(Rockville, Maryland, November 13, 2007) Dr. Noma Anderson, President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is being honored by the Harvard Foundation for her outstanding leadership and contributions to American education and health services.
She will be awarded the Harvard Foundation Medallion at a reception in her honor Thursday, November 15, 2007.
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Dr. Anderson to Harvard, to honor her achievements, professional example, and contributions to the well-being of others," states Dr. S. Allen Counter, Ph.D., D.M.Sc., Director of the Harvard Foundation and Professor of Neurology/Neurophysiology at Harvard University.
Dr. Noma Anderson, President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association receives the Harvard Foundation Medallion from Dr. S. Alan Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation for her outstanding leadership and contributions to American Education and Health Services.
Besides serving as ASHA President, Dr. Anderson, PhD, CCC-SLP is Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Florida International University. A speech-language pathologist, she has been an ASHA member for 31 years.
"I am honored to receive this prestigious award from the Harvard Foundation. As ASHA moves forward," according to Dr. Anderson, "it is vital that we are able to attract students, both men and women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, to careers in speech-language pathology and audiology." Dr. Anderson adds: "It is important that we provide them with the very best academic and clinical education so that they will be able to provide high-quality clinical service to clients from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds. This award acknowledges that work and will help continue it."
ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 123,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
