… conference presentations by the full-time faculty have increased exponentially. For Hillman, who was the inaugural associate provost for research and just recently … Horner Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences, and the members of his research team have been awarded over 20 grants, industry contracts, and competitive … Harvard University physics professor Dr. Michael Brenner and Google’s Euphonia team to develop AI technology that helps people with even the most severe speech …

… how children with developmental language disorder learn has been understudied for years.   The condition, which affects about 8% of students in the country, is one … to MGH Institute of Health Professions researcher Dr. Yael Arbel.   Arbel and her team will focus on feedback-based learning approaches that clinicians and teachers … erroneous usage of words and phrases. One of the questions Arbel and her team are asking is whether a child should be made aware of grammatical errors and …

… in children has rarely been studied, and never integrating the brain   For children who have epilepsy, experiencing multiple seizures a day is debilitating … (MRI) and a variety of neurocognitive assessments, Dr. Christodoulou and her team will investigate how reading skills relate to the unique brain structure of … children in the hemispherectomy population is not unfamiliar to her.  “The good news is that even when half the brain is purposefully made non-functional, the …

… Imbalance Topics Research Imbalance and risk of falling is a common side effect for breast cancer survivors. For years, it was presumed that peripheral neuropathy - … induced peripheral neuropathy. Now we have a much better idea.”  Wechsler’s team tested 43 breast cancer survivors at the IHP’s Biomotion Capture Lab and had … double compared to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. Wechsler and his team say this finding could translate to survivors with cancer-related fatigue having …

… Christodoulou, director of the Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab, and her team recently surpassed the 500-student mark in those who’ve been served by her lab’s … can shift dramatically. By the end of the summer, reading scores tend to decrease for most students. Reading is experience-dependent in that readers improve with … and more individualized instruction, SPLASH school staff get more support and team members, IHP student clinicians gain invaluable school-based training, my lab …

… MGH Institute, RSM Recognized by Boston Business Journal for Helping Charlestown Families and Children … MGH Institute, RSM Recognized by Boston Business Journal for Helping Charlestown Families and Children Topics Health & Wellness The growing … occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and nursing programs. The team is working closely with teachers to understand the specific needs of children …