Tracy Centanni, PhD

Assoc Prof, Speech Language Hearing at UF 🐊. Focused on perception and plasticity, with an emphasis on reading. All views my own.

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

Check out this article highlighting some of my lab’s work on taVNS!

[UF McKnight Brain Institute @UFMBI]

Vagus nerve stimulation is touted as a potential treatment for a wide range of conditions from inflammatory bowel disease to autism spectrum disorder. Does it really work? MBI researchers weigh in.

Learn more: https://t.co/0LXjKAaURy

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

#JobPosting for a full-time OPS Laboratory Technician. This position will mainly support two projects, both of which evaluate the effect of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on speech in noise perception. Please share!

For more details, please see https://t.co/hVqeLbecGl

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

Coming on for a rare moment to announce a coming #postdoc position.

1-2 year position, focused on speech perception, noninvasive vagus nerve stim, EEG, and machine learning.

Interested? Know someone who is? Please reach out, formal job posting coming soon!!

#AcademicChatter

[Society for Neuroscience (SfN) @SfNtweets]

Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants

The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. This unprecedented freeze will impact students and trainees who rely on grants, funded investigators, and patients waiting for critical discoveries and treatments, in addition to having an economic impact for employees and employers at universities and organizations that are economic drivers in the U.S.

Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: https://t.co/UlzkzC59Pr

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

Wowza news in early literacy:

Study shows major gains in K-1 reading outcomes from use of the viral, and virtually free, UFLI foundational skills program.

In fact, I’ve never seen effect sizes this high from a study of a literacy program.

Congrats @HollyLanePhD @burnsmk1 @UFLiteracy!

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

It’s crazy how talking with a science buddy is simultaneously what’s most likely to move the project forward and the thing that’s least prioritized in our schedule.

[UF McKnight Brain Institute @UFMBI]

The lab of Dr. Tracy Centanni focuses on language perception both auditory and visual, reading disorders such as dyslexia, and potential techniques to induce neural plasticity to improve reading and language. #MBI_Labs

Learn more: https://t.co/xuXCJ3yOan

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

Applications for the @UFMBI NeuroGators postdoc program will open in January. Would you like to do a postdoc with us in the areas of non invasive vagus nerve stim and/or biological correlates of language/reading acquisition? Let’s talk!!!

https://t.co/zwMDA6whgW

[Urs Maurer @urs_maurer]

If you have a PhD with background in behavioral genetics and are interested in a postdoc in Hong Kong, then please see below. Please contact me for further information by Dec 21, 2024.
Thanks to @drElsje for promoting. @BehaviorGenetic

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

For anyone lingering here, come see us at #ASHA2024 this week!

[Melanie Brethour @melbrethour]

Universal Screening
for Children at Risk for Dyslexia
Why? Research Shows…

Joseph Torgeson “we can, using tests currently available, accurately identify students who are likely to struggle with reading starting in preschool or kindergarten."

https://t.co/CirEZNFD4t

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

Will stay here for a little while, but starting the move to the other place. Same handle- please follow me over there to help me make the switch!

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

@adabel_sdsu day two of our re-accreditation site visit is today 🤦‍♀️

[Rafeeque @rafeequemavoor]

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍

@NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations!

all freely available in the public domain.

Retweet and spread the message!
https://t.co/p1bD1kxO7H

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

Some excellent advice! It can be intimidating not having a checklist of things to do during data analysis, but that’s also what leads us to some of the most exciting findings.

[Itai Yanai @ItaiYanai]

My guidelines for exploratory data analysis

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

@RachelRRomeo Same

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

For those at #SNL2024, come see my poster tomorrow in the morning session. I cram three full studies onto one poster to show the benefit of using multiple model systems to understand genetic contributions to dyslexia!

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

Day 1, #SNL2024: nice view from my Airbnb last night and some creative coffee this morning. I see you, Brisbane. Excited to be back at my favorite conference!

[Tracy Centanni, PhD @tmcentanni]

I’m headed to @SNLmtg in Brisbane next week! Come see me present work from multiple model systems informing our understanding of dyslexia.

Interested in a PhD in my lab? Come see me at the poster or let’s grab coffee!

[Elyssa A. Geer, Ph.D. @GeerPsych]

🚨I am recruiting a PhD student to @UF_COE Special Education Program with a focus in Early Childhood! Please RT/share!

If you are interested in early childhood, STEM learning, spatial skills, and more, please consider applying to work with me!

Please email me prior to applying!