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Chair, Professor
MGH Institute of Health Professions
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Marjorie Nicholas, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA, is Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and is a professor specializing in adult neurogenic communication disorders. She founded the MGH Institute's onsite Aphasia Center, which provides diagnostic and treatment services to adults with aphasia and related neurological communication impairments. Dr. Nicholas is also a research assistant professor in the Neurology Department of Boston University School of Medicine. Prior to joining the MGH Institute faculty, she was a speech-language pathologist for over 15 years at the VA Boston Healthcare System. She has co-authored numerous research articles on aphasia, language in normal aging, and dementia and is co-author of various assessment and treatment materials for aphasia including the book, Manual of Aphasia and Aphasia Therapy (3rd edition), the Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia (BASA), the Sentence Production Program for Aphasia (SPPA), and the C-Speak Aphasia software program. Dr. Nicholas became a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (FASHA) in 2017.
