Clinical Practice Leader, Speech-Language Pathology
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Julia Carpenter, MA, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS is the Clinical Practice Leader for Speech-Language Pathology and a Research Speech-Language Pathologist in the Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Julia works with speech-language pathologists across the system of care to implement evidence-based assessments and interventions, works on various research projects, and provides interventions in the organization’s Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program. She has worked at inpatient, day rehabilitation, and outpatient levels of care as well as in aphasia community groups. Julie’s clinical interests are in acquired communication and cognitive-communication disorders and her research interests are in outcomes in the field of speech-language pathology as well as aphasia treatment.