Dalia will be participating in the University VITAL program from October 14-October 18. Dalia’s area of research is related to the diagnosis and treatment of adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia and how bilingualism changes these processes. She received a highly competitive NIH F31 grant to support her doctoral work. We want to show her our interest in her work and provide support as she transitions from her doctoral program to the next step in her career.
Dalia is a PhD candidate in language and communicative disorders, a joint doctoral program at the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University. Her research focuses on how to measure language proficiency, how bilinguals control their languages and how these language control mechanisms change in aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
She was highlighted in the UB Now article which you can read here: