Public Health and Health Professions
Ellis Lab
Led by Charles Ellis · Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
What we study
The Ellis Lab studies how neurological disorders affect communication and explores why some groups face unequal access to care. Research focuses on costs, disparities, and health outcomes in adults with neurogenic disorders.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
When Accents Speak Lounger Than Words: Accent Discordance ’s Impact on Patient-Provider Communication and Health Outcomes
The lab reviews how differences in accent and language between patients and providers affect communication and health outcomes. Students read existing studies, summarize findings, and discuss how accent mismatch can lower care quality and patient satisfaction.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 250
Overlooked Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Swallowing Impairments
The study reviewed existing research on swallowing problems after spinal cord injury and the involvement of speech‑language pathologists, finding that these professionals are often missing from care plans despite a wide range of reported swallowing disorders. The student conducted the literature review and synthesis.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 174
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Comparisons of Functional, Physical, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Young and Old Stroke Survivors
2026 · Geriatrics
Finds younger stroke survivors struggle more with memory and daily tasks.
- Economic well-being after stroke: differences by age of onset
2026 · Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation
Compares economic effects of stroke by age of onset.
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- Allostatic Load and Healthcare Access Among Stroke Survivors
2026 · Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Diagnosis and Management of Vestibular Disorders: A Narrative Review
2026 · Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
Reviews how AI can help diagnose and treat balance problems in the inner ear.
- Sequential pathway analysis of sex differences in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease
2026 · Women s Health
Analyzes why women get less deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
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