Faculty and Staff

Lauren Bislick is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Research Specialist of the UCF Aphasia House, SE Regional Co-coordinator for Project BRIDGE , and the Director of the Aphasia and Related Conditions (ARC) Research Lab. Bislick obtained her Ph.D. in Speech & Hearing Sciences from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Bislick’s primary line of research focuses on the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of acquired apraxia of speech and aphasia. Her long-term goal is to develop an effective treatment program, incorporating principles of motor learning, for the rehabilitation of acquired apraxia of speech. Bislick is also interested in exploring variables that influence treatment success in persons with apraxia of speech and aphasia and has begun to examine the impact of mind body practices (yoga) on resilience and treatment response. Her research has been funded by NIH and UCF’s VPR AECR award. She has published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, presented her research at local, national, and international conferences, and has held CEU seminars on diagnosis and treatment of apraxia of speech and aphasia.

Bislick is an active member of Aphasia Access, where she serves on the Research Working Group, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She currently serves as the faculty advisor for the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSHLA) for the UCF chapter.