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Innovation Lab | Virtual Speech-Language Pathology Community Clinic Katz News Honggang Wang Named Editor of IEEE Journal Read about the appointment Honggang Wang Named Editor of IEEE Journal Dr. Honggang Wang, chair of the Katz School鈥檚 Department of Graduate Computer Science and Engineering, has been elected editor-in-chief of IEEE Signal Processing Society鈥檚 IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, one of the most influential journals in the field of multimedia research. His three-year term will run from January 2026 through December 2028.Read the story in the Katz School blog. Parental Trauma Hinders Children's Language Read about the research Parental Trauma Hinders Children's Language At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, Kayla Bissell, a student in the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, presented compelling research on a topic that strikes at the heart of early childhood development: 鈥淭he Intergenerational Effects of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on a Child鈥檚 Development.鈥Read the story in the Katz blog. OT Student Urges Broader MS Disability Measures Read about Arielle Caplan OT Student Urges Broader MS Disability Measures Arielle Caplan, a student in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate, has made a compelling case that the the Expanded Disability Status Scale may be missing something vital for measuring disability in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Read the story in the Katz School blog. Medical SLPs Urged to Address Veterans' PTSD Read about Brooke Smith's research on the topic Medical SLPs Urged to Address Veterans' PTSD At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, Brooke Smith, a student in the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, explored an overlooked frontier in veteran rehabilitation: the cognitive communication impairments that shadow Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Read the story in the Katz School blog. AI Tool Processes Animal Medical Records Faster Read about the AI model AI Tool Processes Animal Medical Records Faster At the recent 2025 IEEE/ACM CHASE Conference, Lakshmi Priya Ramisetty, a 2024 graduate of the M.S. in Artificial Intelligence, introduced a new kind of artificial intelligence鈥攐ne not built for tech giants or billion-parameter showdowns, but for veterinarians. Her presentation revealed a powerful, domain-specific AI model designed to process the long and complex medical texts common in animal healthcare.Read the story in the Katz School blog. AI Model Cuts Bias in Parent-Child Analysis Read about the project AI Model Cuts Bias in Parent-Child Analysis At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, a team of mathematics and occupational therapy students presented a project that could reshape how we understand, assess and support children鈥檚 play. Their project, 鈥淎I-Powered Play Assessment Using Video Language Models,鈥 promises to automate one of the most nuanced tasks in pediatric care: evaluating joint play between children and their caregivers.Read the story in the Katz School blog. Students Highlight Gaps in End-of-Life Care Read about the analysis Students Highlight Gaps in End-of-Life Care At the 2025 AOTA Annual Conference, students in the Katz School鈥檚 Occupational Therapy Doctorate unveiled a powerful and timely analysis of how practitioners support people in their final stages of life鈥攈ighlighting both the field鈥檚 untapped potential and its often-overlooked role in palliative settings.Read the story on the Katz School blog. Students Craft Launch Plan for Surgical Device Read more about Vani Nair and Sheera Kraitberg's project Students Craft Launch Plan for Surgical Device At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Health and Technology, Vani Nair and Sheera Kraitberg, two students in the M.S. in Digital Marketing and Media, unveiled a strategic go-to-market plan for a groundbreaking surgical device developed by Healers, a medical technology start-up, which addresses one of the most common but outdated surgical procedures in medicine: the sternotomy.Read the story in the Katz School blog. More Katz News Click here to read more news stories about the Katz School of Science and Health. More Katz News Honggang Wang Named Editor of IEEE Journal Read about the appointment Honggang Wang Named Editor of IEEE Journal Dr. Honggang Wang, chair of the Katz School鈥檚 Department of Graduate Computer Science and Engineering, has been elected editor-in-chief of IEEE Signal Processing Society鈥檚 IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, one of the most influential journals in the field of multimedia research. His three-year term will run from January 2026 through December 2028.Read the story in the Katz School blog. Parental Trauma Hinders Children's Language Read about the research Parental Trauma Hinders Children's Language At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, Kayla Bissell, a student in the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, presented compelling research on a topic that strikes at the heart of early childhood development: 鈥淭he Intergenerational Effects of Parental Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on a Child鈥檚 Development.鈥Read the story in the Katz blog. OT Student Urges Broader MS Disability Measures Read about Arielle Caplan OT Student Urges Broader MS Disability Measures Arielle Caplan, a student in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate, has made a compelling case that the the Expanded Disability Status Scale may be missing something vital for measuring disability in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Read the story in the Katz School blog. Medical SLPs Urged to Address Veterans' PTSD Read about Brooke Smith's research on the topic Medical SLPs Urged to Address Veterans' PTSD At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, Brooke Smith, a student in the M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, explored an overlooked frontier in veteran rehabilitation: the cognitive communication impairments that shadow Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Read the story in the Katz School blog. AI Tool Processes Animal Medical Records Faster Read about the AI model AI Tool Processes Animal Medical Records Faster At the recent 2025 IEEE/ACM CHASE Conference, Lakshmi Priya Ramisetty, a 2024 graduate of the M.S. in Artificial Intelligence, introduced a new kind of artificial intelligence鈥攐ne not built for tech giants or billion-parameter showdowns, but for veterinarians. Her presentation revealed a powerful, domain-specific AI model designed to process the long and complex medical texts common in animal healthcare.Read the story in the Katz School blog. AI Model Cuts Bias in Parent-Child Analysis Read about the project AI Model Cuts Bias in Parent-Child Analysis At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Technology and Health, a team of mathematics and occupational therapy students presented a project that could reshape how we understand, assess and support children鈥檚 play. Their project, 鈥淎I-Powered Play Assessment Using Video Language Models,鈥 promises to automate one of the most nuanced tasks in pediatric care: evaluating joint play between children and their caregivers.Read the story in the Katz School blog. Students Highlight Gaps in End-of-Life Care Read about the analysis Students Highlight Gaps in End-of-Life Care At the 2025 AOTA Annual Conference, students in the Katz School鈥檚 Occupational Therapy Doctorate unveiled a powerful and timely analysis of how practitioners support people in their final stages of life鈥攈ighlighting both the field鈥檚 untapped potential and its often-overlooked role in palliative settings.Read the story on the Katz School blog. Students Craft Launch Plan for Surgical Device Read more about Vani Nair and Sheera Kraitberg's project Students Craft Launch Plan for Surgical Device At the Katz School鈥檚 Graduate Symposium on Science, Health and Technology, Vani Nair and Sheera Kraitberg, two students in the M.S. in Digital Marketing and Media, unveiled a strategic go-to-market plan for a groundbreaking surgical device developed by Healers, a medical technology start-up, which addresses one of the most common but outdated surgical procedures in medicine: the sternotomy.Read the story in the Katz School blog. More Katz News Click here to read more news stories about the Katz School of Science and Health. More Katz News
