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Athletic Training Speech-Language Pathology PhD student Leslie graduate students Katie McGovern Zhen received the The NATA District and Jennifer Gates were the first American Academy Two awarded SHRS students to defend their theses of Audiology scholarships to online during the COVID-19 crisis. Foundation’s Sadanand Athletic Training Singh Memorial Scholarship award Students Lauren Betts, Audiology students Erin Casey for his excellent academic record receiving the Tanya and Katy Leskowat were named and clearly articulated research Dargusch Leadership Schweitzer Fellows for 2020-21. aspirations in auditory perceptual in Community Service They will work with the HEAR-UP (stimulus) learning. Scholarship, and project at the Birmingham Devon Trieschock, Free Clinic and Squirrel Hill Occupational Therapy receiving the Bobby Gunn Award. Health Center providing hearing evaluations, fitting hearing aids Tara Klinedinst, Communication Science and developing communication postdoctoral associate, and Disorders strategies to better serve their was awarded patients. They will also work on a Postdoctoral Sarah Elizabeth translating documents to Nepali Fellowship with Steward (BPhil ’20) and other additional languages. the Rehabilitation Research and received the Emma Training Center on Family Support W. Locke Award PhD student Cara Donohue had through the National Institute on during Pitt’s 2020 a first authored research note Disability, Independent Living, and Commencement Ceremony. The published in the American Journal Rehabilitation Research. award is presented to a graduating of Speech-Language Pathology. senior in recognition of high Her article, “How Important Is Theresa Tran, OTD student, scholarship, character and devotion Randomization of Swallows During received the Cleveland Clinic Robert to the ideals of the University Kinematic Analyses of Swallow D. Kruse Memorial Scholarship. of Pittsburgh. Function?” is co-authored with her mentor, Dr. James Coyle, Sports Medicine AuD student Ashley CSD professor. Donohue was also Medefindt received a elected chair of the Dysphagia Emily Mulkey, James and Susan Jerger Research Society Student Advisory Sports Medicine Award for Excellence Board, appointed editorial board student, received the in Student Research member for ASHA’s Perspectives Stanley Prostrednik from the American Academy of of the Special Interest Group 13, Health Sciences Audiology (AAA) Foundation. The and named a recipient of an ASHA Grant (Nationality Rooms Summer award was for her AAA 2020 Teaching Symposium scholarship. Study Abroad Scholarship) to learn conference co-authored research about and research international poster, “Auditory Spatial Processing PhD student Amanda Mahoney approaches to Athletic Training and Abilities in Blast-Exposed Veterans was appointed to the student Sports Medicine. with Normal Pure-Tone Thresholds.” advisory committee of the Dysphagia Research Society. Allison Ross, Sports Medicine Rob Cavanaugh, doctoral student, student, received the National was accepted into Pitt’s Institute The NSSLHA Chapter at the Athletic Trainers’ Association for Clinical Research Education’s University of Pittsburgh was Research & Education Foundation Clinical and Translational Science awarded 2020 Gold Chapter Honors. Gatorade Gail Weldon Memorial Fellowship Program, a translational This student organization has Scholarship which recognizes research training program for pre- consistently received this honor academic achievement and a desire and post-doctoral students who find of distinction. to work with student-athletes or innovative ways to advance research professional athletes. from the initial discovery through improved patient outcomes and health policy.