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Melinda Chalfonte-Evans, PhD

Title

Speech-Language Pathologist II; Coordinator

Email

melinda.chalfonte@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4341

Fax

513-636-3965

Credentials

PhD: University of Cincinnati, 2001

ASHA: Certificate of Clinical Competence, Ohio License

Awards and Honors

Professional of the Year - 2004 (Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati)

Publications, Most Recent

Miles, M., Patterson, B., Schapiro, M., Hickey, F., Chalfonte-Evans, M., Horn, P. & Hotze, S. (2006). Coenzyme Q10 absorption and tolerance in children with Down syndrome: A dose-ranging trial. Pediatric Neurology, 20(10), 1-8.

Presentations, Most Recent

Patterson BJ, Chalfonte-Evans M, miles MV, Hickey FJ, Schapiro MB, Horn, PS, Hotze SL. Poster presentation. Language Impairment is Associated with Decreased Plasma Coenzyme Q10 Levels in Children with Down Syndrome. 9th Down Syndrome World Conference Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. August 2006.

Schapiro, MB, Jacola, LM, Patterson B, Hickey F, Chalfonte-Evans M, Schmithorst VJ, Byars AW, Hotze S, and Holland SK. "Language Processing Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Persons with Down syndrome." Oral Presentation. The Architecture of Language: From Cognitive Modeling to Brain Mapping and Back - Satellite Meeting of Human Brain Mapping, Pisa, Italy. July 2006.

Professional Organization Memberships

Abstracts

Jacola, LM, Schapiro MB, Patterson B, Hickey F, Chalfonte-Evans M, Schmithorst VJ, Byars AW, Hotze S, and Holland SK. (2006) "Language Processing Studies with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Persons with Down syndrome." Human Brain Mapping, Florence, Italy.

Special Interests

Down syndrome