Help us to reach our goal of 25 donors for Giving Day this year by making your gift early! give.bu.edu/schools/... You can also become an advocate for the Center for Brain Recovery by filling out the form linked in our bio. Advocates are critical to helping us reaching our goal.

You can support the BU Center for Brain Recovery (CBR) on Giving Day, April 8th. By making a gift, you will be directly supporting our programs & research, helping us to continue enhancing diagnosis & treatments for people with neurological disorders. give.bu.edu/schools/...

📢 In case you missed it: New evolution of treatment research “The evolution of word retrieval errors during semantic feature-based therapy in bilingual aphasia” By Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza, Erin Ann Carpenter, Manuel Jose Marte, Marissa Russell-Meill, and Swathi Kiran

Dr. Swathi Kiran was recently welcomed on the Neurorehab Resources and Insights podcast to speak with Drs. Jyutika Mehta & Marie McNeely about language recovery following stroke and traumatic brain injury. 🔊 Listen to the full episode https://bit.ly/3Mur0cm @txwomans.bsky.social

CBR is proud to be sponsoring MedAI Hack, a 2-day hackathon to build AI on real biomedical datasets. Create work that can impact research & patient care while competing for cash prizes. 📆 April 10 & 11, 2026 👥 Open to entire BU community 🔗 Learn more http://medaihack.org/

Join us Monday, February 9th from 4-5pm ET for a talk by Alex Leff, Professor of Cognitive Neurology at University College London. "Practice-induced changes in brain structure: evidence from two app-based trials in people with aphasia" Register now: bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

Unfortunately, due to the major snowstorm impacting our area, this CBR Seminar Series event has been canceled. To be alerted of future CBR events, please follow our page or subscribe to our newsletter: www.bu.edu/cbr/about/su...

Recently quoted in TIME, The Washington Post, and Business Insider, CBR Core Faculty member Dr. Stacy Andersen is a leading expert on cognitive health and resilience among #centenarians. Learn more about Dr. Andersen and her research www.bu.edu/cbr/2025/...#centenarians.

Join us Monday, January 26th from 4-5pm ET for a talk by Sean Dukelow, Professor in the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Calgary. Title: Recovery of Post-Stroke Aphasia with Multi-Modal Aphasia Therapy (MMAT) and rTMS Register now bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

In the National Aphasia Association's upcoming webinar, Madeline Dunne (CBR PhD Student) will talk alongside Kim Irby (NAA Project Manager) about their current project involving people with aphasia in research and care. You can watch the webinar 12-1pm (ET) on January 14 🔗

Congratulations, Dr. Michael Scimeca! On January 7th, Scimeca defended his PhD dissertation titled "Multimodal Assessment of Alexia in Bilinguals with Aphasia". Dr. Scimeca completed his PhD through @sargentcollege.bsky.social and was mentored by Dr. Swathi Kiran.

Dr. Swathi Kiran was awarded 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar status by ScholarGPS for her career accomplishments in the field of Aphasia, ranking within the top 0.05% of aphasia scholars based on publication impact, quantity, and quality. Learn more: www.bu.edu/cbr/2026/...

As we reflect on this past year, we would like to thank you for your support and engagement in our mission. With your help, our Center has been able to make great advances in improving our understanding of neurological disorders and developing innovative approaches to improving brain recovery.

"Online monitoring technology for deep phenotyping of cognitive impairment after stroke" Join us Monday, Dec 15th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Fatemeh Geranmayeh @f-geranmayeh.bsky.social, Clinician Scientist at Imperial College London. Register now: bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

At #NEWconf2025, Doris Wang, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, presented her team's research on Implanted Neural Interfaces to Understand and Improve Walking in Parkinson’s Disease. @doriswang.bsky.social Learn more by watching her full talk

Earlier this month, CBR welcomed a group of juniors and seniors from various local Boston Public Schools (BPS). While visiting, BPS students learned about four distinct research project methodologies, guided by CBR team members. Learn more about their visit: http://bit.ly/44ltYFA

📖 Newly Published: Last month marked the release of The Cambridge Handbook of Language and Brain, co-edited by CBR’s Founding Director, Dr. Swathi Kiran, alongside Dr. Edna Andrews from Duke University. www.bu.edu/cbr/2025/...

Funded by PCORI, CBR will be partnering with the National Aphasia Association and NSU Florida on an initiative to identify the most significant impacts faced by people with aphasia and establish research priorities for the future. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JL963s

Happy to share that I recently defended my dissertation! Big thanks to my committee, my INCREDIBLE colleagues, and @swathikiran.bsky.social especially – for the many years of guidance, and for creating a rich, rigorous, collaborative intellectual environment at the Center for Brain Recovery.

Join us Monday, November 17th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Jet Vonk, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Title: Quantifying Language in Dementia through Automated Speech Analysis Register now: https://bit.ly/3X1Xa0B

Congratulations to Dr. Manuel J. Marte for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled "A multimodal and naturalistic approach to assessment in aphasia"! @mjm.bsky.social

Presenting and sharing our work on #aphasia at the 2025 Academy of Aphasia meeting in San Diego

On October 24th, leading researchers from the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery traveled to the San Francisco Bay Area to present their groundbreaking work leveraging #AI and #MachineLearning for diagnosis and treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.

Really looking forward to this seminar. We are doing so much work in #DigitalTech for #assessments and #treatments- happy to share and get feedback

How can tactical sensation impact robotic limb performance? At #NEWconf2025, Jennifer Collinger presented numerous projects from her lab on the topic of bidirectional brain-computer interfaces for restoring upper limb function. Watch her full talk at

This morning, the Center for Brain Recovery received a special visit from Boston University's community resource dog, Bean! Bean immediately brightened up the office and brought plenty of play and cuddles to the CBR team. Thanks for stopping by our center, Bean!

What if electrotherapy was available like a band-aid? At #NEWconf2025, Marom Bikson presented his team's research on Wearable Disposable Electrotherapy. Learn more by watching his full talk on the CBR YouTube channel

Join us Monday, September 29th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Rhoda Au, Professor at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, as well as a PI of the Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program. Register now at http://bit.ly/47ORaie

📢 New Bilingual Aphasia Research! “Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia” By Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J. Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza & Swathi Kiran

Excited to be editing this special issue with @qzhever.bsky.social on this super current topic of “Neural Basis of Language Processing in the Wild” see link for submission guidelines

Hugo Spiers' keynote presentation, Studying Navigation in Cities and on the Ocean, from the 2025 Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference is now live on the CBR YouTube channel. @hugospiers.bsky.social youtu.be/M35KDgqJI4w?...

Join us Monday, September 15th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET for a talk by Simona Mancini, Ikerbasque Research Associate Professor / Neurolinguistics and Aphasia group leader at the Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language. Register now at https://bit.ly/45LjrF1

📢 New in NeuroImage: “Aphasia severity prediction using a multi-modal machine learning approach” by Xinyi Hu, Maria Varkanitsa, Emerson Kropp, Margrit Betke, Prakash Ishwar & Swathi Kiran 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #Aphasia #NeuroAI #StrokeRecovery

📢 New Research from the BU Center for Brain Recovery: CBR researchers examined how to predict aphasia severity (WAB-R AQ) post-stroke using machine learning + multimodal MRI. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #Stroke #AphasiaRecovery #MachineLearning #Neuroimaging #Neurorehab #MLinNeuro #Research

Dr. Swathi Kiran Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of #JSLHR. Dr. Kiran will begin her term on January 1, succeeding Dr. Julie Washington. Welcome, Dr. Kiran, & thanks to Dr. Washington! on.asha.org/4orylYe @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social

Over 60% of this year's Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference attendees were students/trainees! Thank you to all of our student/trainee attendees who shared their research in the form of a poster or talk and congratulations to our 18 travel award winners! #NEWconf2025

Day 2 of the 🧠Neuroscience of the Everyday World (N.E.W.) Conference featured engaging presentations from global leading researchers, with discussions about #AI, sensing & modeling for #neurorehabilitation, and real-world #brainscience. Keynote Speaker:

Day 1 of the 🧠Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference included talks from notable researchers and industry experts from around the world, discussing topics of #neuroprosthetics #neuromodulation and #neurotechnology.

Amazing talks and presentations at the @NEWconf2025 #walking #BCIs #spatial navigation #mood #speaking #fNIRS #AI

There is still time! Submit your paper on #Cross-linguistic and #multicultural perspectives on #assessment and #treatment for aphasia for Aphasiology! think.taylorandfranc...

Yes! This is a new initiative at the NAA! Please share with your clients and send any interesting papers our way. @annakasdan.bsky.social is spearheading this effort!

Join us Monday, July 14th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST for a talk by Jennifer Mack, Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Neuroscience and Behavior Graduate Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Register now at http://bit.ly/3GAlWA8

There is still time! Submit your paper on #Cross-linguistic and #multicultural perspectives on #assessment and #treatment for aphasia for Aphasiology! think.taylorandfranc...

In May, four researchers from the CBR team attended and presented at the 2025 Clinical Aphasiology Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Join us Monday, June 30th from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST for a talk by Stacy Andersen, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the co-director of the New England Centenarian Study. Register now at bostonu.zoom.us/meet...

Excellent presentation by @swathikiran.bsky.social at #NAC2025 on the future of #Aphasia #rehabilitation

The 2025 N.E.W. Conference agenda is out now! The conference will feature keynote presentations, speaker symposiums, a neurotechnology panel, a poster blitz session, and more. For additional info and to secure your Early Bird tickets now, visit https://bit.ly/4iOf0w8

The 2025 N.E.W. Conference agenda is out now! The conference will feature keynote presentations, speaker symposiums, a neurotechnology panel, a poster blitz session, and more. For additional info and to secure your Early Bird tickets now, visit https://bit.ly/4iOf0w8

The deadline to submit Abstracts, apply for Trainee Travel Awards, and purchase Early Bird Registration tickets for the 2025 Neuroscience of the Everyday World Conference has been extended to June 9th! Visit the N.E.W. Conference website for more details: https://bit.ly/4iOf0w8

On April 28th, CBR co-hosted the Care Onward Panel in collaboration with Stroke Onward. The panel gathered stroke survivors, neurologists, rehabilitation clinicians, researchers, and caregivers to discuss topics of transition care and psychosocial support for stroke and aphasia patients.