I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where I work with Dr. Argye E. Hillis in the SCORE (Stroke Cognitive Outcomes & REcovery) Lab. My current focus involves architecting multimodal predictive models that prospectively determine when and for whom targeted interventions can most effect positive change in an individual’s recovery trajectory.
I completed my Ph.D. in Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences at Boston University, where I worked with Dr. Swathi Kiran in the Center for Brain Recovery and Dr. Einat Liebenthal in the Institute for Technology in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital.
Broadly, my research focuses on language dysfunction and rehabilitation after neurological damage. My dissertation work involved the development of a naturalistic paradigm for assessment in post-stroke aphasia, investigating how language, emotion, and visual attention interact in contexts that better reflect real-world demands. This work reveals heterogeneous profiles of engagement in persons with aphasia and argues for multimodal, ecologically valid approaches to assessment and treatment. Separately, as a multilingual researcher, I also examine how theories of language disorders can better reflect the variety of human linguistic experience.
Methodologically, my work spans behavioral, physiological, and neuroimaging measures (e.g., eye-tracking, fMRI) and computational approaches such as machine learning and natural language processing.
Before my doctoral training, I was a speech-language pathologist specializing in traumatic brain injury and stroke neurorehabilitation at the Northeast Center for Brain Injury and Rehabilitation. I earned my M.S. in Communication Disorders from SUNY New Paltz and my B.A. in Speech and Hearing Science from the University at Buffalo.
When I’m not working, I’m spending time with my family, shooting hoops, and reading.
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