Fwd: Promotion of Professor Catherine V. Palmer

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Promotion of Professor Palmer

View this email in your browser Promotion of Professor Catherine V. Palmer  Dear Pitt CSD Faculty, Staff, and Students: Upon the recommendation of Dean Anthony Delitto, Senior Vice Chancellor Anantha Shekhar, Provost Ann E. Cudd, and approval of Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, I am pleased to inform you that Catherine V. Palmer, Ph.D., Director of the AuD Program in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of Audiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh, effective August 1, 2020. Dr. Palmer has served and led in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh for over 29 years. She has served a major role in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and in our Pitt CSD program. Further, she leads the UPMC Integrated Health System, where she oversees over 63 audiologists and over 24 practice locations. Dr. Palmer serves as Principal Investigator of a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grant "HearCARE: Hearing for Communication and Resident Engagement, with direct costs of $2.2 million dollars. She leads and directs a highly accomplished team of researchers and clinicians across the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Her PCORI team includes Charity Patterson, Ph.D., MSPH, Professor and Director of the Physical Therapy Data Center, Natalie Leland, Ph.D., OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA, FGSA, Vice Chair for Research and Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, and Elaine Mormer, Ph.D., CCC-A, Vice Chair for Clinical Education and Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders.   Dr. Palmer's PCORI project will ultimately lead to improved patient care of older adults with hearing loss. This project compares two models of service delivery across eight assisted living facilities with over 520 residents. The results of this work will inform public health policy and lead to specific recommendations on the effectiveness of hearing care in senior living communities. In addition to her phenomenal work as a clinician-scientist, Dr. Palmer is also a highly accomplished administrator, scholar, and faculty member in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Pitt and at UPMC.  In her role as the Director of Audiology for the UPMC Integrated Health System, Dr. Palmer supports the Pitt Audiology program with access to world class hearing health care. Our clinical audiology academic reputation is built upon this unparalleled access to clinical education. In partnership with Dr. Elaine Mormer, Vice Chair for Clinical Education and Associate Professor; Barbara Vento, Ph.D., Associate Professor and AuD Externship Coordinator; and staff and colleagues at UPMC, the Pitt audiology program creates unique learning opportunities for our students in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences that are simply unmatched. In her role as Director of Audiology at UPMC, Dr. Palmer has developed many Interventional Audiology clinical service activities (e.g., embedding audiology in Geriatric outpatient clinics, interprofessional clinics, senior living facilities, home health care, etc.). These programs are not only good for the community – they also supply unique educational opportunities for our students in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. On a more personal note – I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Catherine over the past two years. It is a pleasure to have her on our team. The University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have been extremely lucky to have Dr. Palmer at the university for over the past 29 years. Dr. Palmer has too many accomplishments to list. However, I would be remiss without saying that she has been an incredible partner on our leadership team at Pitt; she has led the American Academy of Audiology as its President through an unprecedented global health pandemic and countless legislative victories in congress; and she is perhaps one of the most highly accomplished scientific, administrative, and clinical scholars in the world. I am thankful for Dr. Palmer's steadfast commitment to advancing our mission to be a model program driving the generation, dissemination, and application of knowledge in the science and practice of audiology, speech and language pathology, and speech and hearing sciences.    It is because of faculty members such as Catherine, that together – we will achieve my vision of providing unparalleled opportunities for our trainees to improve patient care, transform healthcare, and become leaders in clinical service delivery, research, education, and service to society.   I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations to Professor Catherine V. Palmer on this well-deserved and significant professional career milestone.   Hail to Pitt, Bernard Rousseau, Ph.D., MMHC, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow Professor and Chair Department of Communication Science and Disorders School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Pittsburgh #ForgeAhead #H2P Share our Newsletter: Share Tweet Forward Follow us on social media: Support your program: Ways to Give Copyright © 2020 University of Pittsburgh, Department of Communication Science and Disorders, All rights reserved. You are receiving communications from the University of Pittsburgh because you are a valued faculty, staff, alumni or friend of the Department of Communication Science and Disorders in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. 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