Helen Long, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is based in the Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication (WISC) Laboratory (PI: Katie Hustad). Helen began her career as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) and worked for 9 years before and during her doctoral training when she developed her research questions.

Her primary line of research aims to advance the early detection of speech impairments in children with cerebral palsy to facilitate early access to interventions for augmentative and alternative communication.

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