ASHA Honors Rangos Faculty, Students with Meritorious Poster Award

The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) recognized Associate Athletic Training Professor Dr. Sarah Manspeaker, Associate Speech-Language-Pathology Professor Dr. Sarah Wallace and three students from the Rangos School of Health Sciences with a Meritorious Poster Award.

Sarah-Wallace
Sarah Wallace
Sarah Manspeaker
Sarah Manspeaker

The national association recognized only 57 out of 1,500 poster submissions for the highly selective competition, which honors extraordinary, exceptional and innovative work.

The team’s proposal, Speech-Language Pathologist Perceptions of Interprofessional Collaborative Practices, received the highest ratings from ASHA’s topic committee reviewers across both submission categories of professional education and research.

Maryann Berdik
Maryann Berdik
Nikki Purwin
Nikki Purwin
Lauren Foote
Lauren Foote

Wallace and Manspeaker co-authored the submission with speech-language-pathology students Maryann Berdik and Nikki Purwin and athletic training student Lauren Foote. The submission also included contributions from collaborators at Florida State University and Ball State University.