Natalie Covington

Natalie Covington is an academic affiliated with the University of Minnesota's Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences. Her research focuses on cognitive recovery in traumatic brain injury (TBI), memory systems, and the intersection of language and memory. She holds a Ph.D. in Hearing & Speech Sciences from Vanderbilt University, an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Iowa, and a B.A. in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology and French from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Her work emphasizes improving measurement practices in TBI rehabilitation to ensure replicable and clinically-applicable findings. Key research areas include heterogeneity in TBI outcomes, interdisciplinary rehabilitation approaches, and the role of the hippocampus in language and memory. Notable contributions include developing patient registries for large-scale research and exploring AI's role in neuroscience education.

Covington's publications span topics from cognitive assessment in acute TBI settings to the impact of the pandemic on PhD students. She advocates for patient-centric methodologies and has pioneered virtual support systems for academic communities in communication sciences and disorders.