Awards
- Professor Sharynne McLeod was recognised in The Australian newspaper for being Best Researcher in the World in the field of Audiology, Speech and Language Pathology… “based on the quality, volume and impact of their work” (The Australian Research Magazine, 25 September 2019, p. 9) https://specialreports.theaustralian.com.au/1540291/top-of-the-world/
CSU published a news story (25 September 2019) about the award here: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/charles-sturt-speech-pathology-expert-sitting-on-top-of-the-world
The Campus Review story (27 September 2019) is here: https://www.campusreview.com.au/2019/09/australian-researcher-named-worlds-best/
- Professor Sharynne McLeod and Dr Kate Crowe (CSU Adjunct) were awarded the prestigious American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Editor's Award in November 2019in Orlando Florida for the following article: McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27, 1546-1571. doi:10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100 Available: https://ajslp.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2701897
- Professor Sharynne McLeod presented at the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP12) at the United Nations in New York (June 2019)
o People With Communication Disabilities Speak Up For Inclusion and Participation - UN Web TV (90 minutes) Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 8:15 am – 9:30 am http://webtv.un.org/watch/people-with-communication-disability-speak-up-for-inclusion-and-participation-how-the-implementation-of-the-crpd-and-the-sdgs-can-support-this-right-cosp12-side-event/6047514452001/Grants
o CSU media release https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/charles-sturt-expert-advocates-at-un-for-communication-rights.
o Link to International Communication Project media release: According to the ASHA Director of Public Relations, the ICP media release was picked up by 160 outlets worldwide and had an audience reach of 73 million.
o The presentation was based on a special issue of guest edited by Professor Sharynne McLeod: Communication rights special issue of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (IJSLP). Her introductory article "Communication rights: Fundamental human rights for all" has been viewed 14,806 times to date with an altmetric score of 169.
- Professor Sharynne McLeod and Dr Sarah Verdon (CSU) have been undertaking the following Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant (2018-2020): Australian children's speech and language competence (DP180102848). https://www.csu.edu.au/research/vietspeech/overview
- Professor Sharynne McLeod and Nicole McGill (CSU) worked with local speech pathologists to complete the following NSW Health Translational Research Grant (2017-2019): Waiting for speech pathology: Device versus advice. The NSW Health investigators on the team were: Emily Davis, Katrina Rohr, Angela Roberts and Katherine Miller o They won the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference Best Research Poster Award, have published three journal articles, and have developed a free parent website as part of the grant: https://wnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/our-services/speech-pathology
