People
Lab Personnel
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Aya Meltzer-Asscher, Ph.D. Joined lab in 2010. Involved in studies examining the neural correlates of argument structure processing in healthy speakers, as well as processing deficits and recovery patterns in aphasic individuals. |
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Jennifer Mack, Ph.D. Joined lab in 2011. Involved in studies investigating the neural correlates of argument structure processing. |
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Ellyn Riley, CCC-SLP, Ph.D. Joined the lab in 2011. Involved in studies examining verb and sentence processing in stroke-induced aphasia and effects of rTMS in Primary Progressive Aphasia. |
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Mejrima (Mary) Cosic Joined lab in 2005. Coordinates all lab projects. |
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Ted Jenkins Joined lab in 2010. Involved in volumetric lesion mapping & analysis, EEG testing, and clinical treatment & testing of patients. |
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Sarah Dove Research Technician sarah.dove@northwestern.edu 847-467-7591 Joined the lab in 2011. Involved in narrative and discourse analysis, EEG testing, and clinical treatment & testing of patients. |
Doctoral Candidates
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Soojin Cho Research: Complex sentence production and comprehension in aphasia; studies of on-line sentence production. |
Doctoral Students
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Eduardo Europa Research: Neuroimaging of language processing, efficacy of aphasia treatment; neurobiology of recovery. |
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Chien Ju Hsu Research: Patterns of language decline in aphasia and Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). |
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Sladjana Lukic Research: Neurocognitive mechanisms of language processing in healthy individuals and right hemisphere involvement in recovery from aphasia. |
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Julia Schuchard Research: Neural plasticity in recovery from aphasia and memory impairments in aphasia. |
Alumni
| Jiyeon Lee, Ph.D. (2011) | |
| Ellyn Riley, Ph.D. (2011) | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| Janet Choy, Ph.D (2010) | University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas |
| Naomi Hashimoto, Ph.D. (2006) | University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin |
| Steve Fix, Ph.D. (2005) | |
| Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah, Ph.D. (2004) | University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland |
| Swathi Kiran, Ph.D. (2001) | Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Mikyong Kim, Ph.D. (2001) | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island |
| Kirrie J. Ballard, Ph.D. (1997) | University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Ruby Drew, Ph.D. (1996) | West Carolina University |
| Sandra L. Schneider, Ph.D. (1996) | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee |
PostDoctoral Fellows
| Aneta Kielar, Ph.D. (2009-2011) | |
| Aaron M. Meyer, Ph.D. (2008-2010) | Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia |
| Dirk-Bart den Ouden, Ph.D. (2006-2010) | University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina |
| Borna Bonakdarpour, M.D. (2004-2008) | University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona |
| Michael Walsh Dickey, Ph.D. (2000-2007) | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Lisa Milman (2003-2006) | Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio |
| Miseon Lee, Ph.D. (2000-2003) | Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea |
Visiting Scholars
| Elena Barbieri (2010) | University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy |
| Dorothee Saur, MD (2009) | University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany |
