research Archives

Apr 07, 2023
  • Imani Gilbert

Dr. Perry visits CSD Dept at Western Carolina University

  Dr. Jamie Perry joined the CSD department at Western Carolina University to talk to their students about cleft palate & craniofacial anomalies! What a great crowd! Check out the...

Apr 07, 2023
  • Imani Gilbert

Lab Members Successfully Present at RCAW!

RCAW was a success! We are so proud of our lab members Hannah Ragsdale, Lydia LaFevers, McKenzie Perry, Haley Masterjohn, and Kathryn Fennie for all of their hard work! A...

Apr 07, 2023
  • Imani Gilbert

New VP MRI Site Launched in Greenville, NC

  Lab member Megan Bowling served as our most recent test subject when setting up a new MRI site in Greenville, NC. We have successfully launched another MRI site in...

Apr 07, 2023
  • Imani Gilbert

Lab Member Defends Dissertation

  Eshan Schleif, PhD,  Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, successfully defended her dissertation, “The Influence of Orthodontic Appliances on Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Velopharynx” under the direction of...

Apr 07, 2023
  • Imani Gilbert

Lab Member Wins a 2023 ACPA Award!

Congratulations to lab member Taylor Snodgrass for her recent scholarship award! Taylor was awarded the David P. Kuehn Speech Scholarship. This scholarship is designed to help current master’s or doctoral...

Apr 07, 2023
  • Imani Gilbert

Research Participants Needed!

  Children (WITH and WITHOUT a history of cleft palate) aged 5-8 years are sought for participation in a speech MRI study. The study will take approximately 1 hour of...

Jan 21, 2022
  • Imani Gilbert

Research Participants Needed!

Research Participants Needed. The primary goal of this study is to develop an atlas-based dynamic MRI tool to characterize and assess the motions of speech structures among individuals with repaired...