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, […]

New Research Publication: Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy for Intraoperative Oral Cancer Mucosal Margin Guidance

We are excited to announce the publication of a new article titled “Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy for Intraoperative Oral Cancer Mucosal Margin Guidance: Initial Results from a 104-Patient Cohort” in the American Journal of Otolaryngology. The paper was made available online on March 5, 2025. This innovative paper highlights the promising role of elastic scattering spectroscopy […]

Devin Lucas’s Art Featured in BUMC Art Days 2025

If you’re familiar with the OTO-COATI lab, then you probably know that Devin Lucas is a stellar study coordinator. But did you know that she’s also an amazing artist? Devin’s art was recently featured at Boston University Medical Campus’s (BUMC) Art Days 2025 exhibition. Started by Boston University President Emeritus Aram Chobanian, Art Days is […]

New Review of Multilingual PROMs for Dysphonia Published in the Journal of Voice

We are excited to announce that our lab’s latest study, titled “Comprehensive Review of Multilingual Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Dysphonia”, will be published in the Journal of Voice and is available online as of January 16, 2025. Authored by Grace Chow, Dr. Maxwell Sher, Dr. Gintas Krisciunas, and Dr. Lauren Tracy, this study addresses a […]

New Study on Non-Invasive Screening for Laryngeal Cancer Published in American Journal of Otolaryngology

We are excited to announce that our lab’s latest study, “Non-invasive screening for laryngeal cancer using the oral cavity as a proxy for differentiation of laryngeal cancer versus leukoplakia: A novel application of ESS technology and artificial intelligence supported statistical modeling,” has been published in the American Journal of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery, […]

The Lab Builds Gingerbread Houses

The OTO-COATI Lab celebrated the 2024 holiday season by building gingerbread houses together. With a mansion, a party house, and a porch in the neighborhood, should these researchers should go into (gingerbread) real estate? Probably depends on when they’re hungry. Happy holidays!