Karla K.
McGregor, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Board Certified Specialist-child language
Lab
Projects
The Children's Vocabulary Project, 2017-2022
McGregor PI
Funding provided by the National Institutes of Health
The objective of this project is to discover how children's word learning changes over developmental time.
Improving STEM Outcomes for Young Children with Language Learning Disabilities by Intervening at the Intersection of Language and Scientific Thought, 2017-2022
McGregor PI, Amanda Van Horne, Susan Wagner Cook, Renee Cole, Co-PIs
Funding provided by the National Institutes of Health
The purpose of this project is to test interventions that have the potential to ameliorate language as a barrier to science learning.
Early Word Learning, 2011-2022
Munro and Baker, PIs
Funding provided by the University of Sydney
We are fortunate to have an ongoing collaboration with Drs. Natalie Munro and Elise Baker in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. We have been particularly active in exploring word learning in typical toddlers and those who are late to talk. Our long-term goal is to inform early identification and interventions for children at risk for developmental language disorders, broadly defined.
Meet The Team
Margo Appenzeller, Ph.D, Lab Manager
Timothy Arbisi-Kelm, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate
Tim earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed a postdoctoral training in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests are in phonological and lexical development, and the role of prosody in language disorders.
Jacob Oleson, Ph.D., Lead Biostatistician
Jacob is an Associate Professor in Biostatistics, Director of Graduate Studies, and Director of the Center for Public Health Statistics for the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. He conducts both biostatistical methodologic research and collaborative clinical research for a variety of research ventures.
Nichole Eden, M.A., Research Language Speech Pathologist
Nichole is a certified speech-language pathologist with a background in early language intervention. She received her degree from the University of Iowa.
Ronald Pomper, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow
Ron earned his Ph.D in Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his B.A. in Human Biology at Stanford University. His research interests include how children with typical and atypical development learn new words and comprehend familiar words in speech.