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Josie Rimkus, a fourth year SHS Undergraduate, was awarded an Autumn 2026 Undergraduate Research Scholarship (URS) for completing her Honors Research Thesis entitled “Sociocultural influences on…
Our team is growing! The department has two new faculty positions that will be starting in 2027. Please consider applying or sharing with qualified colleagues.
The first is a tenure-track…
Journie Dickerson was selected to receive the Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award from ASHA this year. It is a great program that will help support her travel to the convention where she will be…
Sophia Nichols, PhD candidate in Dr. Lundine’s CABI Lab, was awarded a highly competitive OSU Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) T32 grant to fully fund the last year (or two!) of…
Our department, in an ongoing collaboration with the department of Spanish and Portuguese and the world languages programs in the college of Arts and Sciences, has launched a graduate certificate…
Prof. Albudoor has received a research award through the Clinical and Translational Science Research Grant Program of The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute and…
Prof. Tamati was recently awarded an R01 from NIH as co-principal investigator. The work is a collaboration with Dr. Aaron Moberly of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The project …
This year, the department has welcomed three new members of the team. Dr. Edward Brown Jr. joined the faculty as an assistant clinical professor. He recently completed his Ph.D. From the…
Dr. Christina Roup has been awarded a five-year R01 grant as Multi-Principal Investigator from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) for her project: …
Dr. Cagla Kantarcigil has been awarded a two-year R03 grant as Principal Investigator from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for her project: "The Mechanistic…
Reagan Quigley, an upcoming fourth year SHS Undergraduate, was awarded Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) funding for Summer 2026! URAP is a competitive funding and professional…
Dr. Amy Sonntag and two 2nd-Year MA-SLP students, Quinn Baumgartner and Rachel Kickbusch, were recently featured in The Lantern, discussing their work in Augmentative and Alternative…
Dr. Jodi Baxter has been awarded the designation of Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (DFAAA). The DFAAA designation recognizes Dr. Baxter's exemplary contributions to the…
Please join us in congratulating Jessi Lewis, AuD, PhD candidate on her recent receipt of the Herbert J. Oyer Award Scholarship from the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology for her research…
Congratulations to our very own Prof. Bridget Chapman, Clinical Associate Professor, and the team at COSI for the upcoming publication of the Inspiration Kit featuring John Glenn. Bridget worked…
MA/PhD and AuD students from our department identified a need and initiated a connection with the Columbus Asian Festival within the Health Education area. MA/PhD and AUD students interacted with…
Christine Sulka, a speech-language pathology clinical preceptor in the Aphasia Initiative and Brain CARE, has earned a credential to be National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach with a…
Sophie Nicols, Erika Hagen, Nicole Viola, Abigail Altman, and Jessica Timog presented a talk at the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Conference on April 8. Their talk focused on their work in Dr…
Erika Hagen, a PhD candidate in Dr. Lundine’s lab, has been selected for a summer internship within the US Dept of Education Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education…
PhD student, Shauntelle Cannon, was awarded an F32 from the National Institutes of Health to study the impacts of vestibular and auditory function on spatiotemporal gait characteristics and…
PhD student, Kristina Bowdrie, is a recipient of a 2024 New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, which provides $10,000 to apply toward her…
On Oct. 1, OHNBASLH (The Ohio affiliate of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing) hosted a warm and welcoming fall event, featuring tea, coloring and cozy autumn vibes!…
The Aphasia Initiative and the Language, Assistive Technology, and Autism (LATA) Lab are featured in the most recent issue of the Ohio State Alumni Magazine. We encourage you to take a…
PhD student, Journie Dickerson, was selected to receive the Audiology/Hearing Science Research Travel Award (ARTA) to attend the 2024 ASHA Convention in Seattle, Washington. She will be present a…
Meredith Suhr, recent MA-SLP graduate and current PhD student, has been selected to present her work titled, "Impact of Adult Prompting on Communicative Functions Used by School-Age Autistic AAC…
Izabela Jamsek was awarded the Language Learning Dissertation Grant from the Journal of Research in Language Studies. The grant covers grant-related expenses up to $2,000 to…
Nicole Viola (PhD candidate) and Jessica Timog (MA/PhD student) have both been awarded 2024 Student Fellowships to the Academy of Neurologic Communication Sciences and Disorders (ANCDS) annual…
Shea Mangan, a first year MA-SLP student, was awarded a national scholarship from Sertoma ("one of the oldest service clubs in the US"). Sertoma’s Communicative Disorders Scholarship, funded by…
Dr. Eric Bielefeld, Professor and Department Chair, has received the President and Provost’s Award for Distinguished Faculty Service. This award…
Undergraduate Calyn Evans won the Third Place Prize in Pediatrics and Family Health at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on March 5th. Her poster, "Exploring Early Indicators of Persisting…
On Friday, March 1, Speech & Hearing PhD candidates Erika Hagen, Nicole Viola, and Courtney Jewell presented their research at the 38th Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum. Erika and Nicole…
Dr. Rachael Frush Holt has been elected President of the American Auditory Society. The AAS is a major hub for hearing science and audiology research and is the professional organization that…
Dr. Rachael Frush Holt has received a 2024 Joan N. Huber Fellowship award from the College of Arts and Sciences. The fellowship is awarded to professors in Social and Behavioral Sciences in…
Dr. Jennifer Lundine, Dr. Christina Roup, and Associate Clinical Professor Jennifer Brello have been awarded a $35,000, 2-year Action Potential…
Morgan Oates and Meredith Suhr have both been nominated for the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA). The Graduate Associate Teaching Award is Ohio State’s highest recognition of the…
Dr. Jennifer Lundine has been selected as a 2024 Growing Research Opportunities (GRO) Academy Fellow. This professional development program helps researchers develop the skills and confidence to…
PhD student Kristina Bowdrie was awarded the 2023 Minority White Coat Foundation Healthcare Scholarship. Congratulations, Kris!
Calyn Evans, senior undergraduate student, has been awarded a College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate research scholarship. According to the Arts and Sciences Honors Committee, Calyn's proposal…
Dr. Cagla Kantarcigil was just accepted to the Compass Program as one of their 2024 early career cohort. Compass is a remote training program for biomedical junior faculty and postdocs…
Dr. Jennifer Lundine and Dr. Jacek Kolacz (OSU College of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry) have been awarded a 2023 OSU Chronic Brain Injury Pilot Award grant for the project titled: Hyperarousal and…
Faculty will be presenting at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 2023 Convention in Boston, Nov. 15-18:
Rachael HoltAuthors: Journie…
We are delighted to share that Dr. Kantarcigil, along with our MS SLP students, Maria Di Meglio and Melike Baspinar, recently participated in the Parkinson's IQ + You event organized by…
Jessica Timog is a first-year M.A./PhD student working with Dr. Jennifer Lundine. On September 14, she was a part of the 2021-2023 ADNiR cohort invited to give a brief presentation on her…
Ph.D. student, Shauntelle Cannon, Au.D. received an Honorable Mention for Vanderbilt’s Rising Star Award, which was established to promote PhD students in CSD that come from under-represented…
PhD/MA-SLP student, Meredith Suhr, has received the Ray Travel Award to attend and present her work at the 2023 ASHA convention. Unlike other programs that grant travel funds, the Ray Travel Award…
Ph.D. student Kristina Bowdrie, Au.D. received Vanderbilt University’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences 2023 Rising Star Award! Dr. Bowdrie will present an invited lecture to the…
Congratulations to our own Dr. Rachael Frush Holt, who has been selected as the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research! This prestigious honor is a…
2nd year AuD student, Whitney Bauman, has been selected as an Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSLHA) Annual Scholarship nominee for the 2022/2023 school year. Whitney will receive a…
Dr. Christina Roup is featured on This Week in Hearing's Aug. 2, 2023 podcast. Dr. Roup discusses adults with normal audiograms and self-reported hearing difficulty. Dr. Roup reviews some…
Eric Bielefeld, has been appointed chair of the department for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2023.
Dr. Bielefeld’s research interests focus on inner ear pathology from…
We are proud to announce that Dr. Jennifer Lundine has been named an Ambassador of the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS). As part of her role, she will support and promote the…
First-year SLP student Anna Evans was named to this year's OSLHA Student Leadership Development Program. Anna was selected from a competitive application process. She will participate in a day…
Second-year AuD student Breanna Langenek received a 2023 James and Susan Jerger Excellence in Student Research Award at this year's American Academy of Audiology conference in Seattle, WA. Breanna…