Tracy Centanni, PhD
@tmcentanni
Assoc Prof, Speech Language Hearing at UF 🐊. Focused on perception and plasticity, with an emphasis on reading. All views my own.
Check out this article highlighting some of my lab’s work on taVNS!
Vagus nerve stimulation is touted as a potential treatment for a wide range of conditions from inflammatory bowel disease to autism spectrum disorder. Does it really work? MBI researchers weigh in. Learn more: bit.ly/3FTsEkm
#JobPosting for a full-time OPS Laboratory Technician. This position will mainly support two projects, both of which evaluate the effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on speech in noise perception. Please share! For more details, please see bit.ly/4jdiEjs
Coming on for a rare moment to announce a coming #postdoc position. 1-2 year position, focused on speech perception, noninvasive vagus nerve stim, EEG, and machine learning. Interested? Know someone who is? Please reach out, formal job posting coming soon!! #AcademicChatter
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. This unprecedented freeze will impact students and trainees who rely on grants, funded investigators, and patients waiting for critical discoveries and…
Wowza news in early literacy: Study shows major gains in K-1 reading outcomes from use of the viral, and virtually free, UFLI foundational skills program. In fact, I’ve never seen effect sizes this high from a study of a literacy program. Congrats @HollyLanePhD @burnsmk1…
It’s crazy how talking with a science buddy is simultaneously what’s most likely to move the project forward and the thing that’s least prioritized in our schedule.
The lab of Dr. Tracy Centanni focuses on language perception both auditory and visual, reading disorders such as dyslexia, and potential techniques to induce neural plasticity to improve reading and language. #MBI_Labs Learn more: tmcentanni.com
Applications for the @UFMBI NeuroGators postdoc program will open in January. Would you like to do a postdoc with us in the areas of non invasive vagus nerve stim and/or biological correlates of language/reading acquisition? Let’s talk!!! mbi.ufl.edu/research/award…
If you have a PhD with background in behavioral genetics and are interested in a postdoc in Hong Kong, then please see below. Please contact me for further information by Dec 21, 2024. Thanks to @drElsje for promoting. @BehaviorGenetic
For anyone lingering here, come see us at #ASHA2024 this week!
Universal Screening for Children at Risk for Dyslexia Why? Research Shows… Joseph Torgeson “we can, using tests currently available, accurately identify students who are likely to struggle with reading starting in preschool or kindergarten." decodingdyslexiaca.org/universal-scre…
Will stay here for a little while, but starting the move to the other place. Same handle- please follow me over there to help me make the switch!
Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 @NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov
Some excellent advice! It can be intimidating not having a checklist of things to do during data analysis, but that’s also what leads us to some of the most exciting findings.
My guidelines for exploratory data analysis
For those at #SNL2024, come see my poster tomorrow in the morning session. I cram three full studies onto one poster to show the benefit of using multiple model systems to understand genetic contributions to dyslexia!
Day 1, #SNL2024: nice view from my Airbnb last night and some creative coffee this morning. I see you, Brisbane. Excited to be back at my favorite conference!
I’m headed to @SNLmtg in Brisbane next week! Come see me present work from multiple model systems informing our understanding of dyslexia. Interested in a PhD in my lab? Come see me at the poster or let’s grab coffee!
🚨I am recruiting a PhD student to @UF_COE Special Education Program with a focus in Early Childhood! Please RT/share! If you are interested in early childhood, STEM learning, spatial skills, and more, please consider applying to work with me! Please email me prior to applying!
Announcing our Fall Seminar Series! Join us Fridays to learn about these researchers new work in hearing and neuroscience. Beginning tomorrow with Kaisu Lankinen @klankine from MGH Martinos: "Using 7T fMRI and MEG to examine functional properties of the human auditory pathways."
Are you considering a PhD? Interested in neural plasticity and/or language and reading acquisition? I will be reviewing applications this cycle through rehab sciences and neuroscience. I’ll also be attending @SNLmtg in Brisbane- happy to meet for coffee and discuss!!
