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April 15, 2024

Our doctoral student, Yilun Zhang, presented a research poster on “Influence of Attention of Speech Error Correction Performance and EEG Mu Rhythm Brain Response” at the Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference in Tornoto, Canada.
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Kimaya Sarmukadam

April 22, 2022

Our post-doctoral research fellow, Kimaya Sarmukadam, presented a research poster on “The relationship of lesion location, resting-state EEG and aphasia severity in post-stroke aphasia” at Discover UofSC 2022 in Columbia, SC. Dr. Sarmukadam investigates the relationship between brain oscillations in the resting state and speech-language impairment in individuals with post-stroke aphasia. Preliminary findings from this line of research demonstrate the potential for identifying specific neural oscillatory components and further exploring the relationship between rsEEG, lesion location, and behavioral measures of aphasia severity to improve individualized treatment for participants with post-stroke aphasia.
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Yilun Zhang

April 22, 2022

Our doctoral student, Yilun Zhang, presented a research poster on “Association between the Beta Band Neural Response and the Behavioral Performance in Aphasic and Neurologically Intact Individuals” at the Discover UofSC conference, in Columbia, SC.
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Emily Virag and Parker Wess

April 22, 2022

Our undergraduate students, Emily Virag and Parker Wess, presented a research poster on “Effect of EEG-based Neurofeedback Training on Improving Speech and Limb Motor Reaction Time” at the Discover UofSC conference, in Columbia, SC. View the poster


HIH NIDCD

January 16, 2021

Dr. Behroozmand receives $3.6 million from NIH to enhance research on brain damage and speech impairment.


Stacey Sangtian

August, 2020

Our doctoral student, Stacey Sangtian, was selected for a 2020 Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) Student Fellowship Award. Individuals who receive this award must be full-time speech-language pathology students specializing in clinical neurologically based communication disorders and sciences courses. The 2020 Annual Meeting is usually held in San Diego, CA, but this year the conference will be virtual due to COVID-19.


Emily Virag

July 22, 2020

Our undergraduate student, Emily Virag, presented a research talk on the Effects of Transcranial Alternating Stimulation (tACS) On Neuronal Dynamics and Cognition based on a published thesis by Davide Cappon Balos.


Dr. Roozbeh Behroozmand

June 22, 2020

Dr. Behroozmand served as an invited reviewer for the NIH Study Section on the Motor Function Speech and Rehabilitation (Center for Scientific Review, National Institute of Health)


Emily Virag

December 17, 2019

Our undergraduate student, Emily Virag, has received a Magellan Grant from the office of undergraduate research at the University of South Carolina. This grant will support research on understanding the effect of EEG-based neuro-feedback training on improving speech and limb motor function in the human brain.


U of SC

October, 2019

Our doctoral student, Stacey Sangtian, presented a research poster on “Neural Mechanisms of Speech Sensorimotor Impairment in Post-Stroke Aphasia” during a Department of Communication Disorders Conference, at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, SC.


American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

June 2019

Dr. Behroozmand was awarded the Grant Review and Reviewer Training Travel Grant Award by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in Rockville, MD. This training aims to provide specific instruction on how to effectively review research grants and to conduct reviews of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation research grant applications.


Stacey Sangtian

May 17, 2019

Our doctoral student, Stacey Sangtian, presented a research poster on “Neural Mechanisms of Speech Sensorimotor Impairment in Post- Stroke Aphasia” at the University of South Carolina Neuroscience Community Retreat, in Columbia, SC.


U of SC

April 26, 2019

Our doctoral student, Stacey Sangtian, presented a research poster on “Neural Mechanisms of Speech Sensorimotor Impairment in Post-Stroke Aphasia” at the University of South Carolina Discovery Day in Columbia, SC.


Karim Johari

March 1, 2019

Our doctoral student, Karim Johari, presented a research poster on “Neural Correlates of Impaired Speech and Hand Motor Timing Processing in Parkinson’s Disease” during the IMB Conference on Executive Function in Mind and Brain at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, SC.


March 1, 2019

Our doctoral student, Stacey Sangtian, presented a research poster on “Sensorimotor Impairment of Speech Production and Motor Control in Post-Stroke Aphasia: Evidence from Behavioral and Neurophysiological Biomarkers” during the IMB Conference on Executive Function in Mind and Brain at the University of South Carolina, in Columbia, SC.


American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Boston, MA

November 15, 2018

Dr. Behroozmand presented a research talk on “Sensorimotor Impairment of Speech Auditory Feedback in Aphasia” at American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Boston, MA.


48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA

November 7, 2018

Dr. Behroozmand presented a research talk on “Effect of STN-DBS on Sensorimotor Integration Mechanisms of Voice Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease” at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA.


48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA

November 6, 201800

PhD Student Karim Johari presented a research poster on “Neural correlates of impaired speech and hand motor timing processing in Parkinson’s disease” at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego, CA.
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Cognitive Aging Conference 2018 held in Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

May 5, 2018

PhD Student Karim Johari presented a research poster on “Age-Related Changes in Temporal Processing Mechanisms of Speech Production and Hand Movement: An ERP Study” at Cognitive Aging Conference 2018 held in Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
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April 20, 2018

PhD student Karim Johari at COMD Speech Neuroscience Lab presented a research poster on “Cathodal Stimulation Improves Motor Timing Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease During Speech Production and Hand Movement” at Discover USC 2018 Conference Meeting in Columbia, SC.
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Discover USC 2018 Conference Meeting in Columbia, SC

April 20, 2018

MSP students Cameron McDuffie, Kathryn Hyatt, and Nicole Sovde at COMD Speech Neuroscience Lab presented a research poster on “Effect of Altered Auditory Feedback on Sensorimotor Deficits in Aphasic Individuals” at Discover USC 2018 Conference Meeting in Columbia, SC.
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2018 Motor Speech Conference in Savannah, GA

February 23, 2018

Dr. Behroozmand presented a research poster on “Sensorimotor Impairment of Speech Production and Motor Control in Post-Stroke Aphasia: Evidence from Behavioral and Neurophysiological Biomarkers” at the 2018 Motor Speech Conference in Savannah, GA.
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January 16, 2018

The Speech Neuroscience Lab at the University of South Carolina welcomes Stacey Sangtian as a new PhD student. Student Stacey Sangtian is an ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist who earned her B.S. from the College of Charleston and her M.S.P. from the University of South Carolina. During her master’s, Stacey was the recipient of an ASHA SPARC Award, the MSP Outstanding Student Award in Communication Sciences and Disorders, and was selected to participate in the ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program. As the new doctoral student, Stacey’s research is working toward understanding the brain mechanisms of speech motor control and their impairment in patients with post-stroke aphasia. Stacey hopes to use her clinical experiences to inform her approach in addressing clinically relevant research questions in the field.


November 15, 2017

Dr. Behroozmand presented a research poster on “Neural Correlates of Impaired Motor Timing Processing during Speech Production and Hand Movement in Parkinson’s Disease” at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC.
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9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language in Baltimore, Maryland

November 9, 2017

Dr. Behroozmand presented a research poster on “Brain Lesion Associated with Impaired Sensorimotor Processing of Speech Auditory Feedback in Aphasia” at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language in Baltimore, Maryland.
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9th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language in Baltimore, Maryland

November 8, 2017

PhD students Karim Johari presented a research poster on “Language impairment and improvement in Parkinson’s disease: what, when, and why” at the 9th Annual Meeting Society for the Neurobiology of Language in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Karim Johari

November 1, 2017

PhD student Karim Johari at COMD Speech Neuroscience Lab has received the Annual Graduate Scholar Award for Aging Research from the Arnold School of Public Health. This award will support Johari’s research on developing new methods for treatment of limb and speech motor disorder in Parkinson’s disease.
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Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR) Lecture Series at the University of South Carolina

September 14, 2017

Dr. Behroozmand has presented a research talk on “Behavioral and Neural Bases of Speech Sensorimotor Impairment in Aphasia” at the Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR) Lecture Series at the University of South Carolina.
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National Institutes of Health

July 3, 2017

Dr. Behroozmand has been awarded an NIH (NIDCD) K01 grant to study the “sensorimotor processing of auditory feedback in aphasia”. The goal of this research project is to develop a model that uses the biomarkers of auditory feedback processing for probing the integrity of speech sensorimotor mechanism and its deficits in patients with post-stroke aphasia. This model will utilize neuroimaging (MRI) data to identify the patterns of brain damage and diminished structural connectivity within the auditory-motor networks in the left hemisphere that predict impaired sensorimotor processing of speech. The outcome of this translational line of research will advance our understanding of speech mechanisms and will improve diagnosis and treatment of speech disorders in patients with post-stroke aphasia.
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USC Aspire Grant

April 28, 2017

Dr. Behroozmand has received the USC ASPIRE grant for a project to study the effects of brain stimulation on speech and hand motor function in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The goal of this project is to assess the effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation technology (HD-tDCS) for treatment of speech and hand motor disorders in Parkinson’s disease.
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USC Discovery Day in Columbia, SC

April 21, 2017

PhD students Karim Johari at COMD Speech Neuroscience Lab presented a research poster on “Neural Correlates of Impaired Temporal Processing before Initiation and Inhibition of Speech and Hand Movement: Evidence from Parkinson’s Disease” at USC Discovery Day in Columbia, SC.
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April 21, 2017

MSP students Erin Hurst, Meg Johnson, and Sarah Neal at COMD Speech Neuroscience Lab presented a research poster on “Neurobasis of Impaired Voice Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease” at USC Discovery Day in Columbia, SC.
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April 6, 2017

USC undergraduate student Elizabeth Thompson has received the Magellan Scholars award for a project to investigate the effects of High-Definition Brain Stimulation (HD-tDCS) for speech and hand movement rehabilitation. This project will be conducted under Dr. Behroozmand’s supervision at USC Speech Neuroscience Lab.
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November 19, 2016

Dr. Behroozmand presents a research talk at the 2016 ASHA seminar on “Modulation of Sensory Systems Before and during Speech Production: Typical and Disordered Speech” in Philadelphia, PA.


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November 18, 2016

Speech Neuroscience Lab presents a poster on the “Neural Basis of Sensorimotor Adaptation in the Speech Production System” at the 2016 ASHA conference in Philadelphia, PA.
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November 14, 2016

Speech Neuroscience Lab presents a poster on the “Effects of STN Deep Brain Stimulation on Voice Motor Control in Parkinson’s Disease” at the 2016 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference in San Diego, CA.
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NIH

June 1, 2016

In collaboration with Dr. Jeremy Greenlee (PI) at the University of Iowa, Dr. Behroozmand (co-I) has been awarded an R01 NIH grant to study the “Neural Mechanisms of Vocal Communication in the Human Brain”. The goal of this research project is to provide unique insights into the structure and function of the human sensory-motor network that underlies effective speech communication. This research is a significant contribution to developing novel treatment methods for neurological patients with speech disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, stuttering, aphasia, schizophrenia and autism.


Stacey Dangtian

May 3, 2016

Stacey Sangtian has defended her master’s thesis titled: “Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Planning during Vocal Motor Control”. In her project, Stacey utilized the application of EEG signal recordings from the human brain to identify biomarkers of motor planning in the vocal production system. Her novel project has paved the way toward developing an objective method to study speech motor disorders in patients with neurological impairments such as Parkinson’s disease.
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Caroline Hayden and Keiko Bridwell

April 22, 2016

USC undergraduate students Caroline Hayden and Keiko Bridwell presented a research poster on “the effects of HD-tDCS on speech motor control” at USC Discovery Day. Caroline and Keiko have been working in Speech Neuroscience (PI: Roozbeh Behroozmand) and Neurolinguistics (PI: Dirk den Ouden) labs on a joint collaboration project as part of their Magellan Scholars award.
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Stacey Sanction

March 4, 2016

Stacey Sangtian has received the 2016 Outstanding MSP Student Award in the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of South Carolina. Stacey is currently completing her Master’s thesis in the Speech Neuroscience Lab under the supervision of Dr. Behroozmand.
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March 3, 2016

Speech Neuroscience Lab presents a research talk at the Motor Speech Conference on the “Effects of Planning and Preparation on Behavioral and ERP Correlates of Speech Motor Control” in Newport Beach, CA from March 3-6.
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Speech Neuroscience Lab

January 23, 2016

Speech Neuroscience Lab presents a research poster at the Department of Communication Disorders annual research festival in Columbia, SC.
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Society for Neuroscience poster

October 22, 2015

Speech Neuroscience Lab presents a research poster in the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience held in Chicago, IL from October 17-21.
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Stacey Sangtian

September 3, 2015

Stacey Sangtian has been named recipients of the 2015 Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Stacey is a student in the Master of Speech-Language Pathology program, and was one of only 11 awardees chosen from applicants across the United States. She is currently completing her Master’s Thesis project in the Speech Neuroscience Lab under the supervision of Dr. Behroozmand.
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Caroline Hayden and Keiko Bridwell

May 2, 2015

Undergraduate students in the Speech Neuroscience Lab and Neurolinguistics Lab presented their work at USC Discovery Day as part of their Magellan Scholars award. Caroline Hayden (PI: Roozbeh Behroozmand) and Keiko Bridwell (PI: Dirk den Ouden) presented preliminary data from an ongoing study on the effects of neuro-stimulation on speech motor control.
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NIH

March 30, 2015

In collaboration with Dr. Julius Fridriksson (PI), Director of the Aphasia lab at the University of South Carolina, Dr. Behroozmand (co-PI) has been awarded an R21 NIH grant on Speech Treatment Entrainment for Broca’s Aphasia.