Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center Group Members
Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center
The Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center explores methods and technologies to prevent, diagnose and treat vocal hyperfunction, which is associated with the most frequently occurring types of voice disorders.
Administrative Core (Lead: Mass General)
Robert Hillman, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center
Co-Director and Research Director, Mass General Voice Center
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director of Research Programs, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Sarah DeRosa, MA
Administrator Coordinator for Research and Speech-Language Pathology, Mass General Voice Center
Scientific Core (Lead: Mass General)
Daryush Mehta, PhD
Principal Investigator, Scientific Core, Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center at Mass General
Director, Voice Science and Technology Laboratory, Mass General Voice Center
Assistant Investigator, Mass General; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Harold Cheyne II, PhD
Manager of Acoustics Systems Engineering, Cirrus Logic
Gregory Ciccarelli, PhD
Technical Staff, Bioengineering Systems and Technology Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Tiffiny A. Hron, MD
Laryngeal Surgeon, Mass General Voice Center
Annie B. Fox
Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Andrew Ortiz, MS
Research Engineer, Mass General Voice Center
Rob Petit
Software Developer, Consultant
Thomas Quatieri, PhD
Senior Staff, Bioengineering Systems and Technology Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Mark Vangel, PhD
Statistician, Mass General Hospital
Assistant Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Biostatistician, General Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jarrad Van Stan, PhD, CCC-SLP
Research Speech-Language Pathologist, Mass General Voice Center
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
David Viggiano
Software Developer, Consultant
Project 1 (Lead: Mass General)
Robert Hillman, PhD, CCC-SLP
Director, Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center
Co-Director and Research Director, Mass General Voice Center
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director of Research Programs, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Steven Zeitels, MD, FACS
Director of the Mass General Voice Center
Eugene B. Casey Professor of Laryngeal Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Allison Aaron
MS Student, Speech-Language Pathology, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Dimitar Deliyski, PhD
MSU Foundation Professor and Department Chair, Michigan State University
John Guttag, PhD
Dugald C. Jackson Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chuanbing Huo
MS Student, Speech-Language Pathology, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Samantha Kridgen
MS Student, Speech-Language Pathology, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Katherine Marks, MS, CCC-SLP
Research Speech Language Pathologist, Mass General Voice Center
PhD Student, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Daryush Mehta, PhD
Director, Voice Science and Technology Laboratory, Mass General Voice Center
Assistant Investigator, Mass General; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Nelson Roy, PhD
Professor of Communication Science and Disorder, University of Utah
Joseph Stemple, PhD
Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Otolaryngology, University of Kentucky
Co-Director, Laryngeal and Speech Dynamics Laboratory, University of Kentucky
Dagmar Sternad, PhD
Professor of Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics, Northeastern University
Laura Toles, MS, CCC-SLP
Research Speech Language Pathologist, Mass General Voice Center
PhD Student, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Jarrad Van Stan, PhD, CCC-SLP
Research Speech-Language Pathologist, Mass General Voice Center
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Thomas Whittico
MS Student, Speech-Language Pathology, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Project 2 (Lead: Boston University)
Cara Stepp, PhD
Principal Investigator, Project 2, Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center at Mass General
Director, Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, Boston University
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Departments of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Defne Abur, BS
PhD Student, Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
Manuel Diaz Cadiz, MS
Research Fellow, Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
Frank Guenther, PhD
Professor, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Boston University
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Elizabeth Heller Murray, MS, CCC-SLP
PhD Student, Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
J. Pieter Noordzij, MD
Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine
Yeonggwang Park, BA
PhD Student, Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
Joseph Perkell, PhD, DDS
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Sargent College, Boston University
Project 3 (Lead: Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria)
Matias Zanartu, PhD
Principal Investigator, Project 3, Vocal Hyperfunction Clinical Research Center at Mass General
Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Gabriel Alzamendi, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Byron Erath, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University
Sean Peterson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo
Christian Castro, SLP
Research Staff, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Jhosmary Castro
PhD Student, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Juan Pablo Cortes
PhD Student, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Victor Espinoza
Research Staff, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Gabriel Galindo, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Rodrigo Manriquez
Research Staff, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Juan Mucarquer
MS Student, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Pavel Prado, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Juan Yuz, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Luca Zepeda
MS Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de Valparaíso