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!
Meredith Cler Accepted to ASHA Lessons for Success Workshop
Congratulations to PhD student Meredith Cler for her acceptance to ASHA’s Research Mentoring Network: Lessons for Success, an intensive grant writing workshop for promising emerging researchers!
Stepp Lab Featured in BU Research
Dr. Stepp and undergraduate students Kate Girouard (ENG ’17) and Carolyn Michener (SAR ’16) are featured in this issue of the BU Research! Check it out here.
Michener Wins ASHA SPARC Award
Congratulations to Carolyn Michener for winning an ASHA SPARC Award!
Dr. Stepp Talks About Vocal Fry in the Workplace
Find out how the way you speak can affect you at work. Dr. Stepp talks to BCDwire here about vocal fry.
New Stepp Lab Grant – Prosodic Control of Speech Synthesis for Assistive Communication in Severe Paralysis
The Stepp Lab has a new grant “Prosodic Control of Speech Synthesis for Assistive Communication in Severe Paralysis” from the National Science Foundation for collaborative work with Dr. Susan Fager at the Madonna Rehab Hospital.
New Stepp Lab Publication – Voice relative fundamental frequency via neck-skin acceleration
A new Stepp Lab publication entitled “Voice relative fundamental frequency via neck-skin acceleration in individuals with voice disorders” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Congrats Dr. Lien!
Congrats to Dr. Stephanie Lien who passed her dissertation defense “Optimization and automation of relative fundamental frequency for objective assessment of vocal hyper function”!
New Stepp Lab Publication – Individual Monitoring of Vocal Effort with Relative Fundamental Frequency
A Stepp Lab paper entitled “Individual Monitoring of Vocal Effort with Relative Fundamental Frequency: Relationships with Aerodynamics and Listener Perception” has been published by the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Check it out here!