Author
Margaret Lehman Blake, PhD, CCC-SLP
Margaret Lehman Blake, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Houston. She earned her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. Her research focuses on cognitive-communication disorders associated with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and spans basic processes, assessment, and treatment. She has authored numerous articles and chapters and has presented nationally and internationally on evidence-based practice for disorders associated with RHD. Dr. Blake teaches at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including anatomy/physiology and neuroscience for communication, cognitive-communication disorders, and how to be a critical consumer of research. She is a recipient of the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Blake is a past president of the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders & Sciences and has served in various supporting roles in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Clinical Aphasiology Conference.