Lauren Grebe

Lauren Grebe joined St. John’s University in 2023 and is an Instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Speech Language Hearing Sciences department at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, Professor Grebe’s dissertation research relates to the theory of cognitive reserve in individuals with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) and Frontotemporal Dementia. She is investigating how different socio-behavioral proxies of cognitive reserve relate to changes in brain status and performance across neuropsychological measures in a longitudinally followed cohort of individuals with PPA. Professor Grebe is a NY state certified speech-language pathologist and has worked across various clinical settings, working primarily with adult and geriatric populations. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the ISTAART Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors Executive Committee of the Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment.