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 […]
Richard Fu presents at UROP symposium
Congratulations to Richard Fu for his successful presentation at the recent UROP symposium. His project was entitled “The Relationship Between Relative Fundamental Frequency and the Presence of Vocal Nodules in Children” .
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
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.”
Liz Heller Murray selected to receive a Hariri Graduate Fellowship
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 […]
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”!