 Kevin P. Kearns |
The Academy of Neurological Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) recently presented its Honors of the Association Award to Kevin P. Kearns, associate vice president of Graduate Studies and Research at SUNY Fredonia. He was cited for making "significant contributions to advancing the discipline and profession of neurological communications disorders."
Dr. Kearns is known as a designer of research protocols who has helped define the science of aphasia treatment research. He is one of founders of ANCDS and has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, primarily in the area of aphasia treatment and single subject research designs.
Prior to coming to Fredonia as an administrator, he served as a faculty affiliate of the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Doctoral Program at Harvard and for almost a decade as professor and director of the Graduate Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute of Health Professions.
"He is a valued and solid thinker who seeks to make a difference," his colleagues at ANCDS said. "His numerous aphasia treatment studies have served as excellent models for other investigators and have provided clinicians with valuable, evidence-based information about effective therapy approaches."
