Emma Pagnamenta
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Associate Professor
- Module convenor: PL1PSY and PLMPSY (Psychology for Speech and Language Therapy)
- Module convenor: PLMCP2R (Clinical Practice 2)
- Undergraduate dissertation project supervisor
- Postgraduate admissions tutor: MSc Speech and Language Therapy
- Speech and Language Therapy Research Cluster Lead
- Speech and Language Therapy Clinic Research Lead
- Co-Lead for Health, Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism
Areas of interest
Communication disabilities: Down's syndrome, children and young people with speech sound disorder and language disorder, well-being and mental health, health inequalities.Speech and language therapy: investigating the effectiveness of early intervention to enhance language for young children with Down syndrome; working with parents/carers to improve outcomes for children with communication disability; accessibility of services.
Family perspectives: investigating family policies on heritage language use; experiences of accessing services in the context of communication disability
Clinical research: patient and public involvement and engagement, clinical audit, evaluation and research methods, clinical research capacity building.
Research centres and groups
- University of Reading Speech and Language Therapy Research Cluster
- Speech, Language and Communication Development Clinical and Applied Research Group
- Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism
- Child Speech Disorder Research Network
- Down Syndrome Clinical Excellence Network – research lead
Academic qualifications
- PhD Neuroscience, Institute of Child Health, London
- MSc Speech and Language Sciences, UCL, London
- MSc Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh
- BSc Psychology, University of Durham
- MRCSLT, HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist
- FHEA - Fellow of AdvanceHE