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

Scientific Chair
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Leora R. Cherney PhD is the Scientific Chair of Think and Speak at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) and Professor of both Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences & Disorders at Northwestern University. She has 40+ years of clinical and research experience in the area of adult neurologic communication disorders. She has received numerous prestigious awards including Honors of the Association from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association (ISHA), and the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS). She is also a fellow of ACRM and recipient of ACRM’s Women in Rehabilitation Science Award.

Poster(s):

• Improving Knowledge and Confidence in Assessing Decision-Making Capacity in Persons with Aphasia
  Thursday, November 2, 2023

  9:30 AM – 9:36 AM  

• Overcoming Barriers to Recruitment and Retention of Research Participants with Aphasia
  Thursday, November 2, 2023

  10:10 AM – 10:16 AM