March 11, 2021

The Kaufman Children’s Center is pleased to announce the award of a new clinical research grant to Aravind Namasivayam, Ph.D., Reg. CASLPO, S-LP(C) from the Speech Research Centre Inc. in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Namasivayam will conduct research on the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP) over the next 18 months.

In 2018, Dr. Namasivayam founded the Speech Research Centre Inc., which is a knowledge translation and implementation science group with the aim of making evidence-informed practice accessible to frontline clinicians worldwide. He is also the cofounder of Hear2Speak.org, a non-profit organization for improving speech pathology and audiology services in majority countries.

Dr. Namasivayam is a research associate in the Oral Dynamics Lab at the University of Toronto and routinely teaches speech physiology, research methods, and speech sound disorders courses at the University.

A 2008 Ph.D. graduate of the University of Toronto, Dr. Namasivayam is the recipient of many awards at the national and international level, including both the prestigious National Award for Excellence in Applied Research and the Mentorship Award from Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC). He has published 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and has presented at over 60 international conferences and workshops.