2026 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CAC) in Pittsburgh, USA

From May 26–29, the 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CAC) was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This year, Dr. Sung attended the conference together with five PhD students—Jimin Park, Soeun Kim, Junyoung Shin, Yae Rin Yoo, and Seolmyeong Seo.

We are especially proud to share that Soeun Kim received the prestigious National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Research Symposium in Clinical Aphasiology (RSCA) award.

During the conference, we had the invaluable opportunity to engage with leading researchers in the field, attend inspiring presentations, and connect with members of the international aphasia research community. The experience provided meaningful insights into current research trends and fostered new ideas for future collaborations.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Sung for making this enriching and memorable experience possible.

Sung, J. E., Shin, J., Jeong, J. H., Henderson, S. K., Kiran, S., Slachevsky, A., Garcia, A. M. (2026, May 26-29). Cross-linguistic differences in semantic and phonemic verbal fluency in mild cognitive impairment [Poster presentation]. 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2026, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Park, J., Kim, S., Yoon, M., Jeong, J. H., & Sung, J. E. (2026, May 26-29). Core lexicon analysis of a storytelling task in Korean speakers with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease [Poster presentation]. 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2026, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Kim, S., Yoo, Y. R., Tee, B. L., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Sung, J. E. (2026, May 26-29). A time-efficient naming assessment for Korean speakers with aphasia using the Rapid Naming Test [Poster presentation, NIDCD Fellowship]. 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2026, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Shin, J., Kang, S. Y., Park, M., Jeong, J. H., & Sung, J. E. (2026, May 26-29). Differential associations of early- and late-phase [18F]Florbetaben PET with semantic-phonemic discrepancy by braak stages in amnestic mild cognitive impairment [Poster presentation]. 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2026, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Yoo, Y. R., Lim, Y., & Sung, J. E. (2026, May 26-29). Automated scoring of story retelling performance in people with aphasia using large language models [Poster presentation]. 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference 2026, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

It was a meaningful and memorable opportunity to meet Dr. Malcolm R. McNeil, who served as Dr. Sung’s doctoral advisor during her PhD training. Gathering in Pittsburgh—the city where Dr. Sung completed her doctoral studies—with her current PhD students made the occasion especially special. The reunion was further enriched by the presence of many of Dr. McNeil’s colleagues, former students, and longtime collaborators who had also attended the CAC, making it a truly memorable celebration of academic mentorship and professional connections.