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Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan

  • Associate Professor - Communication Disorders
Portrait of Dr. Pradeep Ramanathan

Biography and education

B. A. Physics Dec 1987
Department of Physics
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

M. S. Physics May 1996
Department of Physics and Astronomy
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

M. A. Speech-Language Pathology May 2002
Department of Communication Disorders
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
M.A. Advisor: Dr. Nancy Pearl Solomon

Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathology July 2009
Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Mary R. T. Kennedy
Minor: Cognitive and Biological Psychology:
Department of Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Chad J. Marsolek

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Ramanathan, Pradeep. Engagement and Access for Research Active Institutions (EARA) Pilot Project, National Institutes of Health, Federal, $0. (Funded: September 2024 - March 2025). Grant.
  • Ramanathan, Pradeep (Principal). Constrained Hemisphere Aphasia Therapy (CHAT) – A nonclinical study, Texas State University, Division of Research, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Submitted: November 2023, Funded: January 2024 - May 2024). Grant.
  • Higby, Genevieve (Eve) (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Gravier, Michelle (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Ramanathan, Pradeep (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20. Acquisition of Electroencephalography Equipment for the Study of the Neuroplasticity of Language and Cognitive Processes in Bilingualism and Multilingualism, National Science Foundation, Major Research Instrumentation Program (NSF 18-513), Federal, $258811. (Funded: September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Ramanathan, Pradeep (Principal). Effects of intensive comprehensive evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation therapy for chronic moderate to severe traumatic brain injury, Firedoll Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $31798. (Funded: July 2021 - July 2022). Grant.
  • Bhatnagar, S., Hacein-Bey, L., & Ramanathan, P. (2024). Neuroscience for Communicative Disorders, 6th edition. Baltimore, MD, USA, United States: Wolters-Kluwer. Retrieved from www.wolterskluwer.com/health
  • Ramanathan, P., Chen, M.-H., Liu, R., & Kennedy, M. R. T. (2022). Memory and executive functions subserving Judgments of Learning: Cognitive reorganization after traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 32(9). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2021.1929345
  • Ramanathan, P., Turner, H., & Stevens, M. C. (2019). Intensive cognitive rehabilitation therapy for chronic traumatic brain injury: a case study of neural correlates of functional improvement. Aphasiology, 33(3), 289–319. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1461801
  • Ramanathan, P., Kennedy, M. R. T., & Marsolek, C. (2014). Implicit memory influences on metamemory during verbal learning after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, 57(5), 1817–1830. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1044/2014_JSLHR-L-13-0204
  • Ramanathan, P., Goding, G. S., & Yao, T. J. (2022). Phonation Threshold Pressure as a Unique Outcome Measure of Phonatory Physiology Changes Following Submucosal Saline Injection for Vocal Fold Scarring. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, SIG 3 Voice and Upper Airway Disorders, 7, 1717–1727. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-21-00293
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award, American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Provost Letter of Recognition for Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut. January 30, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Volunteer of the Year Award, Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Editor’s Choice Award, NeuroImage. 2010
  1. Chair

    Committee for Centers of Excellence

  2. Member

    Geriatric Health Initiative

  3. Member

    CDIS Faculty Search Committee

  4. Member

    College of Health Professions Research Enhancement Committee

  5. Participant

    CDIS Liaison to Faculty Senate

  6. Member

    Faculty Development & Research Committee

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