Dr. Laura Murray is a Professor within the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Western Ontario. She also serves as the Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Western Ontario

Asset Map Keywords: aphasia, dementia, cardiovascular diseases and disorders, brain injuries, cognitive-communication disorders, Parkinson's disease

Health Collaborators: JB Orange, Denise Connelly, Marie Savundranayagam

Professor Murray's research interests and achievements broadly focus on language abilities in typical aging and acquired neurogenic cognitive and communication disorders. Her specific research interests include not only examining how extra-linguistic cognitive deficits interact with language abilities in aphasia, right hemisphere disorders, traumatic brain injury, or progressive neurological diseases (e.g., Parkinson’s disease; frontotemporal lobar degeneration), but also in developing procedures for assessing and treating both acquired language disorders and related, extra-linguistic concomitant symptoms. Recent projects also focus on critical appraisal (e.g., scoping review; systematic review) of the stroke, aphasia, right hemisphere disorders, and progressive language disorders/dementia literature.