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​Katy O'Brien, PhD CCC-SLP

A Speech-Language Pathologist, Katy O’Brien is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia. She earned her PhD from the University of Minnesota and her MA from Appalachian State University. Her clinical experience has been with adults with neurogenic disorders in adult acute care and inpatient rehabilitation settings. Current research in the Cog-Com Rehab Lab focuses on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cognitive rehabilitation, specifically supporting college students as they return to their studies, as well as examining how adults with TBI think, talk, and plan for the future.

Doctoral Students

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Amy Kemp
Amy worked  as a Speech Language Pathologist for three years, after she earned her master's degree at Michigan State University.  Her research interests are in neuroscience and cognitive rehabilitation as related to memory, attention, and executive functioning post brain injury.
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Yalian Pei
Pei worked  as a Speech-Language-Hearing therapist in Japan for two years, after she earned her master's degree at Musashino University.  Her research interest is cognitive rehabilitation, especially changes in language and reading following TBI. 

Master's Thesis Students


Undergraduate Research Projects

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Gabriella Norton

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Allison Mehler
Alison Schultz
Ansley Messina
Anvitha Kaguturu
Autumn Knight
Grace Resnik
Hari Patel
Kaci Hunter
Pratik Patel
Sabina Yosef

Former Lab Associates

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Jacqueline Brown – CFY in the Teton Valley School District
Lauren Beck Stutzman – CFY at the Minneapolis VA Hospital
​Kimberly Dable – CFY in a Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Colorado

Cognitive-Communication
Rehabilitation Lab

566 Aderhold Hall
110 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602

info@cogcomlab.org

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