Pauline Frizelle is a Professor at University College Cork and a former speech and language therapy manager, with over 20 years’ experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs. In 2008 she was the first speech and language therapist in Ireland to be awarded the Health Research Board fellowship for the therapeutic professions. In 2015 she was awarded an ASSISTid Marie Curie Fellowship to begin the development of an electronic assessment of complex syntax at the University of Oxford. She has since built on this work through a HRB lead investigator award, comparing assessment methodologies and developing a robust and engaging assessment of complex syntax. Pauline is particularly interested in collaborative research projects with clinicians in the community and in the development of robust, theoretically- driven interventions, for children from areas of social disadvantage. She has recently received a 1.3 million Definitive Intervention Feasibility award (DIFA), to complete a full definitive trial on the Happy Talk programme and a 2.5 million award to lead a programme of research to develop consensus on reporting guidelines to be used in language intervention studies, for children with or at risk for (D)LD. Pauline is the chair of the postgraduate studies committee for the school of clinical therapies and the schools representative on the postgraduate studies committee for the college of medicine and health. She is also the chair of the IASLT research committee. Pauline is the Programme Director for the undergraduate speech and hearing sciences degree programme. She is also lecturer and module co-ordinator for the following modules: SL1008 (first year - An Introduction to Language Studies); SL2007 (2nd year - Language Sciences). Pauline is currently supervising three PhD students. She is a member of the Lamh research and development committee and a member of the 'Happy Talk' consortium

My primary research interest is in the area of child language development and disorders. I am motivated by the desire to carry out research that has 1) practical application, 2) will result in an equitable, cost-effective and comprehensive public health model of speech and language intervention and 3) will promote robust language development for all children and prevent the negative lifelong consequences for those with or at risk for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). I have three large funded projects currently in progress which feed directly into my research program. Development and evaluation of effective interventions: As PI for the Happy Talk research study (HRB DIFA award 2023 – 2027) I am evaluating an at scale randomized control trial of ‘Happy Talk’ compared to usual care; b) completing a pre-trial process evaluation to inform intervention implementation – examining factors which promote parental engagement and partnership between SLTs and educators and incorporating these into SLT training and future rollouts of the programme; c) completing a concurrent process evaluation from a realist perspective to examine how the mechanisms underpinning Happy Talk are influenced by the implementation context; d) establishing barriers and enablers for clinicians in helping to conduct trials and e) completing an economic evaluation in which the costs and benefits of ‘Happy Talk’ are compared to standard pre/school care. To the best of my knowledge this is the largest paediatric language intervention study completed in Ireland. The study is unique in that the HSE have given it national approval, are active collaborators and we have established a clear pathway to implementation / potential nationwide roll out of the programme. Identification of children at risk: The TECSE project – (The Test of Complex Syntax: final development phase, standardization and diagnostic

Undergraduate Teaching An introduction to language studies: This modules involves the application of modern linguistics to the analysis of language. Language Sciences II: the objective of this module is for students to achieve 1) a level of competence in the analysis of children's language and 2) a strong knowledge of test procedures which can be used to assess child language. Advanced Research Methods: the objective of this course is to enable students to further understand, analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data using appropriate research methods. UG dissertation supervision: This module involves the completion and write-up of an independent research project. The projects contribute to a significant proportion of each students final degree grade. Postgraduate Masters Dissertation supervision I would welcome applications to study with me at a doctoral level in the area of child language development