Lab News and Activities
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NFR IN THE NEWS
NFR IN THE NEWS
The study entitled "Impact of Combining cerebellar tDCS and CILT in individuals with non-fluent aphasia: a novel approach to targeting discourse." will be featured in the UMD media in March, 2024
The study entitled "Impact of Combining cerebellar tDCS and CILT in individuals with non-fluent aphasia: a novel approach to targeting discourse." will be featured in the UMD media in March, 2024
Lab members on this project (L to R): Lynette Carlson, M.S. CCC-SLP Clinic Director; Haley Evans, B.Sc., Madelyn Graham, B.Sc., Marie Meysembourg, B.Sc. and Sharyl Samargia-Grivette, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2025
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2025
American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) November, 2025 Washington D.C.
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2024
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2024
2024 was a particularly busy year for student poster presentations! Our students experienced disseminating their research from Duluth to San Antonio and from Memphis to Seattle!
American Society for Neurorehabilitation (ASNR)
American Society for Neurorehabilitation (ASNR)
April, 2024
April, 2024
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
2nd year graduate students Marie Meysembourg, Haley Evans and Madelyn Graham presented research posters and were accompanied by Dr. Sharyl Samargia Grivette and Lynette Carlson.
2nd Global Conference of the Posterior Fossa Society,
2nd Global Conference of the Posterior Fossa Society,
April 2024
April 2024
Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN
2nd year graduate students Anna Schmidt, Sam Ertz and Amanda Jackson presented research posters and were accompanied by Dr. Sharyl Samargia Grivette who gave an oral presentation at the conference.
American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
December 2024
December 2024
Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2023
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2023
Second year graduate students of the NFR lab will be presenting their Plan B research projects at two poster forums in April!
The 2023 Minnesota Speech Language Hearing Association (MNSHA) Virtual Convention
Congratulations, Emma Zenzen for being awarded the Excellence in Research Poster Award at the 2023 Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association Spring Convention!!
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The 2023 College of Education and Human Service Professions (CEHSP) Research and Scholarship Showcase on the UMD campus.
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2022
STUDENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2022
Minnesota Speech Language Hearing Association (MNSHA) Annual Convention, Mankato, MN
Minnesota Speech Language Hearing Association (MNSHA) Annual Convention, Mankato, MN
Members of the NFR at the Minnesota Speech Language Hearing Association (MNSHA) Annual Convention.
April 2022.
Taylor Boraas
Annika Junemann
Madison Adel, Rachel Webster and Sarah Wacholz
Lakken Meredith
STUDENT TRAINING
STUDENT TRAINING
Dr. Samargia-Grivette provided members of the lab a hands-on training experience on the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) at the Non-invasive Neuromodulation Lab (NNL) housed in the Masonic Institutute for the Developing Brain (MIDB) on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Posterior Fossa Society
Posterior Fossa Society
Dr. Samargia-Grivette presented research at the 3rd Global Meeting of the Posterior Fossa Society in Copenhagen, Denmark in April of 2026
As the current President of the PFS, she also provided the welcome address and moderated research sessions.
PFS Board Members: L to R
Dr. Sebastian Toescu (Communications), Dr. Stu McAffee (member at large), Dr. Alvaro Lassalatta (member at large), Dr. Rene Mathiason (Program Director), Dr. Sharyl Samargia-Grivette (President) Dr. Giles Robinson (member at large), Dr. Andrea Carai (member at large), Dr. Jason Gill (Treasurer), Dr. Jonathan Gronback (Program Director), Kristin Szymanek (Secretary). Not in attendance, Dr. Kimberley Docking (member at large) and Melanie Mitchell (Caregiver Representative).
Large group photo of attendees of the 3rd Global Conference of the Posterior Fossa Society: Copenhagen, Denmark. 2026
American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
Dr. Samargia-Grivette and Dr. Denesh Ratnasingam presented at the ACRM Conference
October, 2025
Chicago, IL
Dr. Samargia-Grivette was an invited speaker at the National Center for Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation Spring Showcase Symposium.
Dr. Samargia-Grivette was an invited speaker at the National Center for Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation Spring Showcase Symposium.
Title: Pairing CILT with Cerebellar tDCS in Individuals with Aphasia is Feasible and May Improve Language Performance.
Title: Pairing CILT with Cerebellar tDCS in Individuals with Aphasia is Feasible and May Improve Language Performance.
Funded by NM4R
Dr. Samargia-Grivette was an invited speaker and moderator at the PFS Global Meeting in Liverpool, UK
Dr. Samargia-Grivette was an invited speaker and moderator at the PFS Global Meeting in Liverpool, UK
GRADUATION
GRADUATION
MASTERS CLASS, 2026
MASTERS CLASS, 2025
MASTERS CLASS, 2024
MASTERS CLASS, 2023
MASTERS CLASS, 2022
Congratulations!!
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