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Tracy M Centanni

Tracy M Centanni,

Associate Professor and Director of the Genetics of Auditory and visual Perception and Plasticity Lab

Department: HP-SLP LANG & HEARING SCI
Business Phone: (352) 294-8675
Business Email: tracy.centanni@phhp.ufl.edu
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About Tracy M Centanni

Dr. Centanni is the Director of the Genetics of Auditory and visual Perception and Plasticity (GAPP) Lab. Her research program focuses on the genetic and neural correlates of auditory and visual perception with a focus on music and human communication, reading acquisition, factors that drive reading disorders (e.g., dyslexia), and neural plasticity including using non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation to improve reading and language.

She received her Ph.D. in 2013 from the University of Texas at Dallas, using rat models to probe the influence of dyslexia-candidate genes on auditory perception. She then completed postdoctoral training at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and at MIT, with the goal of learning translational and clinically relevant research methods. The GAPP Lab was established at Texas Christian University in 2017, and moved to UF in summer 2023.

Related Links:
GAPP Lab Website

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. RSD6910 – Supervised Research

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. SPA4104 – Neural Basis of Communication

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  3. SPA4106 – Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  4. SPA4904 – Individual Study

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  5. HSC4970 – Public Health and Health Professions Senior Honors Thesis

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  6. RSD7979 – Advanced Research

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  7. RSD6940 – Supervised Teaching

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  8. SPA6581 – Special Clinical

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Profile

Areas of Interest

  • dyslexia
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • auditory and visual perception
  • neural plasticity
  • reading acquisition

Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations

  1. Neural deficits in dyslexia- unique markers or multiple paths to the same impairment?

    International / Refereed. [Symposium]. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Port Douglas, QLD, Australia

  2. Neural inconsistency is not related to print sensitivity in children with dyslexia

    International / Refereed. [Symposium]. IMBES, Montreal, Canada

  3. Neural specialization for English and Arabic print in early readers

    Regional / Refereed. [Speech]. Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, University of Florida

  4. Neural specialization for English and Arabic print in early readers

    National / Refereed. [Seminar]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA

  5. Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for improving the acquisition of language and reading

    National / Refereed. [Lecture]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA

  6. Role of a candidate-dyslexia gene on rapid auditory processing; insights from comparing a preclinical model to children

    International / Refereed. [Poster]. Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Brisbane, Australia

  7. Inverted text perception in dyslexia: a test of the dorsal to ventral shift hypothesis

    National / Refereed. [Lecture]. ASHA, Seattle, WA

  8. Reading impairment is more than meets the eye: heterogeneity in dyslexia and implications for optimizing clinical intervention

    Regional / Invited. [Symposium]. G. Paul Moore Symposium, University of Florida

Grants

  1. Noninvasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Improved Speech-in-Noise Perception in Veterans with TBI

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION

  2. Neural prediction in young adults with dyslexia with differing levels of musical training

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    GRAMMY MUSEUM

  3. Anatomical and Functional Consequences of Dyslexia-gene DCDC2 Knockout in a Rat Model

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NICHD

Education

  1. Ph.D. – Cognition and Neuroscience

    The University of Texas at Dallas

  2. MS – Applied Cognition and Neuroscience

    The University of Texas at Dallas

  3. BS – Psychology

    The Pennsylvania State University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-8675
Emails:
Business:
tracy.centanni@phhp.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO BOX 100174
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
HPNP BUILDING ROOM 2128
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING SCIENCES
1225 CENTER DRIVE
 GAINESVILLE TX 32610