Our members
The Aphasia Lab comprises La Trobe University staff, postdoctoral fellows and research higher degree students who are active in aphasia research.
Visiting faculty and students active in aphasia research may also become guest members of the lab.
Aphasia clinicians and people with aphasia also participate in our community development sessions.
Current members
Miranda Rose
Miranda is the Director of the Aphasia Lab. She is a Principal Research Fellow and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at La Trobe University.
Michelle Attard
Michelle's research investigates the effects of three community aphasia group models for people with aphasia and their families.
Caroline Baker
Caroline’s research investigates the translation of stepped psychological care to manage after stroke depression for people with aphasia.
Dr Marcella Carragher
Marcella is a postdoctoral researcher in the Aphasia Lab and Trial Manager for the ASK clinical trial.
Abby Foster
Abby is a lecturer in aphasia at La Trobe University and Assistant Trial Manager for the COMPARE clinical trial.
Lucette Lanyon
Lucie is co-founder of the online resource Aphasia Community and the Aphasia Community national group registry. Lucie’s research and clinical interests include the long-term management of post-stroke aphasia and adult acquired and progressive disability.
Jasvinder Sekhon
Jas' PhD focuses on the counselling practice and efficacy of speech pathologists working with people with post stroke aphasia.
Maya Menahemi-Falkov
Maya's research examines the effect of maintenance programs on the long-term retention of outcomes from intensive aphasia treatment programs in people with chronic aphasia.
John E. Pierce
John's research compares lower-intensity multi-modal and constraint-induced aphasia therapies.
Dr. Robyn O'Halloran
Dr Robyn O'Halloran worked for over 10 years as a speech pathologist with adults
Guest members
Carola de Beer
Visiting PhD student from Bielefeld University, Germany, August-December 2014.
Project: "Which gesture types make a difference? Interpretation of semantic content communicated by people with aphasia via different gesture types"
email: carola.de_beer@uni-bielefeld.de
Karin van Nispen
Visiting PhD student from Tilburg University, The Netherlands, August-December 2014.
Project: "Does gesture add to the comprehensibility of people with aphasia?"
email: k.vannispen@uvt.nl
Dr Kazuki Sekine
Visiting Fellow, ongoing collaboration.
Topics: Gesture and aphasia
email: kazuki@tkc.att.ne.jp
Professor Laura Murray
Indiana University, USA, October-November 2015.
Topic: Aphasia and cognition
email: lmurray@indiana.edu