Project Staff

Jamie Murray-Branch, MA, CCC-SLP: Jamie is a Clinical Professor and speech-language pathologist (SLP) who has worked extensively with individuals with severe communication impairments who benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) support. Her work over the past two decades has focused on evidenced-based practice in the area of AAC with a focus on the consumer-centered services to address communication needs within functional living activities. Jamie provides clinical instruction to graduate students in the Department of Communicative Disorders and oversees AAC services through the University of Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Clinic (UWSHC). UWSHC is part of the Department of Communicative Disorders. The UWSHC training facility, accredited by the Council of Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, provides clinic and community-based assessment and treatment services for individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, cerebral palsy, and neurological disorders.

Julie Gamradt, MS, CCC-SLP: Julie is a speech-language pathologist (SLP) by background and the director of the Communication Aids & Systems Clinic (CASC) and the Communication Development Program (CDP), the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) service programs at the Waisman Center. She has worked at the Waisman Center for over 20 years, with extensive experience providing AAC evaluation and therapy services for children and adults, addressing AAC needs in both clinic and community based settings. CDP is a community based service delivery program funded by Dane County to address the AAC needs of young children and adults who have developmental disabilities. CASC is a contracted program of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC). CASC provides services for children and adults from Wisconsin and the surrounding area, serving individuals having a wide range of disabilities. CASC also provides limited contractual services that are focused on educational or employment issues of individuals using AAC in the community. CASC and CDP provide specialized training to university students, including occupational therapy (OT) and speech-language pathology (SLP) students.