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

post doctoral fellow
Cara Donohue, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
ARC Managers:
inpatient clinical trials research manager
Amber Anderson, M.S., CCC-SLP

outpatient clinical trials MANAGER
Lauren DiBiase, M.S., CCC-SLP

Nancy Wilkins Endowed Research Speech Language Pathologist
Mackenzi Coker, M.S., CCC-SLP

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

Kayla Croft, B.S.
Master’s Thesis Student, Clinical Practicum Student

Connie Feeney, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Kaylin Hentschel, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Lauren Wiele, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Tara Segalewitz, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Emily Bateh, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Jessica Abbate, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student, Research Assistant

Shelby Lawrence, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student, Research Assistant

Grace Vernon, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Krista Boesing, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Lindsey Watkins, B.S.
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

Madison Lee, B.S
Masters Thesis Student, Research Assistant

Julia Eckart, B.S.
Master’s Thesis Student, Graduate Research Assistant

Amy Ashley
Graduate Research Assistant

Kelly Leonard
Graduate Research Assistant

Caroline Milikin
Graduate Clinical Practicum Student

ARC Undergraduate Students:
Shanie Elkarif
Honors Thesis Student

Elenora Mocevic
Honors Thesis Student

Julia Eby
UMMP Mentee

AJ Patel
Engineering Research Rotation Student

Lindsey Kornhauser
Research Rotation Student

Joelle Simpson
Lab Volunteer

Katelyn Takacs
Lab Volunteer

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.
Graduate Student. 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

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

Tiago Machuca, M.D., Ph.D.
Thoracic Surgery Collaborator

Neil Chheda, M.D.
Otolaryngology Collaborator
