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Natalie Douglas

Dr. Douglas is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Division of Speech-Language Pathology, at Central Michigan University. As a clinician-scholar, she is firmly committed to closing the research to practice gap, particularly for people living with acquired communication disorders from neurological disease. Dr. Douglas actively partners with speech-language pathologists to develop and test interventions that improve communication, life participation, and quality of life for people living with aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. She is currently studying how to improve communication between people living with dementia and their staff care partners in long-term care environments and pursuing additional training in pragmatic clinical trials and learning health systems.