Alum Gabriel Cler selected to the inaugural class of the NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program
Stepp Lab alum Gabriel Cler has been selected as an award recipient for the NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP)! The Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience is a new postdoctoral recruiting effort designed to recognize and support those who are conducting exceptional research and have a great academic potential! Congratulations, Gabe!
Submission Open for 2019 Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium
We are now accepting submissions for travel fellowships (for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral trainees) and abstracts (oral and poster presentations) for the 2019 Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium. The symposium will be held on on Friday, June 21, 2019 at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering located on the Boston University […]
Dante Cilento to be inducted to the BU Scarlet Key Honor Society
Stepp Lab undergraduate research assistant Dante Cilento has been selected to be inducted to the BU Scarlet Key Honor Society! For 80 years, the Scarlet Key Honor Society has been the highest honor awarded to Boston University student leaders. Inductees are students in their senior year who have exhibited exceptional leadership among their peers during […]
Dr. Gabriel Cler successfully defends his dissertation!
Congratulations to Stepp Lab member Dr. Gabriel Cler for the successful defense of his dissertation “Computational Optimization and Prediction Strategies for Increasing Communicate Rate in Phoneme-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication.” Fantastic work, Gabe!
Version 1 automated RFF algorithms available for download!
Dr. Lien’s final dissertation study has been accepted for publication in the Annals of Otology, Laryngology, and Rhinology: Lien Y.S., Heller Murray E.S., Calabrese C., Michener C.M., Van Stan J., Mehta D.D., Hillman R.E., Noordzij J.P., Stepp C.E. “Validation of an algorithm for semi-automated estimation of relative fundamental frequency”, Annals of Otology, Laryngology, and […]
VoiceTx available in the Google Play Store!
VoiceTx is a flexible mobile application for the documentation of voice therapy that is now available in the Google Play Store. The app is free and compatible for download on all Android platforms. Try it out and tell us what you think at stepplab@gmail.com!
Congratulations to Stepp Lab graduates!
Many congratulations to all of our graduates who received their degrees yesterday! We will miss our clinical recruitment assistants Molly Balseiro, Julia Donovan, and Vaishalie Ramsumair who received the B.S. in Speech, Language, and Hearing sciences and our research assistants Ashling Lupiani (received the B.A. in Neuroscience) and Kate Girouard (received the B.S. in biomedical […]
Dr. Stepp profiled by the ASHA Leader
Dr. Stepp was recently profiled in the ASHA Leader on our lab’s work on the objective assessment of laryngeal function to improve treatment strategies for hyperfunctional voice disorders. The full text is here.
Dr. Stepp featured by BU Alumni
Dr. Stepp was featured by BU Alumni, explaining why a gift to BU matters to individuals with communication impairments. https://twitter.com/bualumni/status/803678866078208000
SteppLab members to present at ASHA 2016
Stepplab members have six presentations at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention this year. Please join us! Day: Thursday, November 17, 2016 Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Title: Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders: Current Results, Clinical Implications, & Future Directions of a Multidisciplinary Research Program Session Format: Oral Session (Invited Seminar) Author(s): Cara Stepp, Boston University, Matias […]