Optimizing Swallowing & Eating for the Elderly
Congrats to O-SEE Lab member Meredith Meyer (2nd year MA student) on a very successful OSHA poster presentation. Meredith was very busy during the poster session talking all about the use of smartforks to regulate eating rate for individuals with post-stroke dysphagia.
This year looks to be another busy year for the O-SEE lab at the ASHA Convention – especially on Friday! Come hear what we have been working on:
Shune, S. & Linville, D. (Couples and Family Therapy Program, University of Oregon). Using a biopsychosocial-spiritual framework for treating families adapting to chronic conditions. ePoster, Friday, November 16, 10 AM, CC/Hall C
Shune, S. & Morano-Villhauer, A. (Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA). Maximizing outcomes across transitions: How can we best support patients and families. Seminar, Friday, November 16, 3:45 PM, Westin/Commonwealth C
Nagshabandi, B. & Shune, S. An ecological model of factors contributing to patient compliance in dysphagia management. Poster, Friday, November 16, 10:30 AM, CC/Hall C
Lin, T. & Shune, S. Mealtimes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through a psychoemotional lens. Poster, Friday, November 16, 2:30 PM, CC/Hall C
The O-SEE Lab wrapped up a busy thesis season today with Tani successfully defending her MA thesis. Tani presented on “The relationship between proprioception and respiration during eating in young adults”. While we missed getting a picture of her during her defense, we luckily snapped a picture of her celebrating with Dr. Shune later in the day! A BIG congratulations to you Tani and a HUGE thank you for all your help in lab these past two years.
A big congratulations to Anyasha Aragon for successfully defending her undergraduate honors thesis today. In case you missed her presentation on “Regulating rate of eating in patients with dysphagia: The effectiveness of smartforks,” you have another opportunity to hear her present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium (5/17 at 10 AM) where she was selected to give an oral presentation. Way to go, Anyasha!
Congratulations to O-SEE Lab doctoral student Ting-fen Lin for being the recipient of this year’s Bullock Fund. Ting-fen will be using this grant for her project entitled, “Mealtimes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease via a Psychoemotional Lens”. We look forward to hearing more about the results of this work!
We have a new publication in press in Rehabilitation Nursing Journal: “An altered eating experience: Attitudes toward feeding assistance among younger and older adults” by Dr. Shune. We look forward to sharing this new work with all of you!
The O-SEE Lab was busy at this year’s ASHA Convention in Los Angeles. Recent grad Susie Nam presented the results of her MA thesis in a poster entitled, “Using the social aspects of mealtime to manage malnutrition and dehydration.” New doctoral student Bedoor Nagshabandi presented two(!) posters on practice patterns in Saudi Arabia: “Exploring neurologists & neurosurgeons knowledge about the speech pathologists’ scope of practice” and “Investigating the factors affecting referral rate to speech pathologists from neurologists & neurosurgeons.” Dr. Shune presented talks on malnutrition/dysphagia in the elderly and becoming a clinician-leader.
We were glad to be able to share our work with so many of you. We are already looking forward to next year!
Dr. Shune has received a 2017 Advancing Academic-Research Career (AARC) Award. As part of this award, she will receive mentorship from Dr. Deanna Linville (Couples & Family Therapy, University of Oregon; bio) and Dr. Rik Lemoncello (Communication Sciences and Disorders, Pacific University; bio) to advance her research and teaching methods. Be sure to stay tuned!
Our community-based participatory research work has been accepted for presentation at the 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress. We look forward to sharing this work in July.