ARC Director:
director & PI
Emily K. Plowman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

post doctoral fellow
Cara Donohue, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
American Heart Association Fellowship
American Speech-Language Hearing Fondation Award

ARC Managers:
clinical research manager
Amber Anderson, M.S., CCC-SLP
NINR Cardiac Surgical R01 Grant

Laboratory manager
Lauren DiBiase, M.S., CCC-SLP
NIA R01 Grant

Research Speech-Language pathologist
Kayla Croft, M.A., CCC-SLP
NIA R01 Grant

PEDIATRIC RESEARCH SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Olivia A. Brooks, M.A., CCC-SLP, NTMTC

ARC Staff:
Radiologic Technologist
Maureen Folsom, A.S., R.T.(R)

ARC Fellows:
CLINICAL FELLOW
Caroline Milikin, M.S, CF-SLP
NINR Cardiac Surgical R01 Grant

CLINICAL FELLOW
Madison Lee, M.S, CF-SLP
Children’s Miracle Network Grant
NINDS LANDIS Supplement

CLINICAL FELLOW
Lauren Weile, M.S., CF-SLP
American Heart Association Grant
NINDS ALS R01 Grant

ARC Graduate Students:
Justine Allen, M.S., CCC-SLP
Doctoral Student

Alyssa Terry, M.S., CCC-SLP
Doctoral Student

Alessandra Rodrigues, B.A.
Master’s Thesis Student

Emily Bateh, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Loic Adjevi-Neglokpe
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Emily Zezas
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Elizabeth Tortolini, B.A.
Master’s Student

ARC Undergraduate Students:
Alissa Serrano
Laboratory Research Assistant

Julia Eby
UMMP Mentee

AJ Patel
Engineering Research Rotation Student

Joelle Simpson
Undergrad Thesis Student

Sophia Benson
Undergrad Thesis Student

Justin Docal
Undergrad Thesis Student

ARC Alumni
clinical fellow, 2019
Amber Anderson, M.S., CCC-SLP
Clinical Trials Manager; Research Speech Language Pathologist

undergraduate honors thesis, 2015 – 2016
Julia Apostol, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist Advent Health

undergraduate honors thesis, 2017 – 2018
Amanda Bostwick, B.S.
SLP Graduate Student University of Florida

undergraduate honors thesis, 2016-2017
Maya Burns, MOT, OTR/L
Pediatric Occupational Therapist

graduate student, 2017 – 2019
Jennifer L. Chapin, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist AAC Specialist, ALS Association

Clinical fellow, 2020
Lauren Dibiase, M.S., CCC-SLP
ALS Clinical Trials Manager; Research Speech Language Pathologist

undergraduate honors thesis, 2017-2018
Julia Eckart, B.S.
University of Florida

undergraduate honors thesis, 2016 – 2017
Leann Grange, B.S.
Graduate Student, Rutgers University

Undergraduate honors thesis, 2019 – 2020
Kasey McElheny, B.S.
Graduate Student, Rhode Island

visiting doctoral student, 2018 – 2020
Danny Nunn, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist,

masters thesis, 2017 – 2018
Rachel O’Neal, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist University of California, San Diego

mASTERS thesis, 2016 – 2017
Michelle Saade, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

clinical fellow & Doctoral Student 2015-2020
Raele Robison, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin Madison

doctoral student 2014 – 2018
Lauren Tabor Gray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Co-Director, Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute and ALS Center

Visiting doctoral student
Ashley Waito, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

doctoral student
Stephanie Watts, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Voice and Swallowing Center, College of Medicine, University of South Florida

clinical fellow, 2018
Jessica Zipper, M.A., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist U.F. Health Shands Rehabilitation Hospital

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS, 2020 – 2021
Shanie Elkarif
Columbia University

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS, 2020-2021
Elenora Mocevic
University of Florida

Graduate Clinical Practicum Student, Research Assistant
Shelby Lawrence, B.S.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

GRADUATE CLINICAL PRACTICUM STUDENT
Tara Segalewitz, B.S.
Tampa General Hospital

Lab volunteer
Lindsey Kornhauser
New York University

NANCY WILKINS ENDOWED RESEARCH SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Mackenzi Coker, M.S., CCC-SLP

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS, GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Amy Ashley, B.S.

Collaborators
Kate Hutchison, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
MD Anderson Collaborator

Catriona M. Steele, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Toronto Health Collaborator

Lauren Tabor Gray, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute Collaborator and ARC Alum

James Wymer, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurology Collaborator

Eric Jeng, M.D., MBA
Cardiothoracic Surgery Collaborator

Laura Ranum, Ph.D.
Center for Neurogenetics Collaborator

Mark Bleiweis, M.D.
Pediatric Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Collaborator

Neil Chheda, M.D.
Otolaryngology Collaborator
