Jessica was born and raised in Chicago, IL and moved to Naples, FL when she was 10 years old. She transferred to University of Florida as junior and is in the Communication Sciences and Disorders major in hopes of becoming a speech-language pathologist. After completing graduate school, Jessica wants to…
Sydney was born and raised in Miami, FL. She is attending the University of Florida for her Master’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders. One of her main passions lies in helping others, and she is ecstatic to acquire her master’s degree in hopes to work in pediatric acute care.
Shelby is from Northwest Atlanta, GA and received her BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Georgia in 2019 (Go Dawgs!). She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders at UF and aspires to work in the acute care medical setting. Shelby is currently…
Dr. Laura Ranum is currently the Founding Director of the Center for NeuroGenetics and Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Florida. Over the past 25 years, her laboratory has identified the mutations for a number of neurological disorders including spinocerebellar ataxia types 5 and 8 (SCA5,…
Dr. Eric Jeng is an associate professor in the division of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine. As a scientist and cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Jeng’s research interests include translational research in cardiopulmonary mechanical support and heart and lung transplantation, and economics in medicine. He…
Dr. James Wymer is the Chief of the Neuromuscular Division and Professor of Neurology at the University of Florida where he specializes in the diagnosis and management of neuromuscular diseases along with how the brain interacts with muscles in neuromuscular disease. Dr. Wymer serves as the Associate Director of Clinical…
Dr. Lauren Tabor Gray is an Assistant Professor and the Co-Director of the NSU Health ALS Clinic at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The mission of her current research is to develop efficacious treatment regimens to improve cough function and airway protection in individuals with ALS,…
Dr. Yunusova is a Professor of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto. She is also a senior scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and a scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. Her research is focused on the development of novel assessments and treatments for motor speech disorders due to…
Dr. Catriona M. Steele is the Director of the Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network. She also teaches in the Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto. Prior to completing her Ph.D., Dr. Steele worked as a medical speech-language…
Dr. Kate Hutcheson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She serves as the Associate Director of Research in the Section of Speech Pathology and Audiology and is a lecturer at the University of Houston.
