Leora R. Cherney, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, FACRM

Coleman Foundation Chair and Scientific Chair, Think and Speak Lab
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, Illinois

Leora R. Cherney, Ph.D., BC-ANCDS, FACRM is Scientific Chair, Think and Speak, at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (SRALab, formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) and Professor of both Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences & Disorders at Northwestern University. She has more than 35 years of clinical and research experience and is the founder and director of the SRALab’s Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment. She has over 100 publications, She has received the Honors of ASHA, ISHA and ANCDS.

Presentation(s):

• Rebuilding Identity and Rewarding Lives After Stroke: The Emotional Journey in Recovery (821008)

  Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  2:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

• Learning Center - Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Network (MR3) - Promoting Rehabilitation Research Across the Lifespan From Cellular Therapy to Implementation Science

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EST

• Clinical Research Methodology: Lessons Learned from Experts in the Field of Aphasia (825397)

  Thursday, October 22, 2020
  4:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

• Showing You Care About Stroke Through Shared Measures: How to Improve Clinical and Research Outcomes by Implementing Core Outcomes Measure Sets and Common Data Elements (841232)

  Friday, October 23, 2020
  2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

• Increasing Communication Access for Patients in Rehabilitation Settings: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Communication Partner Training (843181)

  Saturday, October 24, 2020
  10:00 AM – 11:15 AM EST