
<p>Collean Combs is a medical-based speech-language pathologist with a clinical and research </p>
<p>interest in neurogenics, particularly dementia. She earned her master’s degree in </p>
<p>Communication Sciences and Disorders from MGH Institute of Health Professionals in </p>
<p>2006. Her clinical experience encompasses a variety of medical settings across New </p>
<p>Hampshire and Massachusetts. In 2022, she joined the faculty at the University of New </p>
<p>Hampshire's Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, where she serves as a clinical assistant professor and the clinic coordinator for the Clinic for Neurogenic Communication Disorders (CNCD). Collean teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, supervises clinical practice within the CNCD clinic, and is actively involved in research as a member of the Cognition, Brain, and Language Team (CoBALT). She is a doctoral canidate, pursuing a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Higher Education. </p>
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Courses Taught
- COMM 724: Senior Capstone
- COMM 822: Stuttering
- COMM 824: Motor Speech Disorders
- COMM 870: Clinical Practicum
Research Interests
- Neurodegenerative Diseases/Disorders
- Dementia
- Cognitive neuroscience, with an emphasis on memory and executive function