SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCH
Background
After working for many years with language-impaired children and adults in both Greek and English, I realized that anomia (word-finding difficulties) is a particularly prominent clinical marker across conditions (and languages) evident in naming abilities and conversational skills of many individuals seeking my services. This spurred my interest in the field of lexical access and retrieval.
My subsequent research endeavors can be roughly divided into two stages: (i) From 2000 to 2003, I worked on lexical access particularly for verbs and nouns, in the two languages of bilingual individuals (Greek and English) who had suffered a stroke, which led to my PhD dissertation Verb and Noun Retrieval in Bilingual Greek–English Individuals with Anomic Aphasia. (ii) From 2004 onwards, I have independently carried out research on lexical access for verbs and nouns for different linguistic tasks (e.g., naming, sentence retrieval, connected speech), experiments I most often designed myself, and across different adult clinical groups including patients with focal lesions (e.g., aphasia) and non-focal brain injury (e.g., schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, primary progressive aphasia) as well as bilectal and multilingual children with typical language development and those diagnosed with a primary (SLI/PLI) or secondary developmental language disorder (such as autism spectrum disorder and various genetic syndromes).
Between 2009 and 2012, I extended my research expertise into the field of developmental language disorders, with a particular emphasis on Specific Language Impairment (SLI) brought upon by my relocation from Greece to Cyprus in 2009, where I have actively participated in research activities by the Cyprus Acquisition Team, such as the Gen-CHILD Project awarded by the University of Cyprus to Prof. Kleanthes K. Grohmann and two European research networks on the topic, COST Action A33 Cross-Linguistically Robust Stages of Children’s Linguistic Performance and COST Action IS0804 Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society. My role in the CAT Lab as clinical assessor and therapist has allowed me to collaborate with the research team from the University of Cyprus on wider-ranging investigations of language development, specifically first and second language acquisition of bilectal, multilingual, and monolingual children, adolescents, and adults residing largely in Cyprus (but also in Australia, Germany, Greece, and Russia, for example). We investigate vocabulary development, naming tasks, executive function tasks, clitics, sentence repetition, and a host of other tools for developmental language impairment (such as SLI or dyslexia), and genetically induced language disorders.
Research Activities (RA)
[RA1] Diagnostics and development of experimental linguistic measures: development of language assessment measures for (Cypriot) Greek and the development of tools to tap into the complex morphosyntax of Greek; [RA2] Aphasia & neurolinguistics: lexical access and breakdown, assessment, intervention in bi/multilingual speakers; [RA3] Neurorehabilitation: non-invasive brain stimulation methods and behavioral treatments; [RA4] Psycholinguistics: acquisition in typical, atypical, and impaired language development, first and second language, multilingualism as well as diglossia, minority languages, and dialects at large.
RA1. Diagnostics and experimental linguistic tools
I consider my primary area of expertise to lie in mapping behavioral language patterns across cognitive pathologies comparatively using specific linguistics tools that are culturally appropriate. My work so far has involved individuals with aphasia after stroke, the dementias, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, autism, specific language impairment, and genetic syndromes. I have set up a research agenda that involves developing and administering experimental linguistic tools through the study of disorders of the brain that affect language function (word level and connected speech). This area is reflected in my journal publications on the following topics:
Main results: We have a developed a large data base of close to 1,000 individual participant files on language performance on our experimental linguistic tools and assessment measures. With regards to the assessment measures we are in the processing of mapping the results onto normal distribution curves to determine cut-off points and specificity and sensitivity of the measures. The aim is to provide speech-language therapists with valid and reliable tools for assessment/diagnostic purposes. The data from the experimental linguistic tools is important in order to describe the manifestations of developmental and acquired language impairments in a highly inflected and morphologically complex language, Greek, which is currently under-represented in the literature. For example, Nomiki Karpathiou (PhD student) is using the experimental tools to stage linguistic deficits in individuals with Primary Progressive Aphasia who are Greek speakers or bilingual speakers. Similarly, Manos Anyfantis (PhD student) is using the experimental tools to describe the language manifestations of Greek speakers with Parkinson’s Disease.
RA2. Aphasia and Neurolinguistics
In Cyprus, current figures reveal that on average 1,200–1,400 people suffer a stroke each year (Cyprus Ministry of Health report, 2016), yet the real number of people living with post-stroke disabilities is unknown—but using European data, we can estimate that it could be around 12,000 people. High-quality scientific evidence to guide effective treatment practices is limited within current resources in Cyprus.
Main results: We have a developed a large data base of around 300 individual patient files of adults with acquired language disorders because of stroke or other neurological conditions (Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, PPA, AD) from monolingual, bilectal, and multilingual backgrounds. I have been very active in disseminating the linguistic manifestations of acquired language deficits for Greek speakers, but I have also tackled topics around service delivery, and people with aphasia’s stroke narratives.
RA3. Neurorehabilitation
I was recently awarded funding from the national research agency (Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, €250,000) to carry out a randomized control trial on the effectiveness of treatment protocols using non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) methods (TMS) as an adjunctive therapy to SLT for language recovery after first-time stroke. The awarded project, with the acronym ASPIRE (Assessment of Post-Stroke Aphasia for Rehabilitation Research) involves recruiting first-time stroke survivors who are in the sub-acute (> 3 months) and chronic stage (> 6 months post-stroke) for NIBS and SLT research. Participants are assessed on comprehensive neuro-cognitive and linguistic batteries, molecular measures (genetic & blood biomarkers) and neuroimaging measures (brain volumetric, anatomical & functional connectivity measures) before and immediately after real or sham TMS treatment, and at six months follow-up post-treatment. This is the first-ever opportunity for funded stroke rehabilitation research in Cyprus.
RA4. Psycholinguistics
My more recent attempts are to contribute to the field of psycholinguistics, namely by carrying out research on typical, atypical, and impaired language acquisition and development in multilingual environments. I collaborate with language acquisitionists, linguists, developmental psychologists, and especially speech–language therapists/ pathologists to study and describe the first language acquisition of bilectal speakers, that is, speakers who grow up in sociolinguistically diglossic speech communities (predominantly in the Republic of Cyprus). Our natural focus lies on language development of Greek Cypriots whose two linguistic varieties, Cypriot Greek and Standard Modern Greek—and arguably some lects in between, from basilectal rural Cypriot Greek to a more refined urban Cypriot (which has also been dubbed ‘pancyprian koiné’ or ‘Cypriot Standard Greek’)—are not only very close to one another but also quite different in many interesting ways.
Main Results: How does bilectalism stand to cognition in general, and executive functions in particular? Given that the so-called ‘bilingual advantage’ has been explored for a number of languages and populations, can we find something similar in bilectal individuals? The answer we can give after administering a large battery of tests on vocabulary, pragmatics, metaphors, working memory, and other, more specified tasks of executive control on monolingual children from Greece, bilectal children from Cyprus, and English–(Cypriot) Greek bi/multilingual children from Cyprus, bilectal children really seem to pattern in between: executive functions better than in monolingual, but not as strongly expressed as in multilingual children.
2004: Ph.D. Flinders University of South Australia [Australia]
School of Medicine, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Dissertation topic: Verb and Noun Retrieval in Bilingual Greek-English Individuals with Anomic Aphasia (supervisor: Dr. Willem van Steenbrugge)
1989: European Postgraduate Certificate in Language Pathology
Vrije Universiteit, Brussels [Belgium]
1985: Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology)
Flinders University of South Australia [Australia]
Associate Professor
Cyprus University of Technology
Duration: 2013 – Current
Visiting Associate Professor
University of Cyprus
Duration: 2011-2012
Associate Professor
European University of Cyprus
Duration: 2009-2010
The Brain and Neurorehabilitation Lab
The Brain & Neurorehabilitation Lab at the University Rehabilitation Clinic of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences has three goals: Research, Patient Care, and Education. The lab provides the research staff with access to cutting-edge noninvasive brain stimulation technology and employs different neural stimulation techniques (i.e. rTMS and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) for exploring the relationship between brain and behaviour, questions about brain plasticity and its modulation that is combined with careful experimental task designs and brain imaging in healthy populations and patients with neurological disoders.
The lab is equipped with a Magstim Super Rapid2 magnetic stimulation unit that is capable of both single pulse and rapid rate stimulation output at high power. The combination of the Super Rapid2 and Air Film Coils allows the application of high frequency rTMS for long durations suitable for therapeutic applications. The addition of the therapy chair enables a complete solution, maintaining comfort for the patients whilst stimulation is being delivered.
The ANT-NEURO Visor2 LT image-guided frameless stereotactic system is used for accurate real-time visualization of stimulated brain areas (www.ant-neuro.com). This system allows guidance for placement of the TMS coil on the participant’s head from the 3-D reconstructed brain MRI (either anatomical of functional images can be used for guidance). The position of the participant’s head and the TMS coil are detected by the infrared camera and merged onto the patient’s MRI. The computer displays, online, the brain target that would be primarily affected by the projection of the main vector of the induced magnetic field pulse assuming that the magnetic field flows perpendicular to the plane of the coil and the affected brain area is, in turn, perpendicular to the magnetic field (hence parallel to the coil plane).
The lab is also equipped with multiple stimulation coils that including various sizes of 8-shaped coils for focal stimulation and circular coils, as well as specially designed double-cone coils for deeper brain stimulation, and various air-cooled coils. In addition, specially designed sham coils matching the various real coils are available.
Assessment of Post-Stroke Aphasia for Rehabilitation Research (ASPIRE)
Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology: 2019–2021 (PI)
Funding: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation — EUR 249,645.20
Brain and Neurorehabilitation Lab (infrastructure)
Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology: 2014 (PI)
Funding: CUT Faculty Start-up Fund — EUR 38,000
Language Assessment for Non-Native Speakers of Greek
Dept. of Speech & Language Therapy, TEI Patras, Greece: 2006–2008 (PI)
Funding: European Social Fund & National Resources (ΕΠΕΑΕΚ II) — EUR 223,770
Curriculum Development
Dept. of Speech & Language Therapy, TEI Patras, Greece: 2003–2008 (Co-PI)
Funding: European Social Fund & National Resources (ΕΠΕΑΕΚ II) — EUR 40,000
The Development of Prepositions in Normal and Disordered Language
Dept. of Speech & Language Therapy, TEI Patras, Greece: 2004–2007 (Co-PI)
Funding: European Social Fund & National Resources (ΕΠΕΑΕΚ II) — EUR 51,000
Decision-Making Tools for Speech-Language Pathologists
Dept. of Speech & Language Therapy, TEI Patras, Greece: 2004–2007 (Co-PI)
Funding: European Social Fund & National Resources (ΕΠΕΑΕΚ II) — EUR 53,150
Research Project Collaborator (I-PRAISE – UK)
International Practice-Based Rehabilitation Approaches for Aphasia after Stroke (PI: M.C. Brady, Glasgow Caledonian University) — since 06/2016
Research Project Collaborator (RELEASE – UK)
Rehabilitation and Recovery of People with Aphasia after Stroke (PI: M.C. Brady, Glasgow Caledonian University) — since 01/2017
External Collaborator (GoL – Cyprus)
The Gradience of Lingualities: Language Acquisition in Minority Contexts, Incomplete Linguistic Competence and Theoretical Modeling in Heritage Speakers, and Vernacular Varieties (PI: K.K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus) — from 06/2019
Research Collaborator (HeriGrOz – Australia, Cyprus, & Germany)
Heritage Greek in Australia (with M. Tsiannikas, LOGOS Centre, Flinders University South Australia & K.K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus) — since 6/2018
Heritage Greek in Adelaide, South Australia (with A. Alexiadou, Humboldt-Universität Berlin & K.K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus) — since 12/2015
External Collaborator (AccJudgVar – Cyprus)
A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Acceptability Judgment Variation (PI: K.K. Grohmann, Leventis Project, University of Cyprus) — 2017–2019
Research Project Collaborator (CogLingDiv – Spain)
Cognitive and Linguistic Diversity across Mental Disorders: Typology, Behavioural Analysis and Neuroimaging (PI: W. Hinzen, ICREA & Universita Pompeu Fabra) — 2017–2019
Research Project Consultant (MCI – Australia)
Going beyond Verbal Fluency Tasks to Improve Diagnosis and Therapeutic Interventions in MCI Patients: An Electrophysiological Pilot Study (PI: Simon De Deyne, University of Adelaide) — 2016–2017
Research Project Consultant (Passives – Japan)
Acquisition and the Syntax–Semantics Interface in Passives (PI: Akemi Matsuya, Takachiho University, Tokyo) — 2015–2018
External Collaborator (LexiKyp – Cyprus)
Adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates CDI for Cypriot Greek: Development in Toddlers (PI: G. Floros, Leventis Project, University of Cyprus) — 2014–2016
Collaborator in Project on Child Language Development (EURO X-PRAG)
The Cognitive Foundations of Pragmatic Development (PI: K. Antoniou, University of Cambridge) — 2012–2013
Investigator in Project on Specific Language Impairment (Cyprus RPF)
Early Identification and Assessment of Preschool Children with SLI in Cyprus (co-proposer, PI: K.K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus) — July 2011–September 2012
External Collaborator (GenCHILD – Cyprus)
Generative Childhood-Holistic Investigations of Language Development (Gen-CHILD): Context Domain-Specific Socio-Syntax of First Language Acquisition in Cypriot Greek (PI: K.K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus) — April 2010–2012
COST Action IS1406 (European Science Foundation): Enhancing Children’s Oral Language Skills across Europe and Beyond: A Collaboration Focusing on Interventions for Children with Difficulties Learning Their First Language
Member of the Management Committee (MC) and two Working Groups (WG1 ‘The linguistic and psycholinguistic underpinnings of intervention for LI’ and WG3 ‘The social and cultural context of intervention for children with LI’) — 2015–2019
COST Action IS1208 (ESF): Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists
Substitute member of the Management Committee (MC) and member of Working Group (WG2 ‘Aphasia assessment’) — 2013–2017 & Short-Term Scientific Mission ‘The Development of an Aphasia Battery for Cypriot Greek’ — February 2014
COST Action IS0804 (ESF): Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society
Member of the Management Committee (MC) and two Working Groups (WG2 ‘Lexicon and Phonology’ and WG4 ‘Executive Functions’) — 2009–2013
COST Action A33 (ESF): Cross-linguistically Robust Stages of Children’s Linguistic Performance
Short-Term Scientific Mission ‘Pilot Study for SLI Children (WG1 & WG3)’ — January 2009 & ‘Object and Action Naming in Cypriot SLI’ — November 2007
Authored Books
Edited Volumes
Translated Books
Journal Publications (peer-reviewed)
Kambanaros, Maria, Lambros Messinis, Mina Psichogiou, Lydia Leonidou, Charalambos A. Gogos, Grigorios Nasios, & Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos (under review). Neurocognitive impairment and syntactic deficits in HIV seropositive males. Open Neurology Journal.
Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)
Proceedings Papers (peer-reviewed)
At Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol (since fall semester 2013–2014):
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism | (beginning undergraduate) | |
Aphasia and Related Language Disorders | (advanced undergraduate) | |
Bilingualism and Cultural Diversity | (postgraduate MA level) | |
Clinical Issues in Speech-Language Pathology | (beginning undergraduate) | |
Developmental and Acquired Language Disorders | (advanced undergraduate) | |
Diagnostic Issues in Speech-Language Pathology | (advanced undergraduate) | |
Ethics and Counseling for Rehabilitation Scientists | (beginning undergraduate) | |
Higher Cognitive Processes | (postgraduate MA level) | |
Introduction to Speech Pathology | (beginning undergraduate) | |
Language and Mind | (beginning undergraduate) | |
Language Development | (beginning undergraduate) | |
Neurocognitive Rehabilitation | (advanced undergraduate) | |
Neurogenic Motor Speech Disorders | (advanced undergraduate) | |
Principles of Neurorehabilitation | (postgraduate MA level) | |
Single Subject Experimental Designs & Investigations | (postgraduate MA level) | |
Sociolinguistic Issues in Bilingualism | (advanced undergraduate) | |
Swallowing Disorders–Dysphagia | (beginning undergraduate) |
At European University Cyprus, Nicosia (2009-2010)
Spring 2010
Language Development | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Clinical Issues in Speech-Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) |
Fall 2009-2010
Introduction to Speech-Language Therapy | (1st year compulsory) |
At TEI of Western Greece, Patras (1996–2009):
Spring 1996–1997
Introduction to Speech Pathology | (1st year compulsory) |
Spring 1997–1998
Introduction to Speech Pathology | (1st year compulsory) | |
Psychology of Individual Differences | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Special Education | (2nd year compulsory) |
Fall 1997–1998
Εvaluation Methods – History | (2nd year compulsory) |
Spring 1998–1999
Introduction to Speech Pathology | (1st year compulsory) | |
Special Education | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Speech and Language Disorders: Language Pathology | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Psychology of Individual Differences | (2nd year compulsory) |
Fall 1998–1999
Speech and Language Disorders: Αrticulation | (3rd year compulsory) | |
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (3rd year compulsory) | |
Behavioral Change Theory & Stuttering | (3rd year compulsory) |
Spring 1999–2000
Special Education |
(2nd year compulsory) |
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Speech and Language Disorders: Encephalopathy | (3rd year compulsory) |
Fall 1999–2000
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy |
(3rd year compulsory) |
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Seminar – Cases Presentation | (4th year compulsory) |
Fall 2003–2004
Clinical Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Swallowing Disorders – Dysphagia | (3rd year compulsory) | |
Neurogenic Motor Speech Disorders | (4th year compulsory) |
Spring 2003–2004
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) |
Spring 2005–2006
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Communication Disorders of People with Aphasia and Related Language Disorders |
(3rd year compulsory) |
Fall 2005–2006
Swallowing Disorders – Dysphagia | (3rd year compulsory) | |
Neurogenic Motor Speech Disorders |
(4th year compulsory) |
Fall 2006–2007
Clinical Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Swallowing Disorders – Dysphagia | (3rd year compulsory) | |
Neurogenic Motor Speech Disorders | (4th year compulsory) |
Spring 2006–2007
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) |
Fall 2007–2008
Clinical Issues in Speech and Language Therapy |
(2nd year compulsory) |
Spring 2007–2008
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) |
Spring 2008–2009
Diagnostic Issues in Speech and Language Therapy | (2nd year compulsory) | |
Specialized Topics of Aphasia & Related Neurological Disorders | (3rd year compulsory) |
SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
Supervision of Postdoctoral Fellows
from 04/19 | Dr. Anastasios M. Georgiou (post-doctoral researcher); supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT Topic: Assessment of Post-Stroke Aphasia for Rehabilitation Research (ASPIRE project, funded by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation) |
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2014–2016 | Dr. Loukia Taxitari (post-doctoral researcher); co-supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT supervisor, Dept. of English Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia [Cyprus] Topic: Cypriot Greek Adaptation of the MacArthur Bates CDI |
Supervision of Doctoral Students
01/15–01/19 | Anastasios M. Georgiou (completed Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences); supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT Topic: Neuronavigated repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in chronic post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation |
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09/2017– | Elisavet Pavlou Papayianni (Ph.D. student in Rehabilitation Sciences); supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT Cognitive interventions for adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders |
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09/2016– | Nomiki Karpathiou (Ph.D. student in Rehabilitation Sciences); supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT Staging linguistic and cognitive deficits in primary progressive aphasia |
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09/2016– | Nikoletta Christou (Ph.D. student in Linguistics); co-supervisor, Dept. of English Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia Cognitive and linguistic profiles of typically-developing bilectal children |
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01/2015– | Debbie Kranou-Oikonomidou (Ph.D. student Rehabilitation Sciences); supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT rTMS efficacy on working memory in individuals with naming deficits |
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09/2014– | Emmanouil Anyfantis (Ph.D. student in Rehabilitation Sciences); supervisor, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT Profiling cognitive-linguistic impairment in Parkinson’s Disease |
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09/13–06/14 | Kyriaki Tantele (Ph.D. student Rehabilitation Sciences) [discontinued] |
Internal Committee Member of PhD students
External Committee Member of PhD students
Supervision of Master Students
Committee Member of MA students
plus second supervisor of 10 MA students (2006–2008)
(University of Ioannina, Dept. of Education, Philosophy & Psychology)
Supervision of Undergraduate Students
I also served as principle supervisor of 53 BSc Speech–Language Therapy theses at the TEI Patras, Dept. of Speech and Language Therapy (2004–2009, listed below) and second supervisor of 8 BSc Speech–Language Therapy theses at the TEI Patras, Dept. of Speech and Language Therapy (2004–2009, full list upon request):
Fellowships & Awards
2009 – | Honorary Fellow of the Association of Scientists of Speech Pathology and Speech Therapy of Greece (SELLE) — 1,550 members |
Organization of Scientific Meetings
2019 | Transdisciplinary Approaches to Variation in Language (TALV 2), Leventis Project/University of Cyprus, hosted at CUT [Cyprus], co-organizer |
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2018 | Cerebrovascular Accidents: Before and After, CUT [Cyprus], organizer | |
2018 | ‘Multilingualism and Pathology’ (ICL 20), Cape Town [South Africa], co-organizer | |
2017 | Passives Workshop, University of Vienna [Austria], co-organizer | |
2016 | COST Action IS1406 MC Meeting, CUT [Cyprus], organizer | |
2016 | ‘Current Trends in Neurological Rehabilitation, CUT [Cyprus], organizer | |
2015 | COST Action IS1208 MC Meeting, CUT [Cyprus], co-organizer | |
2014 | Language Disorders in Greek 5, CUT [Cyprus], organizer | |
2014 | Rehabilitation of neurological and myoskeletal disorders, CUT [Cyprus], organizer | |
2010 | Language Disorders in Greek 3, European University Cyprus [Cyprus], organizer | |
2010 | COST Action IS0804 MC Meeting, Flamingo Beach Hotel [Cyprus], co-organizer | |
2008 | Language Disorders in Greek 2, TEI Patras [Greece], co-organizer | |
2006 | Language Disorders in Greek 1, TEI Patras [Greece], co-organizer |
Institutional Responsibilities
2018– | Dept. of Rehab. Sciences Quality Assurance Committee, chair, CUT | |
2018– | Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences Postgraduate Committee, chair, CUT | |
2018– | School of Health Sciences board member, CUT | |
2016– | University Internal Quality Assurance committee member, CUT | |
2014–18 | University Senate member, CUT | |
2014–16 | University Finance and Personnel Committee member, CUT | |
2014–18 | University Buildings Committee member, CUT | |
2013–17 | University Research Ethics Committee member, CUT | |
2013–14 | Chair, Dept. of Rehabilitation Sciences, CUT | |
2009–10 | HOAQA chairperson, European University Cyprus [Cyprus] | |
2004–09 | HOAQA chairperson, TEI Patras [Greece] | |
2004–09 | Hellenic Organization of Academic Quality Assurance (HOAQA) grant proposal reviewer, Education Department of Greece [Greece] |
Other Professional Activities
04/2015–04/2019 | Chair, Editorial Board of COST Action IS1406 | |
Academic advisor (SLT) | Hellenic Organization of Academic Quality Assurance | |
Erasmus Teaching Staff | University of Reading (twice, 2007–2009) | |
Mobility (TSM) exchange | University of Cyprus (twice, 2007–2009) |
Commissions of Trust
2019– | Associate Editor, Biolinguistics | |
2018– | Equinox Series Editor (European co-editor), Communication Disorders and Clinical Linguistics |
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2017– | Multilingual Affairs Committee consultant, International Association of Logopedics & Phoniatrics (IALP) |
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2017– | Editorial Board member, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics | |
2015– | KY.S.A.T.S. member, Cyprus Council of Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications |
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2012– | Academy of Aphasia member, USA | |
2016–2018 | Editorial Board member, Biolinguistics | |
2011–2017 | Multilingual Affairs Committee member, IALP |
Memberships of Scientific Societies
2011– | Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists | |
2010– | International Association of Logopedics & Phoniatrics | |
2009– | Registered Association of Speech & Language Pathologists of Cyprus | |
1985– | Speech Pathology Australia |
Refereeing
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Cyprus Acquisition Team, (a)typical and impaired language development [Cyprus]
Dr. S. De Deyne, mild cognitive impairment, University of Melbourne [Australia]
Prof. N. Friedmann, cognition, Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University [Israel]
Prof. V. Georgopoulou, cognition & engineering for pathologies, TEI Patras [Greece]
Prof. K.K. Grohmann, comparative biolinguistics, University of Cyprus [Cyprus]
Prof. W. Hinzen, schizophrenia, ICREA & Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona [Spain]
Dr. L. Messinis & P. Papathanassopoulos, MD, pathologies, Rio Hospital Patras [Greece]
Dr. M. Michaelides, quantitative analysis, University of Cyprus [Cyprus]
Prof. M. Tsiannikas, Heritage Greek, Flinders University of South Australia [Australia]
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS [INVITED SPEAKER]
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Senate member, Representative for the Faculty of Health Sciences
Cyprus University of Technology
Duration: 2015 – Current
Internal Quality Assurance, Meeting attendance, Evaluation of internal programs. Report writing
Cyrpus University of Technology
Duration: 2016 – Current
Editorial Board Assigning reviewers, Final decisions on publications
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
Duration: 2017 – Current
Assigning reviewers, Final decisions on publications
Biolinguistics Editorial Board Associate Editor
Duration: 2016 – Current
Publications Officer, Collaborations with MC members on dissemination activities
COST Action ISI406
Duration: 2015 – 2019