Morgan Raskin and Dr. Lauren Tracy Present at ASHA Convention 2025

We are excited to share that two members of the OTO-COATI Lab recently presented their research at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention 2025, held November 20–22 in Washington, DC. Morgan Raskin, our research coordinator and speech-language pathologist, presented her project titled “Use of a Voice Training Program to Improve Voice Quality Perception”. Morgan’s work, […]

Gintas Krisciunas Featured on Innovation Panel at 2025 New York City Dysphasia Symposium

Dr. Gintas Krisciunas, director of the OTO-COATI Lab, was invited to present at the 2025 New York City Dysphagia Symposium, held October 17–18 in New York, NY. He served on a panel titled From Innovation to Implementation in Dysphagia Management, with co-presenters Dr. Georgia Malandraki and Dr. Michelle Troche, and with Dr. Bonnie Martin-Harris serving as a moderator. […]

Lalita Sabat’s Presentation Wins First Place at ACCESS Global Health Symposium

We are thrilled to congratulate Lalita Sabat, a medical student at Virginia Commonwealth University and dedicated OTO-COATI Lab member, who recently presented her research titled “Racial Disparities Between Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trials and Head and Neck Cancer Patients in the United States: A Retrospective Study” at the ACCESS Global Health Symposium held in […]

Gabriele Spokas Presents at American Conference on Physician Health

We are proud to announce that Gabriele Spokas, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina and valued member of the OTO-COATI Lab, recently presented her research titled “Cut, Stitch, Pump: Supporting Surgeons’ Wellness with Lactation Time” at the American Conference on Physician Health (ACPH) held in Boston, MA from September 11–13, 2025. This […]

New Students Join the OTO-COATI Lab

The OTO-COATI Lab is thrilled to welcome new team members from Boston University! Second-year medical students Sarah Chang and Shivani Patel are joining our spectroscopy team, advancing work on head and neck cancer detection. Undergraduate student Yusuf Chaudhry will also contribute to this project. Meanwhile, second-year medical student Ruby Nguyen will focus on post-operative outcomes […]

Welcome Morgan Raskin!

The OTO-COATI Lab is excited to welcome Morgan Raskin, MS, CCC-SLP to our team! Morgan joins our collaboration with MGH as a clinical research coordinator and research speech-language pathologist, studying voice disorders while pursuing her PhD at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. We’re delighted to have her expertise and passion for advancing voice research […]

New Beginnings and Warm Welcomes at the OTO-COATI Lab

Summer is bringing exciting transitions to the OTO-COATI Lab! We’re thrilled to welcome two new medical students to our research team and to celebrate the next chapters for three of our outstanding lab members who are moving on to graduate and medical school. We’re excited to welcome Nikhita Santebennur, a third-year medical student at Boston […]

Grace Chow Presents Research at COSM 2025 in New Orleans

Grace Chow, an OTO-COATI Lab clinical research coordinator, recently presented her work at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) 2025 research conference, held in New Orleans, LA from May 14–18, 2025. COSM is the premier annual conference in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, bringing together physicians, researchers, residents, medical students, and allied health professionals […]

Winston Liu Presents at 2025 Dysphagia Research Society Conference

OTO-COATI Lab member and Boston University undergraduate student Winston Liu recently presented at the 2025 Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Annual Conference held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from March 25-28, 2025. His poster, titled “Python-Powered Expert-Driven Anatomic Delineation for BRACS Rating,” describes his research project co-authored by Winston, Lucas Berry, and Dr. Gintas Krisciunas. The DRS conference, […]