August 2025 Virtual Lunchtime Lecture

Join us for our August Virtual Lunchtime Lecture - “A Loss for Words: How Aphasia Steals Language”

In our August Lunchtime Lecture, Dr. Maya Henry will describe aphasia, an acquired impairment of language caused by damage to the brain. She will discuss aphasia as a window into the neuroscience of communication and highlight innovative approaches to treatment of progressive forms of aphasia caused by brain disease.

Texas Exes, a non-profit organization, is excited to bring our virtual Lunchtime Lectures to you free of charge. If you can, please consider making a donation when registering to help us continue to engage alumni and students across the globe.

Meet the Guest Speaker: Dr. Maya Henry

Associate Dean for Research

Associate Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Moody College of Communication

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Dell Medical School

Director, Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab

Maya Henry, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Neurology at Dell Medical School. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of the Aphasia Research and Treatment Lab. She received her bachelor’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Dr. Henry completed an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California's Memory and Aging Center, a leading research center that investigates atypical dementias such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Henry joined the faculty of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2014 and became jointly appointed in the Department of Neurology in 2019. Her clinical and research interests are in the nature and treatment of aphasia caused by stroke and neurodegenerative disease. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, her research explores cognitive and neural bases of spoken and written language, as well as the rehabilitation of language impairments associated with primary progressive aphasia. Dr. Henry has published her research in a variety of journals including but not limited to Brain, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cortex, Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, Aphasiology, Brain and Language, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Neurocase, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, and Current Opinion in Neurology.

Our virtual Lunchtime Lectures are hosted on Zoom. The Zoom link will be included in your Eventbrite confirmation email and resent to all registered attendees the week of the lecture.

Registration for our August Virtual Lunchtime Lecture will close at midnight on Sunday, August 24.