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Lori Bartels-Tobin received her Doctorate degree in 2007 from the University of South Florida and maintains an appointment at the Sarasota-Bradenton campus.Her major area of study is adult neurogenics, with an emphasis on aphasia and right hemisphere disorder. She has presented her research at the University of South Florida Arts and Sciences Conference, the Florida Speech-Language and Hearing Association, the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, Clinical Aphasiology, and The Academy of Aphasia. In 2003, Dr. Bartels- Tobin was awarded a travel scholarship to present her master’s thesis research at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference in the San Juan Islands. Dr. Bartels-Tobin has had three studies published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as co-authoring a book chapter for medical Speech-Pathology. In 2005, her dissertation work was funded by the Veterans Administration upon award of a Pre-Doctoral Associated Health Rehabilitation Research Fellowship. Her current interests include naming, inhibitory processing, and attention in persons with aphasia. She maintains her national Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) through the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Bartels-Tobin is also a member of ASHA’s Special Interest Division 2 – Neurophysicology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders. Recently, Dr. Bartels-Tobin was certified in the Basic level of DIR/Floortime method of treatment for children with autism spectrum disorders.