25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Stepp lab undergraduate Courtney Dunsmuir ’24 recently presented her summer research conducted through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) at BU’s 25th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, held at Boston University on October 21, 2022.
Courtney’s research explored the differential contributions of auditory and somatosensory feedback control mechanisms of laryngeal and articulatory speech subsystems in persons with Parkinson’s disease.
We would like to congratulate Courtney for her wonderful presentation and continued contribution to research conducted under Stepp Lab! She is also a recipient of Fall UROP 2022 funding.
Courtney Dunsmuir and her poster titled “Investigation of Auditory and Somatosensory Feedback in Vocal and Articulatory Motor Control Function for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease”.
Roxanne Segina awarded ASHFoundation’s 2019 NSSLHA Graduate Student Scholarship!
Congratulations to lab member Roxanne Segina for winning the ASHFoundation's NSSLHA Graduate Student Scholarship! This endowed scholarship is awarded to students beginning their first year in a Communication Sciences and Disorders master's degree program. Roxanne will be recognized by the ASHFoundation at the 2019 ASHA Convention.
Daniel Buckley presents at the 2019 Fall Voice Conference
STEPP Lab's Daniel Buckley presented our work at the 2019 Fall Voice Conference "Transmasculine Voice Modification: A Case Study" and "Muscle Tension Dysphagia: An Expanded Clinical Picture". Excellent work, Daniel!
Defne Abur awarded ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship!
Congratulations to lab member Defne Abur for winning the ASHFoundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to strong doctoral candidates who are pursuing teacher-investigator careers in the academic environment. Defne will use this scholarship to help further her research examining auditory contributions to speech production in individuals with and without neurological disease.
Defne Abur selected to receive Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) Student Fellowship!
Congratulations to Defne Abur for receiving a 2019 ANCDS Student Fellowship!
The ANCDS conference theme for this year is Functional Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders – Fueling the Future with the goal to promote ongoing discussions and evidence‐based practice to improve the care and quality of life of patients with neurogenic disorders.
Lab members present at AQL in Montreal earlier this week!
Lab doctoral students Jenny Vojtech, Matti Groll, Kimberly Dahl, and Dr. Elizabeth Heller Murray presented their research at the 13th International Conference on Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research in Montreal this week. Nice work!
Dr. Victoria McKenna presents at the Annual Symposium of the Voice Foundation
Stepp Lab graduate Dr. Victoria McKenna presented her dissertation work at the 48th Annual Symposium of the Voice Foundation "The Relationship Between Acoustical and Perceptual Measures of Vocal Effort." Awesome work, Tory!
Congratulations to our undergraduate seniors!
Congratulations to Roxanne Segina, Nicole Enos, and Dante Cilento, our Class of 2019 seniors in the lab who will be graduating this month.
Nicole Enos & Pandu Laksono present their project at BU Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Conference 2019!
Congratulations to seniors Nicole Enos & Pandu Laksono on their senior design project, "Automatic quality analysis of high speed videoendoscopic images during running speech" at the BU Senior Design Project Conference today, mentored by Dr. Cara Stepp and Manuel Diaz Cadiz!
Dr. Elizabeth Heller-Murray successfully defends her dissertation!
Congratulations to Stepp Lab member Dr. Elizabeth Heller-Murray for the successful defense of her dissertation, "Vocal motor control in school-age children with and without vocal fold nodules."
Excellent work, Liz!
New paper out on the relationship between vocal effort and phsyiological mechanisms!
Check out our new paper, "The Relationship Between The Relationship Between Physiological Mechanisms and the Self-Perception of Vocal Effort" by Victoria S. McKenna, Manuel E. Diaz-Cadiz, Adrianna C. Shembel, Nicole M. Enos, and Cara E. Stepp in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-18-0205