🚨 New PhD publication out! Our scoping review has been published in the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. Read the full paper here: shorturl.at/IeFIz Thanks to PhD supervisors @OrlaDuffy11 @ktpedlow @ProfessorPlay @UlsterHealthSci

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy NI 80th Anniversary Co-design Award WINNER 🏆 Thank you for making it possible Dr Orla Duffy, Dr Katy Pedlow, and Prof George Kernohan. Giving people with Parkinson’s a voice and allowing them to be equal, valued contributors in our research 💖

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 The first paper from our focus groups with people with #Parkinson’s and their carers has been published! 🗣️ Read the article: rehab.jmir.org/2025/1/e75316 Thanks to supervisors Dr Orla Duffy, Dr Katy Pedlow, and Professor George Kernohan @ulsteruni.bsky.social for guidance!

🏆 Fantastic to be awarded best poster at the Doctoral College, Ulster University PhD festival 2025 for ‘Creativity and Innovation.’ 👏 Big thanks to my supervisors, Dr Orla Duffy, Dr Katy Pedlow and Prof George Kernohan from Ulster Health Sci and INHR! #ulsterphdfest #voiceassistedtechnology #slt

✨ IALP Malta Conference ✨ Come and see my two presentations on voice assisted technology for speech therapy with Parkinson’s Disease on Tuesday 26th August! #smartspeaker #speechtherapy #parkinsons

✨ Spent a morning last week presenting on my PhD to the @ParkinsonsUK_NI Research Interest Group ✨ 👏 Big thanks to my special guest (person living with Parkinson’s), who took part in my co-design workshops + helped me to present the findings 💖

🌟 I'm LSVT LOUD trained + certified 🌟 🗣️ Excited that I have completed training in Lee Silverman Voice Therapy for people living with Parkinson's! 🔵 Really thankful to have completed this using the Research Training Grant as part of my PhD Scholarship at Ulster University.

⭐NEW module for healthcare professionals working with people with Parkinson's⭐ It has been great to work on this CPD module as part of the research participation steering group with Parkinson's UK Find it here⬇️ www.parkinsons.org.uk/professional...

🌟 Lovely to feature in Business Eye's recent article about Parkinson's UK in Northern Ireland 🌟 Great to see Speak Up Speak Out getting a mention, alongside local groups, cafes and the 'Parkinson's: Who Cares?' report. Thank you @ParkinsonsUK_NI! Keep doing the good work👏👏

📱 Do you work in the tech industry? 📱 Do you have knowledge of developing healthcare technologies? We need 3 people from the tech industry to join our online co-design research as part of my PhD, utilizing smart speakers and automatic speech recognition (ASR) for speech and language therapy.

✨ Proud to get my first publication alongside supervisor Dr Orla Duffy at Ulster University ✨ This was my MSc thesis in Autism ♥️ Speech and Language Therapists’ Perspectives of Virtual Reality as a Clinical Tool for Autism: Cross-Sectional Survey ➡️https://doi.org/10.2196/63235

✨ Are you an adult speech therapist? ✨ Are you a technology expert, developing healthcare technologies? 🎙️ Do you want to create solutions to the problems people with Parkinson’s have when using a smart speaker - in ONLINE workshops? Get in contact at [email protected]

✨ Representing Ulster Uni virtually tonight / this morning at #DigitalHealthWeek25 in Sydney, Australia ✨ Amazing to give a presentation on Virtual Reality and autism and present a poster on my PhD scoping review! Insightful and innovative research happening in Australia! 🇦🇺

Make sure you check out Jodie Mill's #DigitalHealthWeek2025 Day 2 ePoster showcase presentation in Stream 2.1: Social Media and Web-based Interventions (starting 1pm). Don't forget to check out the posters to see them in detail at our virtual gallery: extravaganza.gallery/dhw25

✨Pleasure to be a guest on the Diary of an #SLT podcast, to talk about my #PhD at Ulster Uni with supervisors Prof Kernohan, Dr Duffy and Dr Pedlow You can hear about PD UK’s award winning voice programme and my top tips for going into #academia 👩🏼‍🎓 Find it here ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/02rK...