Dr. Angelos Papadopoulos is
a Speech and Language Therapist at the Children’s Hospital of Patras, located
in Patras, Greece and a Post-Doctoral researcher in University of Patras. He
earned his Ph.D. degree from the School of Medicine, University of Ioannina,
and his M.S. degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly.
During his M.S., he was awarded scholarships from the State Scholarships
Foundation (I.K.Y.) for the years 2012–2014. Following his doctoral studies, he
worked as a Speech and Language Therapist at the Center of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, General Hospital of Rethymnon, in 2021. Subsequently, he
became a Lecturer at the Department of Speech and Language Therapy, University
of Patras, in 2023. His research interests include speech therapy, pediatrics,
communication disorders, voice disorders, quality of life, pragmatics, speech
deficits, primary health care, early intervention, articulation disorders,
phonology, and semantics.
Dr. Alexandra Prentza holds a BA
in English Language and Literature from the School of English, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki (2000), as well as an MA in Applied Linguistics
(awarded with Distinction) from the University of Essex, U.K. (2002). She is
the recipient of 4 EU-funded scholarships for in-service training on language
education, language learning/teaching and language policies. Since 2004 she has
taught linguistic undergraduate and postgraduate and courses in a number of
Institutions and Departments (e.g., Speech Therepy Department & Department
of Foreign Languages, University of Ioannina, Hellenic Open University, Patras,
Greece). She also worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the project FP7
funded project “Bilingual Acquisition & Bilingual Education: The
Development of Linguistic & Cognitive Abilities in Different Types of
Bilingualism (BALED)” (Award No: MIS 377313) from 2013 to 2015. Currently, she
is a Laboratory Teaching Staff member in the Department of Linguistics, School
of Philology, University of Ioannina. She has accumulated experience in
conducting psycholinguistic and second langauage research with adult and
children populations. Her research interests concern language acquisition,
second language acquisition, syntax and second language syntax, interface
phenomena & lexicon in L2, heritage languages, language maintenance &
loss, bilingualism & multilingualism, bilingualism & disorders.
Dr. Louiza Voniati is an Associate professor in the
undergraduate Speech and Language Therapy Program and postgraduate Speech
Pathology Programs at the European University Cyprus. She was a research
assistant at the Early Childhood Research Laboratory of the Department of
Education of the University of Cyprus. She is the director of the iCommunicate
Research Center at European University Cyprus. Her research interests include
language development of typically developing children and language-impaired
children, language sample analysis procedures, early identification of children
with communication disorders, language impairment in children with learning
difficulties, the scope of practice of speech-language therapists, and
speech-language therapists in multidisciplinary teams. Her funding record
includes leadership of and participation in national and international research
projects. Dr. Voniati has presented her work in numerous seminars, workshops,
and conferences on speech and language disorders, as well as published many
scientific articles, and edited many books in her field of expertise. She is
also an accredited and recognized reviewer in several peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Dionysios Tafiadis is an assistant professor in
the Department of Speech and Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences,
University of Loannina. In 2003, he received his Bachelors (Hons. B.Sc. Med.)
in Speech Therapy from the TEI of Patras, Department of Speech Therapy, Greece.
After his National Service as a Speech Therapist in 2008, he acquired (with a
scholarship) an M.Sc. in “Speech Therapy: Oral and Written Language
Disorders—Learning Disabilities”, Department of Primary Education, University
of Ioannina, Greece. His doctorate was in dementia studies and was awarded by
the School of Medicine at the University of Ioannina. From 2005 until July
2018, he was teaching at the Department of SLT (TEI of Epirus), and since 2018,
he has been an Assistant Professor (full tenure) at the Department of SLT at
the University of Ioannina. In 2011, he was accredited and recognized as an SLP
by the American Speech Hearing Association (ASHA). His research interests include
speech pathology, dementia, voice, swallowing, and language.
