Documentary produced and directed by Minga and Pearce, Plus a Whole Lot More. . .

by Jamilla Minga, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, jamila.minga@duke.edu

Dr. Jamila Minga, Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Medicine and Michael Pearce, Assistant Professor at North Carolina Central University, produced and directed a documentary entitled, “RHD Hidden Diagnosis.” The documentary explores the impact of right-hemisphere brain damage (RHD) on stroke survivors by chronicling their struggles and achievements, and by following a group of graduate speech-language pathologists at North Carolina Central University as they navigate the COVID pandemic, and lead online RHD stroke survivor communication treatment groups. The documentary was featured as part of the Long Leaf Film Festival in North Carolina https:// calendar.duke.edu/show?fq=id%3ACAL-8a0182b3-870a191e-0187-9534e540000061dbdemobedework%40mysite.edu. In addition, Dr. Minga was awarded a K23 NIH-NIDCD (1K23-DC020236-01A1) grant, “Neuroanatomic Correlates of Language Production after Right Hemisphere Stroke’’, that expands her behavioral based discourse production work to include voxel-lesion symptom mapping. Finally, Dr. Minga led a study examining the Intersectionality of race on question-asking, which is the first study in the RHD literature to specifically examine race in a group of women stroke survivors.

A copy of the article is linked below: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36626232/