Drs. Stephanie De Anda and Lauren Cycyk presented research from the EDLD Lab at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI) with our collaborators Dr. Heather Moore (Western Washington University), Dr. Anne Larson (University of Minnesota), and the team at Oregon Health & Science University. We were excited to share our work on […]

The EDLD Lab is thrilled to announce that Lidia Huerta successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Care: An Exploration of Speech-Language Pathology Students’ Training and Competence”. This study explored the perceptions of second year speech-language pathology master’s students on their training in culturally and linguistically responsive care as well as the […]

Our EDLD Lab family is growing! We are excited to announce that on May 31st, lab member, Antonella gave birth to a beautiful baby. We are so happy to welcome him and to hear that they are both happy and healthy. Welcome, Matías!

The EDLD Lab would like to congratulate Lidia Huerta who recently received the prestigious Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) PhD scholarship. Lidia was one of only eight recipients across the country to receive this award. This scholarship will support her dissertation study which explores Speech-Language Pathology graduate students’ training in […]

Congratulations to Giselle Marquez, one of our newest lab members, on being one of only three recipients of the 2020 NSSLHA Scholarship from the ASHFoundation. This scholarship recognizes exceptional students who are beginning graduate school and who also had active National NSSLHA memberships as an undergraduate student. Giselle completed her undergraduate degree at the University […]

We are excited to share that Drs. Lauren Cycyk and Stephanie De Anda and doctoral student, Lidia Huerta, participated in a national webinar to share a research collaboration focused on enhancing equity for diverse populations with communication disorders in early intervention and early childhood special education. The project represents an ongoing collaboration with the Oregon […]

The University of Oregon was recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through their Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations program (RADx-UP). The aim of this grant is to expand COVID-19 testing for populations that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Dr. Stephanie De Anda, one of the directors of […]

Abbey is a recent graduate from the University of Oregon and during the previous academic year, she defended her honor’s thesis and passed with distinction. As a student in the Clark Honors College and research assistant in the EDLD lab, she began working on her thesis during her junior year under the mentorship of Dr. […]

Isabella was selected by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as one of only 11 students nationally to receive the 2020 Students Preparing for Academic Research Careers (SPARC) Award. The purpose of this award is to cultivate student interest in pursuing a PhD and career in academia in the field of communication disorders and sciences. Isabella is […]

The EDLD Lab had a great time at the Forum for Public Safety put on in May by the City of Eugene to share information with the Latino/a community. Lab co-director, Dr. Cycyk, even had a chance to talk with Eugene’s mayor, the Honorable Lucy Vinis!