Invited Speakers Pre-Conference

Jeff Searl - Michigan State University

Jeff Searl is a professor of the Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders in Michigan State University. Searl’s faculty roles have focused almost exclusively on graduate student training at the Master’s degree level (training clinicians) and Ph.D. level (training research scientists). As a researcher, his primary areas of interest focus communication after treatment for head and neck cancer, laryngeal voice disorders, and articulatory changes associated with neurodegenerative diseases.

Philip C. Doyle - Stanford University School of Medicine

Philip C. Doyle is an Adjunct professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (Laryngology Division). His research has focused on laryngeal cancer, laryngeal tumors, laryngectomy and voice. 

Ann Kearney - Lead SLP in the Otolaryngology department, Division of Voice

Ann Kearney is the lead SLP in the Otolaryngology Department, Division of Voice at the Stanford University. She has a Clinical Science Doctorate with 30 years of practice in major medical centers, including Brigham and Women's Hospital (a Harvard Medical School hospital) Tufts Medical Center, UC San Francisco. She is board Certified in Swallowing Disorders (BCS-S) and has special interests including Buteyko Breathing, Myofascial Release, EI-PVFM (dysfunctional breathing for athletes), and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Hamzeh Ghasemzadeh - Michigan State University

Hamzeh Ghasemzadeh is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Voice and Speech Lab at Michigan State University. He got his dual Ph.D. degree in “Communicative Sciences and Disorders” and “Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering” from MSU. Before joining MSU, he was an adjunct professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Islamic Azad University, Iran, where he was researching in the area of signal processing, statistical pattern recognition, and machine learning. During his Ph.D. Hamzeh has been working on the development of different methods for calibrated spatial measurements from high-speed videoendoscopy recordings. He intends to combine the outcome of his Ph.D. dissertation with his experience in machine learning and signal processing for the advancement of patient-specific modeling, precision medicine, and evidence-based practice in the field of laryngology and speech-language pathology. Dr. Ghasemzadeh is the recipient of the 2019 Sataloff Award for Young Investigators.

Adrián Castillo - Michigan State University

Adrián Castillo is a Ph.D. student of the Department of Communicative Sciences & Disorders at Michigan State University. He received his M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology and Hearing and M.Sc. in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile.  His clinical experience has been with people with voice disorders, professional voice users, and people with Parkinson's disease and his research interest is voice and upper airway disorders.

Forensic Audio Lab - Colombian Direction of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL

From left to right, Captain Cristian Solarte, Sublieutenant Angela Perez, Johana Vásquez, and Adriana Corredor. They are speech-language pathologist with experience on forensic audio analysis, and members of the Forensic Audio Lab at the Colombian Direction of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL. They will offer a workshop on advances of Forensic Audio analysis.