Jeanane M. Ferre
Consulting Audiologist, Central Auditory Evaluation and Treatment
Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern University and Rush University
Oak Park, IL
Awarded $2,500
Emily Hathaway
Clinical Director and Speech-Language Pathologist
Speech Pathway
Oklahoma City, OK
Awarded $2,000; School system awarded $500
David Hom
Manager of Speech Services and Speech-Language Pathologist
New York City Public Schools
New York City, NY
Oklahoma
Emily Hathaway
Speech Pathway
Lauren Calandruccio
Professor
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Brookes Publishing
Baltimore, MD
Awarded $75,000 each
Julie Case
Assistant Professor
Hofstra University
Proposal: Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Bilingual Spanish-English Children
Julia Drouin
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Proposal: Characterizing Sleep Outcomes in School-Age Children with Hearing Loss
Mackenzie Fama
Assistant Professor
The George Washington University
Proposal: Inner Speech and Task-Switching Ability in Aphasia
Eric Jackson
Associate Professor
New York University
Proposal: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Behavioral Speech Therapy for Stuttering
Emily Morrow
Research Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Proposal: Examining Sleep Architecture as a Mechanism of Disrupted Word Learning and Memory Consolidation in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
Gemma Moya-Galé
Assistant Professor
Columbia University
Proposal: Development of a Web-Based Platform for Intelligibility Assessment in Spanish Speakers with Parkinson's Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Awarded $50,000 each
Meisam Arjmandi
Assistant Professor
University of South Carolina
Proposal: Analysis of Speech Perception Errors for Personalized Cochlear Implant Programming and Improved Speech Recognition
Laura Jacox
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Adams School of Dentistry
Proposal: Evaluating Impacts of Orthognathic Surgery on Speech Acoustics and Lingual Gestures in Patients with Anterior Open Bite Dentofacial Disharmony
Maithri Sivaraman
Assistant Professor
Columbia University
Proposal: A Classroom Intervention to Test Autistic Preschoolers' Learning from Overheard Speech
Lauren Thompson
Associate Professor
Washington State University
Proposal: Advancing Communication Assessment in Profound Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-Population Pilot Study
Carla Tierney-Hendricks
Research Fellow
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Proposal: Using Intervention Mapping to Co-Design a Transitional Care Intervention for Aphasia Rehabilitation
Awarded $25,000 each
Avery Dakin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Columbia University
Proposal: Volitional Changes to Oral Processing—Exploring a “Cue-to-Chew” as an Alternative to Diet Texture Modification
Swallowing Research Fund
Meghan Davidson
Associate Professor
University of Kansas
Proposal: Bridging Practice to Research: Using a Delphi Method to Build a Consensus-Developed Checklist for Gestalt Language Processing
Teresa Girolamo
Assistant Professor
San Diego State University
Proposal: Determining Multi-Level Factors in Communication Outcomes of Autistic Individuals
Leah Kapa
Assistant Professor
The University of Arizona
Proposal: Examining Bidirectional Benefits of Language and Executive Function Interventions for Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorder
Kelsey Klein
Research Scientist
House Institute Foundation
Proposal: Characterizing the Home Auditory Environments of Hispanic Children with Hearing Loss
Stephanie McMillen
Assistant Professor
Syracuse University
Proposal: What's That Sound? Evaluating Spoken Language and Phonological Processing Development for Spanish-English Bilingual Children
Hannah Rowe
Assistant Professor
Northeastern University
Proposal: Clinical Phenotypes of Feedback and Feedforward Control in Adults Who Stutter
Jennifer Zuk
Assistant Professor
Boston University
Proposal: Early Motor Function in Infancy as a Predictor of Emerging Language Skills
Awarded $10,000 each
Nina Benway
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Maryland
Proposal: Interpretable and Available Acoustic-to-Articulatory Speech Inversion
Ankita Bhutada
Postdoctoral Scholar
Northwestern University
Proposal: Accelerating Parkinson's Disease Clinical Research in Swallowing and Motor Speech Disorders: A Novel Large-Language Model-Based Solution for Optimizing Clinical Trials Efficiency
Kaityn Contino
Postdoctoral Associate
Boston University
Proposal: The Art of Planning: The Role of Motor Planning in the Development of Executive Function and Language in Toddlers
Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Kimberly Crespo
Assistant Professor
Boston University
Proposal: Learning While Sleeping: Statistical Word Learning and Consolidation in Children with and without Development Language Disorder
Raghav Jha
Assistant Professor
The University of Memphis
Proposal: Effects of Age on the Frequency Tuning of Bone-Conduction Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials
Hana Kim
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
Proposal: Predicting Dementia from Written Language: A Bayesian Model Integrating Linguistic and Graphomotor Features in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Emily Kimball
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Proposal: Cannabinoid Effects in the Larynx and Upper Airway: Human Tissue Exploration and Cell Culture Modeling
Marc Maffei
Assistant Professor
The University of Rhode Island
Proposal: Speech Kinematics and Language Skills in Late Talkers
Lauramarie Pope
Assistant Professor
Auburn University
Proposal: Training Caregivers to Support the Language and Communication of Their Young Children on the Autism Spectrum with Minimal Speech: A Naturalistic Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention
Lois Bloom Language Development Research Fund
Elizabeth Roepke
Assistant Professor
Saint Louis University
Proposal: Auditory and Phonological Processing in Children with Speech Sound Disorders
Dr. Lawrence D. Shriberg Memorial Fund
Fenqi Wang
Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Proposal: Developing Phonet for Speech Articulation Assessment in Apraxia of Speech
Kathryn Wiseman
Research Scientist I
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Proposal: Device Candidacy Decision Making for Parents of Children Who are Borderline Candidates
Julia Yi
Assistant Professor
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Proposal: Exploring the Shift in Individualized Education Program Classifications from Speech/Language Impairment to Specific Learning Disability in Mid-Elementary School: A Mixed Methods Study
Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds
Awarded $2,000 each
Bertan Kurşun
PhD Candidate
University of Washington
Mentor: Yi Shen
Proposal: Reproduction of Sound Scenes from Daily Life Using Ecological Momentary Assessment
Saranya Mundayoor
PhD Candidate
The University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor: Edward Lobariñas
Proposal: Personalizing and Optimizing Hearing Aid Prescriptions for Children and Adolescents Using Artificial Intelligence
Tyler Scott
AuD Candidate
The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: Srikanta Mishra
Proposal: Culturally Informed, Clinically Effective: Hairstyles for Cochlear Implant Stability
Arlene M. and Noel D. Matkin Memorial Fund
Awarded $2,000 each
Brittany Ciullo
PhD Candidate
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mentor: Jill Hoover
Proposal: Participation Matters: Improving Outcomes in Young Children with Communication Disorders through Implementation Science
Jane Eppstein
PhD Candidate
Vanderbilt University
Mentor: C. Melanie Schuele
Proposal: Syntax Matters: Testing an Intervention that Teaches Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorder to Produce Subject Relative Clauses
Nikki Hoopes
PhD Candidate
Texas Christian University
Mentor: Emily Lund
Proposal: Age of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Outcomes on a Language Tasks
Daniel Ibarra
PhD Candidate
Texas Christian University
Mentor: Emily Lund
Proposal: Early Childhood Trajectories and Barriers for Bilingual Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Mixed-Methods Study
Tracy Preza
PhD Candidate
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mentor: Pamela A. Hadley
Proposal: Screening Developmental Language Disorder at Preschool Entry: Evaluating Novel Measures of Grammar and Effortful Sentence Production
Awarded $10,000 each
Sajana Aryal
The University of Texas at Austin
Area of Study: Extended High-Frequency Hearing
Wayne and Marilyn Olsen Audiology Research Fund
Prabuddha Bhatarai
The University of Texas at Dallas
Area of Study: Cochlear Implants; Hyperacusis
Anhelina Bilokon
University of Maryland
Area of Study: Impact of Age and Sex on Cochlear Function and Speech Processing
Michelle Bretl
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Voice and Upper Airway Disorders; Vocal Fold Biology
Ryan Burdick
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Swallowing Disorders in Aging and Dementia
Brittany Ciullo
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Area of Study: Pediatric Communication Disorders in School Settings
Sydney Jensen
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Pediatric Motor Speech Disorders
McLean, Yoder, Schiefelbusch Fund in Severe Communication Disabilities
Courtney Jewell
The Ohio State University
Area of Study: Aphasia Rehabilitation and Digital Health Interventions
R. Brynn Jones-Rastelli
New York University
Area of Study: Swallowing Disorders from Neurological Disease and Intervention
Hin Yan Lam
The University of California, Irvine
Area of Study: Bilingualism and Developmental Language Disorder
Mojtaba Norozi
University of South Carolina
Area of Study: Communication and Anxiety in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome
Denis Michael Rudisch
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Voice and Swallowing Disorders in Neurodegenerative Conditions
Marissa Russell-Meill
Boston University
Area of Study: Holistic Aphasia Recovery
Faith Stagge
University of Delaware
Area of Study: Language Assessment in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Amy Stahl
Vanderbilt University
Area of Study: Auditory Neuroscience; Central Processing Disorders
Caitlyn Slawny
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Area of Study: Language Development in Bilingual Children
Peng Zhang
Purdue University
Area of Study: Language Processing and Recovery in Aphasia
Awarded $5,000 each
Maruf Md Ikram
PhD Candidate, Michigan State University
Qurratulaain Imran
MA Candidate, Drexel University
Claire Johnson
MS Candidate, Brigham Young University
Sophie Johnson
MS Candidate, Long Island University Brooklyn
Se-in Kim
PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Morgan Linneweh
MA Candidate, University of Iowa
Estefania Narvaez
MS Candidate, Boston University
Siddhi Patel
PhD Candidate, The University of Texas at Dallas
Emily Rangel
MS Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin
Alayna Rowell
PhD Candidate, Case Western Reserve University
Tahreem Shakeel
AuD Candidate, University of the Pacific
Anna Soares
PhD Candidate, University of South Florida
Kala Singh Memorial Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Calisha Abdi
MS Candidate, University of Washington
Emmanuel Addo
PhD Candidate, Binghamton University
Sofia Hein Machado
PhD Candidate, University of Houston
Minority Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Ever Curry
MS Candidate, Medical University of South Carolina
Raina Harpalani
MA Candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Melissa Grasso Luna
MS Candidate, Rutgers University
NSSLHA Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000 each
Brooke Emerick
MS Candidate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ariel Sanchez
AuD Candidate, San Diego State University
Elissa Schiff
MS Candidate, The University of Arizona
Dr. Sadanand Singh Scholarship Fund
Awarded $5,000
Andrea DeFreese
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Affiliation at time of award.
Samantha Ghali
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical University of South Carolina
Postdoctoral Affiliate, University of Kansas
Steven Gianakas
Assistant Professor
Rush University
Katherine Marks
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Gabriela Meade
Research Associate and Assistant Professor
Mayo Clinic