The Bloorview Research Institute and University of Toronto are pleased to announce that Deryk Beal has been appointed to the position of Clinician Scientist-Assistant Professor at the Bloorview Research Institute and the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto effective October 19, 2015.
In this newly created, jointly funded position, Deryk will interface with clinical, educational and research teams at Holland Bloorview, and with on-campus faculty in the Department of SLP and the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. Deryk’s research aims to understand the neurodevelopment of typical and disordered speech-motor control and language for the purpose of developing novel neuro-rehabilitative treatments for children and youth with neurological involvement.
"I am extremely proud to be joining the teams at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Bloorview Research Institute, and the University of Toronto as a speech-language pathologist clinician-scientist and assistant professor," says Deryk. "I was attracted to Holland Bloorview because of the organization's commitment to family engagement and clinical science for improving the lives of kids with disabilities."
Deryk is a registered speech-language pathologist with 15 years of clinical experience. Since 2012, he has been the Executive Director of the Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research in Edmonton, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta.
"My research aims to understand the neurodevelopment of typical and disordered communication skills for the purpose of establishing novel neuro-rehabilitative treatments for children and youth with neurological involvement," says Deryk.
Deryk holds an MHSc and a PhD in Speech-Language Pathology, both from the University of Toronto and obtained certification from the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience at the same institution. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
