Board of Scientific Advisors


Steven Small, Ph.D., M.D.

Steven Small, Ph.D., M.D.

Steven L. Small, Ph.D., M.D., is Professor of Neurology, and Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He studied mathematics at Dartmouth College where he received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude. He studied cognitive science and artificial intelligence at the University of Maryland, and received his Ph.D. in computer science, developing a computer model of human language comprehension. Following...

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Kenneth M. Heilman, M.D., FAAN, FANA

Kenneth M. Heilman, M.D., FAAN, FANA

Dr. Kenneth M. Heilman is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Virginia, followed by two years training in Internal Medicine at Cornell University Medical Center (Bellevue). During the Vietnam War he joined the Air Force as Chief of Medicine at NATO Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. After his...

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Edward J. Golob, Ph.D.

Edward J. Golob, Ph.D.

Edward Golob, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received his doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology from Dartmouth College, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, Irvine. Before joining the faculty at the University of Texas in San Antonio, Dr. Golob was an Associate Professor in...

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Martha Bridge Denckla, M.D.

Martha Bridge Denckla, M.D.

Dr. Denckla graduated summa cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard Medical School, after which she trained with Dr. Norman Geschwind in Behavioral Neurology. Dr. Denckla completed residency training at the Beth Israel Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital, both in Boston, and Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC. After positions in the Department of Neurology at the College of Physicians...

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Stephanie K. Daniels, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Stephanie K. Daniels, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Stephanie K. Daniels, PhD, CCC-SLP is a Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston, and a research speech pathologist at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree at East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas and her Masters of Science degree University of Texas at Dallas-Callier Center,...

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Edward Gage Conture, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD

Edward Gage Conture, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BRS-FD

Edward G. Conture, Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University (1997 to 2013), Professor Emeritus (2013- ), is the author of over 140 journal articles, books, book chapters, monographs and commercial-grade videos, all primarily dealing with childhood stuttering.  Accordingly, his major academic, clinical and research interests involve the study of emotional and speech-language contributions to childhood stuttering.  Since 1978, these scholarly activities have been...

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