David Copland

Professor David Copland is a Speech Pathologist conducting research in the areas of aphasia, language neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and neuroimaging of normal and disordered language. He is Director of the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (https://shrs.uq.edu.au/qarc), Co-Director of the STARS Education Research Alliance (https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/stars/education-research-alliance), Co-Director of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation and Recovery (https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/centres/health/aphasia) and Deputy Chair of the Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee of the UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Post-stroke aphasia: Treatment of word retrieval post-stroke, Implementation of comprehensive high dose aphasia treatment, Neural mechanisms underpinning aphasia treatment, Neurobiological and behavioural predictors of aphasia recovery, Cognition and aphasia; Pharmacological and behavioural modulation of language and word learning: Behavioural and neuroimaging studies of dopamine, Influence of sleep and exercise on word learning, Dopaminergic modulation of new word learning

[2026] Network-level disconnectivity tracks poststroke depressive symptom improvement. Sihvonen, Aleksi J., Brownsett, Sonia L. E., Copland, David A., Walsh, Alistair, Davis, Stephen M., Donnan, Geoffrey A. and Carey, Leeanne M. (2026). Network-level disconnectivity tracks poststroke depressive symptom improvement. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 80 (8) pcn.70075, 676-681. doi: 10.1111/pcn.70075 [2026] Co-design of a web accessibility browser extension for people with post-stroke aphasia: Understanding experiences and priorities in the first stage of an experience-based co-design study. Lee, Jennifer, Worthy, Peter, Deslandes, Ryan, Burton, Bridget, Copland, David A., Jamieson, Phill, Barron, Kim, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Togher, Leanne, Hill, Annie J., Wiles, Janet, Haslam, S. Alexande