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”.
Nicole Enos receives UROP award
Congratulations to Nicole Enos on her Fall 2016 UROP Award! Her research project is titled "A comprehensive study of auditory perturbation on voice and speech motor control."
Victoria McKenna selected as NIH T32 Predoctoral Trainee
Victoria McKenna has been selected as a predoctoral trainee for a Boston University Institutional Training Grant (T32) from the NIH/NIDCD. She will receive multidisciplinary training to prepare her for an academic career in communication sciences and disorders.
Development of an electronic documentation system for voice therapy
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Check out the new article in ASHA's Perspectives from Elizabeth Heller Murray, Katherine Girouard, Meredith Cler and Cara Stepp entitled "Development of an Electronic Documentation System for Voice Therapy: A New Teaching and Clinical Research Tool." |
Victoria McKenna, Elizabeth Heller Murray, Stephanie Lien and Dr. Cara Stepp win first place for Best Poster at the Annual Voice Foundation Symposium
| Congratulations to lab members Victoria McKenna, Elizabeth Heller Murray, Stephanie Lien and Dr. Cara Stepp for receiving the first place award for the Annual Symposium Best Poster at the 45th Annual Voice Foundation Symposium! Their poster was titled “The Relationship between Relative Fundamental Frequency and a Kinematic Estimate of Laryngeal Stiffness in Healthy Adults.”
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Liz Heller Murray selected to receive a Hariri Graduate Fellowship
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Congratulations to PhD Candidate Liz Heller Murray for receiving a Hariri Graduate Fellowship! The Hariri Graduate Fellows Program recognizes outstanding PhD graduate students who pursue computational and data-driven research at Boston University. |
Two Stepp Lab researchers win Sargent senior awards!
Carolyn Michener and Lauren MacLellan were two of twelve graduates honored at the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Senior Awards Reception on Friday, May 13th! Carolyn Michener won the "Professional Contribution Award", which acknowledges students who show great professional potential through scholarship, research, clinical experience and promotion of one’s program to the community. Lauren MacLellan won the "Student Activity Award", which recognizes seniors who make strong contributions to college and/or university extracurricular activities. Congratulations!
Carolyn Michener presents her senior thesis!
Congratulations to Carolyn Michener for presenting her senior honors thesis "Extending relative fundamental frequency measures to aperiodic voices with computational pitch estimates based on auditory perceptual modeling"!
Amrita Nishtala, Saniya Shah, and Lauren Maclellan present their senior project
Congratulations to senior project team members Amrita Nishtala (Biomedical Engineering), Saniya Shah (Biomedical Engineering) and Lauren Maclellan (Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences) for completing their project "Human Machine Interfacing for Communication Access in Severe Paralysis"!
Liz Heller Murray awarded CAPCSD PhD Scholarship
Congratulations to lab member Liz Heller Murray for winning the CAPCSD PhD Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to dedicated doctoral candidates focused on an academic career in communication sciences and disorders. Liz will use this scholarship to assist with her dissertation work on voice disorders in a pediatric population.
Liz Heller Murray Accepted to ASHA Pathways Program
Congratulations to PhD student Liz Heller Murray for her acceptance to the ASHA Research Mentoring Network: Pathways Program, a workshop designed to mentor early-career clinical researchers in the creation of a research career plan!