Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP

Postdoctoral Researcher, UW-Madison

Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and incoming Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University in Fall 2024. She is based in the Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication (WISC) Laboratory (PI: Katie Hustad). Helen began her career working as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) before and during her doctoral program where she developed her research questions.

Her research aims to advance the early detection of communication impairments in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities like cerebral palsy to support clinical decisions to implement speech and augmentative and alternative communication interventions.

Helen is a co-founding collaborator of CSDisseminate, an early career working group of scientists and clinicians dedicated to promoting the adoption of free and legal open access practices across the CSD community.

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Postdoc

2021-2024

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI, USA

Waisman Center

TL1 NCATS Postdoctoral Fellow in clinical and translational research methods

T32 NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow in intellectual and developmental disabilities

PhD

2020

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN, USA

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Collateral Area: Cognitive Science

Long, H. L. (2020). Endogenous and social factors influencing infant vocalizations as fitness signals. Doctoral dissertation. The University of Memphis. doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/cz7qe 

MS

2012

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL, USA

Communication Sciences and Disorders 

Concentration: Speech-Language Pathology

BA

2010

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN, USA

Speech and Hearing Sciences; 

Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Minors: Linguistics, Psychology