Andrew Wrede Presents Summer Research @ UROP Symposium

Tomorrow, October 18th, undergraduate student Andrew Wrede will be presenting the research he completed with the Stepp Lab this past summer during UROP‘s Undergraduate Research Symposium from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM! Andrew’s poster is titled “Investigating Laryngeal and Acoustic Behaviors in AdLD.” The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) provides funding for undergraduate students conducting […]

Allison Aaron Receives an F31 Grant!

Allison Aaron, MS, CCC-SLP, has received an F31 grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. This project, titled “The Lombard effect in muscle tension dysphonia: Mechanistic and clinical characterization,” seeks to investigate voice changes associated with speaking in challenging acoustic environments to better inform clinical care for individuals with voice disorders. This project […]

The Stepp Lab Moved!

Big news! The Stepp Lab has officially moved locations! Our new address is: 111 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215 We’re so happy to be in our new space and can’t wait for everyone to see it!

VHCRC Meetings Open to Public!

The Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center at MGH – an NIH-funded, comprehensive, multi-institutional research program that brings together an interdisciplinary team of investigators to study vocal hyperfunction voice disorders – is opening up their monthly research seminars to the public via Zoom! These monthly seminars include updates on projects being done in the VHCRC as […]

Nicole Tomassi Receives Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship!

Nicole Tomassi, one of the Stepp Lab’s doctoral candidates, received the Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech Science from the Acoustical Society of America. The grant honors Professor Raymond H. Stetson, a pioneer investigator in phonetics and speech science. The $30,000 scholarship is awarded to 1-2 promising graduate students each year in order […]