CATSS hosted our annual fall symposium on Thursday, October 30th in the Johnson Great Room of the McNamara Alumni Center. The event kicked off with an internal keynote talk entitled "chasing the moving target of listening effort" given by SLHS faculty member, Matt Winn. From there the program proceeded with short presentations from CATSS faculty, postdocs and graduate students regarding updates on their research projects. The event closed with an external keynote talk entitled "delayed dark adaptation in early age-related macular degeneration: implications for everyday life" given by Dr. Cynthia Owsley of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

CATSS members Juraj Mesik, PuiYii Goh, Lisanne Boagaard and Charlotte Lee smiling for a photo

Psychology staff members Juraj Mesik and PuiYii Goh, and graduate students Lisanne Bogaard and Charlotte Lee smile for the camera during the coffee break.

Keynote speaker Matt Winn stands at a podium giving his talk.

SLHS professor Matthew Winn gives the internal keynote lecture, discussing listening effort.

A crowd, viewed from behind, watches as Melissa Polonenko gives a talk.

Attendees watch one of the symposium presentations.

Graduate student Desmond Asante gives a talk while standing at a podium.

Kinesiology graduate student Desmond Asante discusses quantitative assessments of bimanual coordination in chronic stroke.

Graduate student JoJo Speredelozzi stands at a podium and gives a talk.

BME graduate student JoJo Speredelozzi presents on the assessment of the safety and efficacy of ultrasound as a novel hearing device.

Ais Sheldon wears black, stands at a podium, presenting to a crowd.

Psychiatry postdoc Ais Sheldon presents on correlated aperiodic EEG activity and occipital glutamate from 7 tesla MRS in controls versus people with schizophrenia.

Samantha Stiepan is wearing a cream color shirt and standing behind a podium. Her presentation slides are displayed on a screen next to her.

SLHS assistant professor Samantha Stiepan discusses binaural diplacusis in individuals with endolymphatic hydrops.

Keynote speaker Cynthia Owsley is wearing black and standing at a podium. A screen displaying presentation slides is next to her.

External keynote speaker Dr. Cynthia Owsley presents on delayed dark adaptation in early age-related macular degeneration.

Melissa Polonenko stands at a podium while giving a talk.

SLHS professor Melissa Polonenko gives a short talk on subcortical contributions to listening to multiple simultaneous talkers.

Gordon Legge gives a talk while standing at a podium. His wearing a gray jacket and black pants.

Psychology professor Gordon Legge gives a talk on newly designed fonts for visual accessibility.

Professor Jurgen Konczak gives a talk while wearing a tan suit

Kinesiology professor Jürgen Konczak discusses the transfer of proprioceptive learning across joints and body hemispheres.

Attendees chat during the coffee break.

Attendees chat during the coffee break.

Brock Carlson presents while standing behind a podium. He is wearing a vertically striped shirt.

Psychology graduate student Brock Carlson presents on individual differences in the C1 ERP.