December 19, 2022

Wrapping up the year

2022 has been a challenging - and fulfiling year. I have had a lot of health issues this year - and thankfully these now have all resolved. I am grateful to the wonderful team of students and colleagues who I work with. This week is about wrapping up 2022 before I go on a month's leave.

PhD and honours students

  • Holly McAlister - currently finalising her PhD endorsement for presentation in 2023
  • Kate Margetson - presented her PhD endorsesment last week, analysing data and writing papers
  • Belinda Downey - finalising her PhD for submission in March 2023
  • Caitlin Hurley - collecting data in the dental hospital
  • Marie Ireland - writing her exegesis for submission in 2023
  • Anniek van Doornik - finalising papers on SSD in Netherlands
  • Van Tran - graduation and winning best thesis award for CSU
  • Sarah Faulks - honours student - currently analysing VLS data
Holly McAlister, Sharynne, Suzanne Hopf

Accomplishments during 2022

  • Early Childhood Voices Confererence 2022 (ECV2022)
  • Co-editing the special issue of IJSLP "Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals"
  • Finalising the VietSpeech grant
  • Keynote presentations across the world (virtual)
  • Attending and presenting at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention in New Orleans (Nov 2022)
  • Editing the Oxford Handbook of Speech Development in Languages of the World (OUP)
  • Co-editing Early Childhood Voices (Springer)
  • Media presentations including drive time with Virginia Trioli on ABC radio, Melbourne
  • Awards
  • Publications and presentations
  • Making a difference in children's lives across the world