UC Speech-Language Pathologist Receives CCTST Support for Successful K23 Award
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Andrea Ford, PhD, a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor in the University of Cincinnati (UC) Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been awarded a four-year, $765,000 K23 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Ford marks the first UC College of Allied Health Sciences NIH K grant recipient.

Dr. Ford’s research focuses on collaborating with educators and caregivers to increase access to evidence-based communication interventions for preschool children with autism.
Throughout the submission of her K23, Dr. Ford received CCTST mentorship, qualitative methods and dissemination and implementation support. Her K23 mentorship team includes those from the CCTST leadership team, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, CCTST co-director, and Brittany Rosen, PhD, CCTST director of evaluation and dissemination and implementation. In addition to continuing to receive mentorship guidance, she will also receive support through the CCTST BERD program.
For more information about Dr. Ford’s research and her K23 award, please visit the article posted by UC News.



