Grants and Awards
Dr. Christina Roup has been awarded a five-year R01 grant as Multi-Principal Investigator from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) for her project: "Hearing Aid Benefit in Adults with Self-Reported Hearing Difficulty Yet Normal Pure-Tone Audiograms." This work will address a critical and growing area of hearing health, investigating hearing aid outcomes in adults who experience hearing difficulties despite having normal results on standard hearing tests.
Dr. Cagla Kantarcigil has been awarded a two-year R03 grant as Principal Investigator from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for her project: "The Mechanistic Role of Respiratory-Swallow Coordination in Chronic Dysphagia Following Cortical Ischemic Stroke." This important research will deepen our understanding of swallowing impairments following stroke and has the potential to inform future rehabilitation approaches for individuals living with chronic dysphagia.
In addition, Dr. Cagla Kantarcigil and Dr. Loni Arrese have been selected to receive the Editor’s Award from Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups for their review article, “Asynchronous Telehealth for Dysphagia Management: Evidence, Possibilities, and Practical Examples.” The award recognizes the journal’s most impactful publications, honoring excellence in scholarly rigor and presentation.
The article, with Kantarcigil as first author, reviews evidence and explores practical possibilities for asynchronous telehealth in managing swallowing disorders. The award will be formally presented during the Researcher-Academic Town Meeting on November 18, 2026, at the ASHA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, and acknowledged during the ASHA Awards Ceremony.
Dr. Terrin Tamati was recently awarded an R01 from NIH as co-principal investigator. The work is a collaboration with Dr. Aaron Moberly of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The project “Measuring Meaningful Outcomes for Adults with Cochlear Implants across the Lifespan” will use mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to characterize age-specific communication and psychosocial outcomes and priorities of adults with hearing loss who use cochlear implants. Findings will support development of a meaningful toolbox of outcome measures relevant for defining individual profiles of needs and abilities of adult cochlear implant users, contributing to precision hearing healthcare approaches that maximize the broader health benefits of cochlear implantation across the lifespan.
Dr. Nahar Albudoor has received a research award through the Clinical and Translational Science Research Grant Program of The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The project is titled “Implementation of Conversational AI for Parent-Reported Screening of Pediatric Language Disorder in the Family’s Home Language: Spanish Exemplar.” This is exciting work as our professions implement AI into clinical practice and work to bridge diagnostic gaps in multi-lingual children.
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