Fofi Constantinidou, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CBIS, FASHA, FACRM, is Professor of Language Disorders and Clinical  Neuropsychology, & Founding Director, Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus. Prior to repatriating to Cyprus, she was Professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Miami University, Ohio, USA where she established the Miami University Sports Concussion Management Program. Fofi’s innovative research focuses on characterizing the cognitive, linguistic and psychosocial deficits resulting from acquired brain conditions, understanding their neurophysiological underpinnings, and developing of effective neurorehabilitation modalities to improve patient outcomes. She has a 25-year extramural funding record as PI from the European Union, the National Institutes of Health (USA), the Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation, and the industry. Her funding portfolio exceeds 11.0 million.
Fofi is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and a Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). She is the first President-Elect of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) residing outside of North America, the Deputy Chair of the European Speech & Language Association and the immediate past president of the Cyprus Association of Registered Speech Language Pathologists. Prestigious awards include the Women in Rehabilitation Sciences Award (ACRM), the Distinguished Researcher Award (Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation), and ACRM Distinguished Member Award. Her vision is to contribute to precision cognitive rehabilitation and improve patient outcomes through evidence-based innovative research and capacity building.