Nathan Welham and fellow researchers in the lab

Voice Research Training Program (T32)

Voice-Related Research Areas

Contact Us

Susan Thibeault, PhD
Program Director
slthibeaul@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 262-0744

A fellow looks through a microscope

Program Highlights

96

Publications

14

Federal Grants

75%

F Grants Funded*

*Since 2012

“The Voice T32 was an invaluable experience for me. I feel so fortunate to have been selected for a position and have highly recommended it to others considering a career in voice-related research.”

– Elizabeth DiRenzo, PhD, CCC-SLP, Stanford University

Medical Student Research Opportunity

To encourage future clinicians to become physician-scientists in the field of voice research, the summer training program offers medical students a short-term summer research opportunity. Our program’s medical students have participated in projects related to various areas of voice science and some have presented nationally on topics including:

  • Vocal communication deficits in Parkinson’s disease
  • Influence of arm supports on phonomicrosurgery and outcomes using video-based phonomicrosurgery instrument tracking system
  • Characterization of toll-like receptor expression in the larynx: implications for inflammation
  • Magnetic resonance micro-imaging for the detection of vocal fold injury
  • Quantification of lingual muscle plasticity

This training program is supported by NIH, NIDCD T32 DC009401.