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Jamila Minga

Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Communication Sciences
Duke South Yellow Zone 4000, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
40 Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


  • Stroke 
  • Pragmatic Language Use Impairments
  • Question Use
  • Stroke Outcomes
  • Diagnostic Markers of Communication Disorders
  • Development of Diagnostic Measures

Selected Grants


Eastern North Carolina and southern Virginia regIonal Stroke trIal cONsortium (ENVISION)

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Understanding language production after right hemisphere stroke using lesion symptom mapping.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

A Clinical Trial Readiness Study of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Language use after Right Hemisphere Brain Damage · 2018 Scholar · Awarded by: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health; Office of Women's Health Research, National Institutes of Health
RHDBank · 2017 - 2020 Awarded by: National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health

External Relationships


  • Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences
  • Florida International University (RCMI)
  • NIH
  • UMass

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