Our faculty and students at the 2025 ASHA Convention

Faculty, students, and recent graduates from the University of Washington Department of Rehabilitation Medicine will present research and lead discussions at the 2025 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, held November 20–22 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their work spans patient-reported outcomes, disability identity, and innovations in neurorehabilitation. 

This year, the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 2024 Editor’s Award, a prestigious award given to one manuscript per year, goes to an all-UW author team. The journal's editors chose the award to recognize impactful works that meet the highest standards in research design and presentation. The citation for this year goes to Caitlin Brown, PhD-C (lead author), Assistant Professor Rachel Prusynski, DPT, PhD, NCS; Assistant Professor Andrew Humbert, PhD; Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC SLP; and Professor Tracy Mroz, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA for the study on “Patient characteristics and treatment patterns for speech-language pathology services in skilled nursing facilities,” which was published in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Tuesday, November 11

Cognitive interviewing: A focused qualitative research method and its use with individuals with communication impairment (virtual)

Presenting authors: Rebecca Hunting Pompon, Patrycja Puzio (University of Delaware)
Author only: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP 

Thursday, November 20

Supporting the self ahead: Disability identity, belonging, and future possibility

1 p.m. – Marr/Liberty Salon L
Presenters: Alissa Smith, PhC, CCC-SLP, CBIS, Cassandra O'Meara, MS, CCC-SLP
Authors: Professor Ivan Molton, PhD; Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Practice-based evidence: Envisioning opportunities for moving clinical practices into research

1 p.m. – Marr/Shaw
Presenter: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP

How successful are my conversations?: A new person-reported outcome measure for clinicians and researchers

1 p.m. – CC/103A
Author only: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Friday, November 21

Patient-reported outcome measures for individuals with communication impairments: Administration, interpretation, and integration into clinical care

3 p.m. – Marr/Chinatown
Presenters: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP
Authors: Caitlin Brown, PhD-C

This session has been chosen as a Centennial Session, as ASHA celebrates its centennial year. These sessions exemplify forward-thinking and have the potential to significantly impact the field. Centennial sessions are characterized by their ability to foresee and address future challenges, shape industry practices, and lead transformative initiatives.

Cognitive interviewing: A focused qualitative research method and its use with individuals with communication impairment (in person)

5:30 p.m. – Marr/Liberty Salon J
Presenting authors: Rebecca Hunting Pompon, Patrycja Puzio (University of Delaware)
Author only: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Saturday, November 22

A new patient-reported measure of social support for communicative participation for motor speech and voice

11 a.m. – CC/101
Presenters: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP; Alissa Smith, PhD-C;  Cassandra O'Meara, MS, CCC-SLP
Authors: Jingyu Linna Jin, PhD; Tanya Eadie, PhD, CCC-SLP (UW Speech and Hearing Sciences); Caitlin Brown, PhD; Alyssa Bamer, MPH

This session has been chosen as a Centennial Session, as ASHA celebrates its centennial year. These sessions exemplify forward-thinking and have the potential to significantly impact the field. Centennial sessions are characterized by their ability to foresee and address future challenges, shape industry practices, and lead transformative initiatives.

Innovations in spinal cord injury neurorehabilitation for the medical SLP

1:30 p.m. – CC/103A
Presenters: Alissa Smith, Richard Henderson
Authors: Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP; Assistant Professor Heather M. Barnett, MD, PhD

Value of the CSD Professional: Tools to Champion the People We Serve and Our Profession

Co-author- Caitlin Brown, PhD-C

The Communicative Participation Item Bank: Sensitivity to change with intervention in people with laryngeal dystonia

Author: Cassandra O'Meara, MS, CCC-SLP

Co-author: Jingyu Linna Jin, PhD; Professor Carolyn Baylor, PhD, CCC-SLP

We hope to see you at ASHA 2025! 

Updated on Nov. 19, 2025, with information about the 2024 Editor's Award, and the Centennial Sessions.