Previous Trainees

Faculty Mentor: Michelle Ciucci, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2017

Topic of Research Project: Functions of the aerodigestive tract related to voice production and airway protection

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2017

Topic of Research Project: Global and local differentiation of human vocal fold fibroblast phenotype

Current Position: Predoctoral Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Michelle Ciucci, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 08/2017

Topic of Research Project: Identifying the impact of socialization on vocal communication abilities in a rat animal model of Parkinson Disease (Pink1-/- rats)

Current Position: Predoctoral Trainee

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 08/2017

Topic of Research Project: Total thyroidectomy: patient perception of changes to voice

Current Position: Research Assistant, UW CSD

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2016

Topic of Research Project: Factors affecting adherence to post-procedure voice rest

Current Position: Postdoctoral trainee fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Faculty Mentor: Nathan Welham, PhD

Start Date: 01/2016

Topic of Research Project: Role of Vitamin A in the larynx

Current Position: Medical Student Northeast Ohio Medical University

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 10/2015

Topic of Research Project: Rat model of aging effects on mastication

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 10/2014

Topic of Research Project: Bacterial Contributions to Laryngeal Epithelial Defense Mechanisms

Current Position: Pre-doctoral Trainee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 10/2014

Topic of Research Project: The role of muscle satellite cells in cranial muscle plasticity

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Faculty Mentor: Jack Jiang, MD, PhD

Start Date: 09/2013

Topic of Research Project: Characterizing liquid redistribution in a biphasic vibrating vocal fold using finite element analysis

Current Position: General Surgery Resident, Stanford Medicine

Faculty Mentor: Sean Palecek, PhD

Start Date: 01/2013

Topic of Research Project: Permeability of human pluripotent stem cell-derived vocal fold epithelial cells

Current Position: Associate Director, Strategic Forecasting, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 01/2013

Topic of Research Project: Characterizing the role of norepinephrine in voice deficits in Parkinson disease

Current Position: Speech Language Pathologist

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PHD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2012

Topic of Research Project: The effect of specific microRNAs on vocal fold extracellular matrix protein synthesis

Current Position: R&D Group Leader, FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 01/2012

Topic of Research Project: Effect of age/exercise on neurotrophic factors in brainstem nuclei that control laryngeal and tongue muscles

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Science, Purdue University

Faculty Mentor: Jack Jiang, MD, PhD

Start Date: 09/2011

Topic of Research Project: Medialization laryngoplasty implants for vocal fold paralysis

Current Position: Laryngology Fellowship – University of Alabama-Birmingham

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 08/2010

Topic of Research Project: Immunology of vocal fold tissue

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, UC Health

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2009

Topic of Research Project: Immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells and macrophages

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Communicative Disorders, University of Louisville, Director, Otolaryngology Research Laboratory

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 07/2009

Topic of Research Project: Rat ultrasonic vocalizations: behavioral model for studying laryngeal neurobiology

Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center

Faculty Mentors: Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD, CCC-SLP and Michelle Ciucci, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 12/2018

Topic of Research Project: Assessment of voice and aerodigestive function in patients with spasmodic dysphonia

Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Medicine, UW-Madison

Faculty Mentors: Timothy McCulloch, MD and Jack Jiang, MD, PhD

Start Date: 06/2018

Topic of Research Project: Biomechanics, physiology, and treatment of voice disorders

Current Position: Research Associate, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, UW-Madison

Faculty Mentor: Timothy McCulloch, MD

Start Date: 06/2016

Topic of Research Project: Vocal fold physiology and pathology

Current Position: Resident, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, UW-Madison

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 05/2015

Topic of Research Project: Mechanisms of laryngeal  muscle dysfunction

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Faculty Mentor: Nadine Connor, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2013

Topic of Research Project: Characterization of oromotor and neuromuscular phenotypes in a mouse model of down syndrome

Current Position: Assistant Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 09/2012

Topic of Research Project: Understanding the innate, biological defense mechanisms that are essential to vocal fold health

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University

Faculty Mentor: William Murphy, PhD

Start Date: 11/2011

Topic of Research Project: Control of growth factor delivery for treatment of vocal fold scarring

Current Position: Associate Chair of the Masters Degree Program and Assistant Faculty Associate, Biomedical Engineering, UW-Madison

Faculty Mentor: Susan Thibeault, PhD, CCC-SLP

Start Date: 07/2010

Topic of Research Project: Immunology of the vocal fold

Current Position: CEO, The Marigold Centre for Compassion and Wellness

Faculty Mentor: William Murphy, PhD

Start Date: 11/2009

Topic of Research Project: Role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in mesenchymal stem cell proliferation

Current Position: Senior Product Development Engineer, Dow Corning Corporation