My research interests have focused on the developing of linguistics informed assessment tools for acquired communication impairments, children from social deprived backgrounds and speakers of more than one language. I have adopted a range of methodologies including online and offline behavioural methods, single case and group studies, linguistics and cognitive screenings.

I am interested in research projects on people with aphasia as well as children with developmental language disorders. I have current collaborations with research partners in Europe as well as in South Asia, working with multilingual communities and their challenges.

I am currently part of the ADHD and Bilingualism project (AttCom) at the University of Oslo, researching on the relations between attentional disorders and language learning with an emphasis on the impact of being bilingual for ADHD.

I have been part of the team lead by Newcastle University who has developed CARA: a Comprehensive Assessment of Reading in Aphasia.

• Clinical Lingustics
• Psycholinguistics
• Bilingualism and cognition
• Aphasia
• Developmental language disorders
• Literacy in adults

UK-MUK - Board member of UK Malasya Consortium

BM- Bilingualism Matters Honorary member

BNS – British Neuropsychology Society, https://www.the-bns.org

BAS – British Aphasiology Society, http://www.bas.org.uk

AoA – Academy of Aphasia, Executive Committee member

CATs – Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists, Cost Action WG5 Aphasia Assessment group

I am willing to supervise PGR students in any area of language impairments. Some examples are:

• Communication impariment in aphasia
• Reading in both children and adults with learning disabilites
• Linguistics profiles in developmental language disorder
• Bilingualism and language pathologies
• Linguistics competence in heritage speakers