Dr. Julius Fridriksson is an aphasiologist, a USC Health Science Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Aphasia Laboratory at the University of South Carolina, where he seeks to clarify the relationship between brain damage and speech/language impediments. His work has led to significant breakthroughs in helping stroke victims regain their ability to speak.

Dr. Fridriksson earned his Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Arizona and both his M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology and B.A. in Communicative Disorders from University of Central Florida.

He received the Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Clinical Advancement from the American Speech and Hearing Foundation in 2011, and the 2010 Researcher of the Year Award from the Arnold School of Public Health at University of South Carolina.

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