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Loretta Nunez, MA, AuD, CCC-A/SLP, FNAP, ASHA Fellow
Director, Academic Affairs and Research Education
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Loretta Nunez, M.A., AuD, CCC-A/SLP, ASHA Fellow, FNAP is Director of Academic Affairs & Research Education for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She directs activities supporting academic, clinical and research education. Dr. Nunez leads ASHA’s Envisioned Future 2025 strategic objective to advance interprofessional education and collaborative practice and represents ASHA on the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC), Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education, and the Interprofessional Professionalism Collaborative (IPC). She is a member of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) and is a Distinguished Fellow and Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology.

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

Developing Effective Messaging for IPECP Advocacy and Engagement
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is implementing multi-year efforts to advance IPECP among its members (i.e., audiologists and speech-language pathologists), including defining what it is and how to implement it and elucidating their role on teams. The following common barriers to IPECP implementation have been noted in ASHA member perspectives: not understanding IPECP and a lack of perceived value (Lawlis et. al., 2014; O’Reilly et. al., 2017). To address these barriers, ASHA engaged a communication consulting firm to assist with developing effective messaging (Evans…
IP Collaborative Scholarship Part I: Fundamentals and a Framework for Collaborations
If you are planning to attend, please RSVP using this form to receive advance materials prior to the session.   We are all working hard, both individually and collectively, to improve interprofessional practice and education. However, despite best efforts, progress is slow, and outcomes remain variable. Collaborative scholarship provides opportunities to widen access to a greater number of techniques used for research and more efficient learning, brings more experience to bear upon a problem/issue, and promotes creativity and effective problem-solving.   This session is an introduction to…
IP Collaborative Scholarship Part II: Looking for Collaborators in All the Right Places
If you are planning to attend, please RSVP using this form to receive advance materials prior to the session.   Bringing an interprofessional team together to successfully complete a research project will put your leadership and mentoring skills to the test. This intermediate/advanced seminar will provide a brief overview of collaborative scholarship, identify gaps within knowledge and practice in IPECP, discuss strategies for successful collaborations, and develop potential opportunities for IP collaborative scholarship partnerships.   After attending this seminar, participants will be…