RIDDLL Laboratory News
Two new studies will soon be recruiting
The lab will soon be recruiting for two upcoming studies! One is on how technology measures language use in young children with Down syndrome. The other study is on language use in autistic girls and …
August 24, 2023
Nell Maltman accepts position at University of Arizona
Congratulations to Dr. Nell Maltman for starting her Assistant Professor position at the University of Arizona in their Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. We wish her all the best in her new role!
August 24, 2023
Boys with fragile X syndrome + autism spectrum disorder and autistic boys show high rates of word omission during conversations
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer Note: The lab of Audra Sterling uses identity-first language in response to the majority preference of the autistic community. This story reflects that preference. Omission of words during …
June 14, 2023
Waisman postdoctoral training program: Training the next generation of IDD researchers
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer A pillar of the Waisman Center is investing in the next generation of research leaders through training and education. For more than 26 years, the center’s Postdoctoral Training …
January 24, 2023
New NIH grant to study language use as potential predictor of neurodegenerative disorder in FMR1 premutation carriers
By Charlene N. Rivera-Bonet, Waisman Science Writer A new study led by Nell Maltman, PhD, a research scientist in the lab of Audra Sterling, PhD, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, will investigate if …
December 19, 2022
National Study Aims to Document Relationship Between Language and Cognition in Childhood Language Disorders
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will be one of two sites for a national study that aims to better understand language and cognition in two groups of children affected by language disorders. …
October 20, 2021Nell Maltman is a recipient of the inaugural Postdoc Excellence Awards
Nell Maltman, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Research in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (RIDDL) Lab under the direction of Waisman investigator Audra Sterling, PhD, was among nine postdocs to receive an inaugural Postdoc Excellence Award. The …
April 27, 2021
Lorang receives New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
Emily Lorang has received the New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from ASHFoundation. Emily was one of 15 recipients awarded this scholarship designed to support doctoral candidates pursuing a teacher-investigator career at the university level. …
October 24, 2020
Willer receives ASHFoundation’s Graduate Student Scholarship
Congratulations also go out to Rebecca Willer for receiving ASHFoundation’s Graduate Student Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to graduate students who have strong academic records and show promise in the field of speech-language pathology. Well …
October 20, 2020
Helping Children Thrive by Combating Language Impairments
Audra Sterling, Ph.D., recently had the work of Research in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Lab (RIDDL) featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. The article showcases their work focused on assessing and treating language development in children with …
May 8, 2020
Machine learning can detect a genetic disorder from speech recordings
How much information can we extract from a five-minute recording of someone talking? Enough to tell whether that individual may be genetically predisposed to some health complications, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s …
June 12, 2017
Legislation aimed at helping scientists sustain their careers
By Kelly April Tyrrell Young scientists in the U.S. today face tremendous hurdles. Take, for example, the fact that while the average scientist in 1980 was 36 when they scored their first NIH (National Institutes …
October 26, 2015
