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UCL Centre for Neurorehabilitation Seminar: Professor Katerina Hilari
03 April 2025, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Supporting wellbeing in stroke and aphasia
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- £0.00
Organiser
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UCL Centre for Neurorehabilitation
Location
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Lecture Theatre378: Institute of Neurology, 33 Queen Square33 Queen SquareLondonWC1N 3BGUnited Kingdom
Please note that this event will take place in person, followed by drinks reception and networking. There will be no option to attend the seminar remotely, however we do plan to record the seminar and we will put the seminar recording on the CNR website once it is available. Please send any enquiries to: cnr@ucl.ac.uk.
People with aphasia are at high risk of mood problems post-stroke, yet limited evidence exists on effective interventions to improve wellbeing and prevent depression. The need to address wellbeing in the rehabilitation of people with aphasia will be raised. The role of the multidisciplinary stroke team and speech and language therapists in particular will be highlighted. Key points on what stroke staff can do to support emotional wellbeing will be raised. SLT-led interventions to improve wellbeing will be highlighted. The presentation will then focus on one specific intervention, peer-befriending, which capitalises on the skills of people with aphasia themselves. The SUpporting wellbeing through PEeR-Befriending (SUPERB) intervention will be described and information will be provided on key parameters to consider when setting up a peer-befriending scheme. The outcomes of the SUPERB intervention will be presented, including the views of people with aphasia receiving the intervention and people with aphasia offering the intervention. Implications for practice will be raised.
About the Speaker
Professor Katerina Hilari
at City St George's, University of London
Katerina is a Speech and Language Therapist with a background in Psychology. Her research is driven by the priorities of people with stroke and aphasia. She leads a programme of research on developing and evaluating complex interventions for aphasia; on the psychosocial impact of stroke, and on the development and use of patient-reported outcome measures. Current projects include digital assessments, communication partner training, psychological interventions for aphasia, intensive, comprehensive aphasia programmes, and psychometric criteria for aphasia measures. Katerina leads the Trials for Aphasia Panel of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists and is on the Board of Trustees of Aphasia Re-Connect. She has co-chaired the Aphasia Rehabilitation Guideline for the European Stroke Organisation (2025) and was on the language recovery topic group for the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke in the UK (2022). Katerina has received awards for research excellence (2011), outstanding doctoral supervision (2015), and patient and public involvement in research for the SUPERB trial (UK Stroke Forum, 2019). She is the recipient of multiple research grants including from the European Union (European Social Fund) and, in the UK, the National Institute for Health Research, the Stroke Association, the Barts Charity, and the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia.
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