and leisure activities for individuals with acquired brain injury through near field communication technology". Collaborator. PI: Dr. Rachel McCrindle. £9838. NIHR Brain Injury Healthcare Technology Co-Operative Seedcorn Funding Competition 2016-2017.
"Multidisciplinary computer-based motor and language therapy for acquired brain injury". Co-applicant. PI: Dr. Holly Robson. £9984. NIHR Brain Injury Innovation Small Funding Competition 2014-2015.
"Database of Acquired Language Impairment Profiles (DALIP): a resource for exploring the nature and impact of language processing difficulties in adults with neurological impairments" Principal Investigator. Co-applicants: Dr. Arpita Bose & Dr. Holly Robson £23789. British Academy ARP scheme, AN140005, 2014-2019.
"Mixed models and the Exploration of the Language System". Principal Investigator. £6827. British Academy, SQ120069, 2013-2014.
"Grades of processing in language comprehension". Principal Investigator.£1280. Research Endowment Trust Fund Pump Priming Award, 2011.
Dr. Willemijn Doedens - 'Situated language use in post-stroke aphasia: a systematic exploration of functional communication'. Awarded 2020. Co-supervision with Dr. Arpita Bose.
Dr. Mariam Alorifan - 'Influence between Linguistic, Speech Motor, and Executive Control in People with Aphasia.' Awarded 2020. Co-supervision with Dr. Arpita Bose.
Dr. Madhawi Altaib - 'The feasibility of Using Telepractice Delivery Method to Assess People with Aphasia in Gulf Arabic Countries (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait)'. Awarded 2019. Co-supervision with Prof. Theo Marinis
Dr. Luke Kendrick - 'Beyond language: Executive control and learning abilities in non-fluent aphasia'. Awarded 2019. Co-supervision with Dr. Holly Robson.
Dr. Catherine Godbold - 'Non-word errors in jargon aphasia: Exploring the underlying mechanisms'. Awarded 2016. Co-supervision with Dr. Arpita Bose.
Dr. Mohammad Alameer - 'Anxiety and motor speech treatments of stammering'. Awarded 2015. Co-supervision with Dr. David Ward.