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Another year of successful capstone projects

A big congratulations to Claire Malany, Hayley Neptune, and Magda van Leeuwen on the successful completion of their master’s capstone projects. The projects they completed through the O-SEE Lab were all extremely meaningful and clinically relevant – and have great potential to impact the field of speech-language pathology. The titles of their projects were:

Mealtime management of culturally and linguistically differing (CLD) populations: A qualitative study (Claire Malany and Hayley Neptune)

Implications of snacking on nutrition and quality of life in nursing home residents (Magda van Leeuwen)

Check out the great handouts they prepared with some of the key take-aways from their talks!

Cultural Responsivity and Dysphagia

Implications of Snacking on Nutrition and Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents

Introducing Dr. Ting-fen Lin

Allow us to introduce the recently minted Dr. Ting-fen Lin!

Ting-fen successfully defended her dissertation entitled, “Understanding breathing and swallowing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease via a holistic lens.” The purpose of her project was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a breathing-based yoga program among individuals with COPD. Her entire committee was unanimously enthusiastic about the implications of her important work, including the identification of an accepted and effective intervention to target the physical and psycho-emotional correlates of COPD-related dyspnea. You would not have known that her project required a complete pivot in scope, modality, and methods as a result of the COVID pandemic! She will be starting a faculty position this fall in the Fresno State Department of Communicative Sciences and Deaf Studies.

Congratulations, Ting-fen!

Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Conference

We had a lot of representation at this year’s Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Conference! Our participants this year included: Dr. Shune, collaborator Dr. Reva Barewal, current Ph.D. students David Bayne, Ting-fen Lin, and Bedoor Nagshabandi; lab alumni Rachel Gulliford, Marissa White, and Lauren Zinnershine.

Barewal, R. & Shune, S. (2020). Transitional foods: Updates on their behavior, use, and benefits in both adult and pediatric populations.

*Bayne, D., *Gulliford, R., Thompson, A., *White, M., & Shune, S. (2020). Developing a hospital-based simulation lab for increased educational exposure.

*Bayne, D., Barewal, R., & Shune, S. (2020). The use of enhanced foods to reduce malnourishment.

*Lin, T., Deshmukh, R., & Shune, S. (2020). Swimming against the currents of work-related stress in healthcare.

*Zinnershine, L., *Nagshabandi, B., & Shune, S. (2020). Speech-language pathologists’ perceptions of factors affecting dysphagia adherence in the inpatient setting.

Transitional foods webinar

Dr. Shune and Dr. Reva Barewal presented a wonderful webinar on transitional foods for the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders. The webinar was aimed at healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers impacted by dysphagia, and students learning about swallowing disorders. Transitional foods were defined and categorized in depth.

Here is a link to the info and a recording of the webinar: Webinar Recording

Undergraduate Research Symposium

While this year’s undergraduate research symposium looked a little differently, O-SEE undergrads took the technology challenges in stride and did excellent jobs with the new Zoom format. Congratulations to Cameron Davis, Eric Graboyes, Natalie Hanson, and Carissa Hartmann who all presented at this year’s conference.

Congratulations Cameron!

A big congratulations to Cameron Davis who successfully defended their honors thesis this morning! Cameron’s work explored the impact of post-stroke dysphagia on survivors and spousal caregivers, with a particularly emphasis on the importance of perceptual congruence.

Bravo on a job well done!

Swallowing Symposium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Shune and Bedoor Nagshandi had the honor of being invited to speak at the first Swallowing Symposium at Princess Nourah University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition to their presentations, they had the opportunity to network with researchers, clinicians, and faculty across the region. And of course, they had time to get in a little sightseeing and explore all of the food while ringing in the New Year!

We look forward to continuing to work with Princess Nourah to develop more cross-cultural research, training, and educational opportunities.

Fall Conference Season

What a busy fall for the O-SEE Lab! We started at the Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Annual Conference in October, where a number of O-SEE lab members (Dr. Shune, Bedoor Nagshabandi), alumni (Rachael Iverson), and collaborators (Dr. Reva Barewal) presented together. We then quickly turned our attention to November’s ASHA Convention. Dr. Shune, Bedoor, and Tess Munboon, along with collaborators Dr. Barewal and Dr. Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald, joined the approximately other 15,000 convention attendees this year!

We were excited to share all of our new work related to caregiver burden, transitional-state snacks, and dysphagia compliance/adherence with everyone.

A busy summer of conferences!

The O-SEE Lab stayed busy this summer, presenting at conferences near and far!

Dr. Shune had the opportunity to present with Couples and Family Therapy collaborator Dr. Deanna Linville at the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Conference in Austin, TX. Doc student Ting-fen Lin was able to travel to Japan to present at the Japanese Society of Dysphagia Rehabilitation’s annual conference. Undergrad honors student Cameron Davis and Dr. Shune presented at the Oregon Stroke Network conference.

We really enjoyed being able to present our work to highly varied audience and are looking forward to all of our fall conferences!

Better Speech and Hearing Month Conferences

The term may be wrapping up, but the O-SEE lab is staying busy presenting their work. What better time to educate individuals from outside of our field than during Better Speech and Hearing Month?

Congratulations to senior Bri Southworth on a great poster presentation at this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium!

And thank you Dr. Shune for discussing dysphagia and its impact on caregivers at the American Geriatrics Society conference.