The Communication P.A.L.S. Lab is seeking postdoctoral associates! Postdoctoral associates will work closely with Dr. Darling-White to conduct research related to communicative participation. Dr. Darling-White's research uses quantitative (kinematic, aerodynamic, acoustic, and perceptual analyses) and qualitative (interviews and content analysis) methods to assess and characterize communicative participation in individuals with communication disabilities across the life span. The long-term goal of this line of research is to bring a precision medicine approach to the development of theoretically driven, evidence-based, participation- focused interventions for individuals with communication disabilities.
Dr. Darling-White's current NIH grant employs the Baylor and Darling-White (2020) conceptual framework of communicative participation to understand and characterize communicative participation in adolescents with Down syndrome (DS). The specific aims of this grant are:
- To construct impairment-level speech production profiles for adolescents with DS.
- To investigate how personal perspectives and communication environment alter communicative participation for adolescents with DS.
- To develop a mechanistic model of communicative participation for adolescents with DS.
Researchers interested in a postdoctoral associate position in the Communication P.A.L.S. Lab should send an email with their CV to darlingwhite@arizona.edu.
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