Kristine Lundgren

Kristine Lundgren

KRISTINE LUNDGREN

320 Ferguson Building

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC 27402

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Positions

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007-present

Tenured Associate Professor and Chair, Department ofCommunication Sciences and Disorders

Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA 2001-present

Assistant Professor (SLP),Department of Neurology

Past Positions

Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA 2001-2007

Administrative and Clinical Director of the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center

(January 2002-August 2007)

NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIDCD, Aphasiology (July 2001-December 2001)

Emerson College, Department of Communication Disorders, Boston, MA 2003-2006

Adjunct Professor, Communication Disorders Department

Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA 1995-2001

Director of Business Development

Administrative Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs

Administrative Director of Neurobehavioral Units

Director of the Center for Communication Disorders and Neuropsychology

K & K Associates, Braintree, MA 1986-1995

Associate Director

Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA 1991-1993

Director of the Language-Learning Centers

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 1981-1986 and 1993-1995

Per Diem Speech-Language Pathologist

Acting Assistant Director

Senior Research Clinician

Staff Speech-Language Pathologist

EDUCATION

Boston University, Boston MA

Sc.D., Communication Disorders, 1997

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Special Studies in Management, 1982-1986

Boston University, Boston, MA

M.S., Speech-Language Pathology, 1981

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
B.A., Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 1979

CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association

Massachusetts State License, Speech-Language Pathology, Massachusetts Board of Registry

North Carolina State License, Speech-Language Pathology, North Carolina Board of Examiners

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Center for Mindfulness, University of Massachusetts Medical School

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA)

ASHA Special Interest Division 2 (Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders)

ASHA Special Interest Division 1 (Language Learning and Education)

Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS)

American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

ATA Telerehabilitation Special Interest Group

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)

ACRM Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Special Interest Group

ACRM Stroke Special Interest Group

International Neuropsychological Society

American Stroke Association

Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts

Brain Injury Association of North Carolina

ADMINISTRATIVE/ EXPERIENCE

Chair of Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (UNCG)

One of the top 30 CSD programs in the United States, according to News and World Report

Administrative, faculty and staff, student-related, liaison, and leadership responsibilities

Director of Graduate Study Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (UNCG)

Clinical and Administrative Director of the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center

The oldest and largest NIH funded P30 project in Adult Language Disorders

Administrative, marketing, liaison, and grant writing responsibilities

Director of Business Development at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital

One of the top rehabilitation hospitals in the country. Best know for its Traumatic Brain Injury programs

Marketing, administrative, program development, and employee supervision responsibilities

Director of Neurorehabilitation Program at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital

Marketing, administrative, program development, and employee supervision responsibilities

Director of the Department of Communication Disorders at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital

Director of K & K Associates.

Small private practice that developed a model for treatment that was adopted by outpatient rehabilitation clinics at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital.

Development, administrative and clinical responsibilities.

TEACHING

Doctoral

CSD 760 - Advanced Doctoral Seminar in Brain and Behavior (UNCG)

CSD 760 - Advanced Doctoral Seminar in Instrumentation and Technology (UNCG)

CSD 760 - Advanced Doctoral Seminar in Neurobehavior and Communication Disorders (UNCG)

CSD 760 - Advanced Doctoral Seminar in Cognition and Communication (UNCG)

Co-taught with Dr. Nancy Helm-Estabrooks

CSD 760 - Advanced Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar in Genetics and Allied Health (UNCG)

Team taught with Dr. Susan Phillips, Audiologist and Dr. Vincent Henrich, Molecular Geneticist

CSD 751 - Pro-Doctoral Seminar (UNCG)

CSD 790 - Directed Research in Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders (UNCG)

CSD 790 - Directed Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (UNCG)

CSD 790 - Directed Research in Right Hemisphere Disorders (UNCG)

CSD 790 - Directed Research in Discourse Deficits in Adult Neurogenics (UNCG)

CSD 790 - Directed Research in Brain mapping (UNCG)

CSD 790 - Directed Research in Genetics of Recovery from TBI (UNCG)

Co-taught with Dr. Vincent Henrich, Director Center for Biotechnology, Genomics, and Health Research

CSD 790 - Independent Study in Grant Writing

Master’s

CSD 606 - Cognitive Linguistic Disorders in Adults (UNCG)

CSD 692 - Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders (Emerson College)

CSD 640 - Communication Disorders Across the Life Span: Adults (UNCG)

CSD 632 - Research Methods in Communication Sciences and Disorders (UNCG)

CSD 633 - Special Projects in Communication Sciences and Disorders (UNCG)

CSD 678 - Advanced Clinical Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology (UNCG)

Undergraduate

CSD 333 - Independent Study in Adult Neurogenics (UNCG)

SERVICE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Board of Directors, Massachusetts Brain Injury Association

Chair of Public Policy Committee, Massachusetts Brain Injury Association

Committee Co-chair, Northeast Chapter of the American Stroke Association, Rehabilitation and Recovery Committee

ASHA Convention Program Reviewer Global Issues and Practices Across the Discipline

ASHA Convention Program Reviewer Language Disorders in Adults

ASHA Convention Program Reviewer Language and Learning in School-Age Children and Adolescents

ASHA Convention Program Reviewer Language Science

Minority Student Leadership Program Simulation Reviewer ASHA

Guest Editor, Seminars in Speech and Language, Thieme Medical Journal and Scientific Journal

Professional Board, Aphasia Hope Foundation

Executive Board, Charlestown Recovery House

Advisory for Stroke Standards to the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation International (CARF)

AD HOC REVIEWING (Granting Agencies)

ASHA Annual Convention Committee (Adult neurogenics, sciences, language learning disabilities)

Alzheimer’s Association

NIH: Minority/Disability Predoctoral Fellowship Special Emphasis Review Panel for the Center for Scientific Research, NIH

NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Special emphasis panel: ZRG1 BBBP-L 58 R, RFA-OD-09-003: Challenge Grants Panel 24

Special emphasis panel: ZRG1 RPHB-E 58 R, RFA OD-09-003: Challenge Grants Panel 27

PEER REVIEWER (journals/textbooks)

International Neuropsychological Association

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Journal or Neurotrauma

Special Topics (editor)

Kineseology

UNCG SERVICE ACTIVITIES

University

Dodson-Newton Fund Committee 2007-present

Academic Computing Committee (Chair) 2008-2011

Teaching and Learning Center Committee (ad hoc member) 2009-2011

Academic Teaching and Technology Committee (ad hoc member) 2009-2011

Research Policy Committee 2010-2013

Merit Awards Committee 2007-present

Veterans and Families Task Force 2009-present

Quality Enhancement Plan Design Committee on Global Engagement 2013-present

UNCG Budget Committee 2013-present

First Year Summer Read Committee 2013-present

Advisory Committee for International Programs-2013-present

Strategic Plan Initiation Committee 2013

Global Engagement Institute 2013

School

Executive Committeefor the School of Health and Human Performance 2007-2011

Center for Healthy Aging and Living Study Committee 2008-2010

Research Advisory Committee 2009-2011

Committee Chair for International/Global Efforts 2013-present

Department

Director of Graduate Study 2013- present

Graduate Admissions Committee 2007-present

Doctoral Education Committee 2007-present

Graduate advisor-2007-present

Primary advisor to 4 doctoral students

Doctoral Committee member for 10 doctoral students

RESEARCH

Research Support

PAST

HRSA (Kristine Lundgren, Co-Investigator; Michael Campbell, Co-Principal Investigator)

Telerehabilitation for Individuals Living in Rural Areas of North Carolina with Acquired Brain Injury

10/1/10-6/30/12

R21 DC007165-01A1 (Kristine Lundgren, PI)

NIDCD

Metaphor Treatment Project

8/01/05-4/31-08

Total Direct Cost: $310,000 (2 years)

P30 DC 05207 (Martin L. Albert, PI; Kristine Lundgren, Clinical and Administrative Core Director; William Milberg, Data Management Core Director)

NIDCD

Boston University Aphasia Research Center: Assessment Core

10/01/01 – 08/30/07

Total Direct Cost: $1,850,000 (5 years)

Planning Grant (Kristine Lundgren, PI)

Greater Boston Council on Alcoholism

Charlestown Recovery House

7/01/06-6/30/08

Total Direct Cost: $16,000 (2 years)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro: New Faculty Grant

Theory of Mind Training

07/01/08-04/01/10

$5,000

Winston-Salem Foundation (Kristine Lundgren, PI)

Therapeutic riding for TBI survivors

5/21/09-4/30/10

$5,000

Smart Choices Boston (Kristine Lundgren, PI)

Program for Women living in Charlestown

8/1/10-7/31/11

$16,000

R01 (Hiram Brownell, PI at Boston College and Kristine Lundgren, PI subcontract at Boston University School of Medicine) NIDCD

Metaphor Training Program

10/01/07-8/30/11

Total Direct Cost for 4 years $543,000 (BU subcontract only)

Presentations:
Lundgren, K., Moya, K. L., Benowitz, L.I. (1984). The perception of nonverbal cues after right brain damage. Presentation at the annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Aachen, Germany.

Lundgren, K., Moya, K.L., Benowitz, L.I. (1984). Deficits in nonverbal communication following right brain damage. Presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA.

Lundgren, K., (1984). Functional communication deficits following right brain damage: A case study. Presentation at the annual conference American Academy of Physical Medicine/American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K., Moya, K. L., Benowitz, L.I. (1984). Communication deficits and rehabilitation in the right hemisphere damaged patient. Presentation at the American Academy of Physical Medicine/American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K., Moya, K. L., Benowitz, L.I. (1984). Perception of nonverbal cues following right brain damage. Presentation at the annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference.

Lundgren, K. and Woodmansee, R., (1985). Job re-entry following stroke: the implications of cognitive deficits. Presentation at the annual convention of the American Academy of Physical Medicine/American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K., Moya, K.L. (1985). Instruments for cognitive assessment of right brain damaged patients. Short course presentation at annual convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association. Washington, DC.

Lundgren, K., Helms-Estabrook, N., Magnusdittir, S., and Emery, P. (1994). Perseveration in aphasia. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K. & Mentis, M. (1994). The effects of prenatal cocaine and other drug exposure on play. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association. New Orleans, LA

Lundgren, K. & Mentis, M. (1996). Effect of multiple risk factors including prenatal cocaine-exposure on exploration in play. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Seattle, Washington.

Diamond, S. and Lundgren, K. (1997). Mild Head Injury in Adults and Children. Short Course presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Mentis, M. and Lundgren, K. (1997). Effects of prenatal exposure to cocaine and associated risk factors on play and language development: An update. Technical presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K., Leavell, C., and Ussman, A. (1997). Attention Deficit Disorder. Presentation at Braintree Hospital's Grand Rounds, Braintree, MA

Lundgren, K. (1998). Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents. Presentation at the Alabama Head Injury Association Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

Pluth, S., Bogdanova, Y., White, R. F., Lundgren, K., and Albert, M. (2003). Examination of auditory and visual memory spans in an aphasic population. Poster presentation at the Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Lundgren, K, Brownell, H., and Fond, M. (2004) Treatment of metaphor comprehension impairment subsequent to right hemisphere brain injury. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Lundgren, K. (2004). Assessment and Treatment of Right Brain Damage. Invited presentation to the Cape Cod Speech-Language Pathology Organization. Hyannis, MA.

Lundgren, K. (2005). Incorporating mindfulness training into speech-language treatment programs for adolescents. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Leritz, E., McGlinchey, R. Grande, L., Lundgren, K., Albert, M., & Milberg, W. (2006). Using preserved lexical access to estimate premorbid IQ in aphasia. Poster presentation at the 34th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K. (2006). Complementary and alternative approaches to treating communication disorders.Invited presentation at the annual convention of the Canadian Speech-Language and Hearing Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Roy, S., & Cayer-Meade, C. (2006). A metaphor comprehension intervention for patients withright hemisphere brain damage: A pilot study. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Victoria, BC

Leritz, E., McGlinchey, R., Grande, L., Lundgren, K., & Milberg, W. (2006). Measuring premorbid IQ in aphasia using indirect lexical access. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Victoria, BC

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., & Roy, S. (2006). Remediation of metaphor comprehension deficits: A pilot study. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Miami, FL.

Cayer-Meade, C., Brownell, H., Lundgren, K., & Nichols, M. (2007). A metaphor comprehension intervention for patients with traumatic brain injury: A case study. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, Marlboro, MA.

Martin, P., Naeser, M., Lundgren, K., Klein, R. (2007). Improvement in chronic aphasia following CPAP & TMS. . Short Course presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., & Spitzer, J. (2007). Theory of mind training following right hemisphere brain damage. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K. Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., Spitzer, J., Nichols, M., & Caddick, K. (2007). The Appropriateness of Metaphor Interpretation Scale (AMIS). Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Lei, C., Nicholas, M., Kearns, K., Loft, G. & Lundgren, K. (2007). Right hemisphere communicative functions in right hemisphere aphasia: Case study. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Lundgren, K. (2008). New trends in traumatic brain injury treatment. Invited speaker at the annual Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Convention.

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C.,(2008). A novel tool for treating right hemisphere brain damage.Poster presentation at the annual conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Toronto, Canada

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., (2008).Theory of mind training following traumatic brain injury: A pilot study. Poster presentation at the annual conference of North America Brain Injury Society, New Orleans, LA.

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., & Milione, J. (2008). Metaphor training for patients with right hemisphere brain damage: Preliminary results.Technical presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Minga, J., Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., & Cayer-Meade, C. (2008) Conversational discourse before & after metaphor comprehension training: A pilot study.Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Cralidis, A. & Lundgren, K. (2009). Verbal fluency patterns in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Poster presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Minga, J., Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., & Cayer-Meade, C. (2009) An analysis of discourse production and working memory in one individual with right hemisphere brain damage.Poster presentation at the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Lundgren, K. (2009). Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for individuals with chronic nonfluent aphasia. Poster presentation at the 7th Annual International Scientific Conference for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators Investigating and Integrating Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, Worcester, MA

Flynn, P., Lundgren, K., & Mankoff, L. (2009).Adults with traumatic brain injury and horses: An innovative therapeutic technique.Poster presentation at the annual convention of the North Carolina Speech Language and Hearing Association, Raleigh, NC.

Brownell, H., Lundgren, K., Cayer-Meade, C., Milione, J., & Kearns, K. (2009). Metaphor training inindividuals with right hemisphere brain damage: Preliminary findings. Presentation at the Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Keystone, Colorado.

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., Milione, J. & Katz, D. (2009). Theory of mind training for individuals with traumatic brain injury: Poster presentation the annual conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Denver, Colorado.

Cralidis, A., Lundgren, K., & Hooper, C. (2009).The blog days of summer: Blogging & traumatic brain injury. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

Johnson, L., Lundgren, K., & Mayo, R. (2009).Knowledge of the minimally conscious state in traumatic brain injury. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

Kamhi, A., Vanleer, E.,Lundgren,K., Verdolini, K., & Bernstein-Ratner, N. (2009). Evidence-Based Practice: The promise & the reality. Invited presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.

Brownell, H., Lundgren, K., Cayer-Meade, C., Milione, J., Kearns, K., & Katz, D.I. (2010). Metaphor Training in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings. Presentation at the Annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Isle of Palms, SC.

Johnson, L., Lundgren, K., & Mayo, R. (2010). What Do Practicing Speech-LanguagePathologists Know About Minimally Conscious State: Results of a Pilot Survey.Poster presentation the annual conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Montreal, Canada.

Lundgren, K., Brownell, H., Cayer-Meade, C., Jablonski, C. (2010). Attention Processing Training and Theory of Mind Performance: Results from a Pilot Study.Poster presentation the annual conference of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Montreal, Canada.

Cralidis, A. & Lundgren, K. (2010) Effects of Structured Training on Verbal Fluency Following TBI. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Flynn, P., Lundgren, K., & Mankoff, L. (2010). Equine-Assisted Therapy: Treatment for Adult Survivors of TBI.Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Wantsala, J., Shirley, J, & Lundgren, K. (2010). The Use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Treating Aphasia. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.