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The Gesture team
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Principal investigator
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Jane Marshall
Jane Marshall qualified as a speech and language therapist in 1987. She worked in the aphasia unit of an acute hospital for three years before undertaking a PhD exploring sentence processing impairments in aphasia. Her post doctoral research has investigated numerous aspects of aphasia including jargon aphasia, proper name impairments, the use of writing and drawing in therapy and aphasia in users of British Sign Language.
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Grant holders
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Madeline Cruice
Madeline Cruice is a senior lecturer in aphasia at City University, London. Her doctoral research explored the relationship between communication and quality of life in older people with and without aphasia. Her current research interests lie in understanding the linguistic and cognitive aspects of quality of life self evaluation for people with and without communication disability.
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Wendy Best
Wendy Best is a research speech and language therapist who has worked with children and with adults with aphasia. She is currently involved in projects focusing on therapy for word-finding, understanding, gesture & conversation. She is interested in making links between research and clinical practice. Wendy is co-director of the new Professional Doctorate in Speech and Language Therapy at UCL.
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Naomi Cocks
Naomi Cocks is a research speech and language therapist who works with adults with aphasia and adults who have had a traumatic brain injury. She is currently involved in projects focusing on the impact of aphasia on understanding gesture and producing gesture.
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Tim Pring
Tim is a psychologist who has worked with speech and language therapists for as long as he can remember. He has mainly worked with adults with language problems but is currently trying to understand children. He has particular expertise in research design.
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Julie Hickin
Julie Hickin is a senior lecturer in aphasia at City University. She worked with people with aphasia in the NHS for several years, combining clinical work and research. Her research interests have focussed on therapy for word-finding difficulties with a particular interest in the impact of impairment-based therapy on the everyday lives of people with aphasia.
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Research assistant
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Anna Caute
Anna has worked as a speech and language therapist with adults with aphasia in community, rehab, acute and intermediate care settings. She has also worked with children with speech and language disorders. She recently did an MSc in quality of life issues in stroke.
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