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The NeurorehAAb Lab

The Team

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Amy Vogel-Eyny, PhD, CCC-SLP

Lab Director

Amy Vogel-Eyny, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor in the department of Speech-Language Pathology and audiology at Hunter, College, CUNY and is a speech-language pathologist. She specializes in evaluating and treating patients who have acquired speech-language and cognitive-communication disorders resulting from conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other neurological diseases. In her role as a clinician-researcher, she is dedicated to developing rehabilitative approaches that target linguistic and cognitive difficulties in adult neurogenics and healthy aging.

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Aisha Haroun, BA

Senior Research Assistant

Lab Manager

Aisha Haroun graduated in 2023 with a B.A. in Human Biology and a minor in Political Science from Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College, CUNY. She is a senior research assistant in the Neurorehabilitation in Aging and Aphasia Lab at Hunter College. Aisha is applying to medical school in 2025 and hopes to specialize in Obstetrics and Gynecological Surgery.

 

A fun fact about Aisha is that she attended middle and high school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia! 

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Samsun Nahar, BA

Senior Research Assistant

Samsun Nahar recently graduated from Hunter College with a major in Human Biology and a concentration in Body, Mind, and Health. Currently, she is a senior research assistant in the Neurorehabilitation in Aging and Aphasia Lab at Hunter College.  Samsun enjoys working with the older adult population and is excited to start her master's program in Speech Language Pathology this fall.

 

She also has a small business where she creates custom pieces for personal use as well as events such as weddings. 

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Tahoor Arif

Research Assistant

Tahoor Arif is a senior at Hunter College pursuing a B.A. in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Behavioral Neurobiology. He is an undergraduate research assistant in the Neurorehabilitation in Aging and Aphasia Lab at Hunter College. Tahoor aims to pursue medicine after graduation, with a focus on providing healthcare in underserved populations. 

 

A fun fact about Tahoor is that he loves learning languages. He is currently double majoring in German Language and Literature alongside his Biology major, and spent the last summer studying abroad in Berlin to hone his German language skills.

Lab Alums

Postdoctoral Fellow

Our former post-doc, Dr. Ye-Jee Jung, joined the faculty at Incheon National University in the Department of English Language and Literature.   

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Sanjida Rahman at Hunter College, CUNY.  She is now pursuing her MPH In Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

Max Blechman at the University of Rochester. 

Collaborators

The academic folks we work with to help make the science magic happen.

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