Pathways Program Past Participants

The role of the Pathways program is to mentor early-career clinical scientists in developing strong foundations for independent research careers.

2024 Participants

Protégés

  • Cole Callen, University of Minnesota
  • Kimberly Dahl, Boston University
  • Tiffany Edgar, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Mariam El Amin, University of South Carolina
  • Samantha Ghali, The University of Kansas
  • Steven Gianakas, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Fiona Höbler, University of Michigan
  • Gerald Imaezue, University of South Florida
  • Courtney Jewell, The Ohio State University
  • Devan Lander, The Ohio State University
  • Brittany Lee, University of Connecticut
  • Holly Lind-Combs, The Ohio State University
  • Meghan Littlejohn, Temple University
  • Adriana Luna, University of Washington
  • Jennifer Markfeld, Vanderbilt University
  • Kristen Muller, Baylor University
  • Katlyn Nickels, The University of Arizona
  • Anna Noyes, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Natalie Pak, University of South Florida
  • Ashley Parker, University of Pittsburgh
  • Caitlin Price, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Kate Radville, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Priyanka Shah-Basak, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Rebecca Summy, The University of Alabama
  • Suma Suswaram, Boston University
  • Emily Wang, New York University
  • Jiali Wang, University of California, Irvine

Mentors

  • Cathy Binger, University of New Mexico
  • Jason Chow, Vanderbilt University
  • E. Susan Duncan, The Graduate Center, CUNY
  • William Evans, University of Pittsburgh
  • Leah Fabiano, University of Pittsburgh
  • Howard Goldstein, University of South Florida
  • Vincent Gracco, Yale University
  • Kaitlin Lansford, Florida State University
  • Carol Miller, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Erin Picou, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Kelly Reavis, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, VA Portland Health Care System
  • Raúl Rojas, The University of Kansas
  • Gary Troia, Michigan State University
  • Krystal Werfel, Boys Town National Research Hospital

Funding Agency Representatives

  • Sharon Moss, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  • Jaclyn Schurman, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

2023 Participants

Protégés

  • Katelyn Berg, Vanderbilt University
  • James Borders, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Liz Bouvier, McGill University
  • Brianne Chiappetta, Northwestern University
  • Alexander Choi-Tucci, University of California, Irvine
  • Sharice Clough, Vanderbilt University
  • Tiana Cowan, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Victoria Diedrichs, The Ohio State University
  • Julia Drouin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Yao Du, University of Southern California
  • Marianne Elmquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Saul Frankford, Boston University
  • Micah Hirsch, Florida State University
  • Amy Kemp, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Yookyung Kim, Arizona State University
  • Marc Maffei, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Mariana Mendes Bahia, Northwestern University
  • Hilary Miller, Boston University
  • Kristen Nunn, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Maura O'Fallon, Temple University
  • Juliana Ronderos, Boston University
  • Cara Sauder, University of Washington
  • Matthew Sayers, Temple University
  • Michael Scimeca, Boston University
  • Zoë Thijs, Molloy University
  • Austin Thompson, Florida State University
  • Nicole Tomassi, Boston University
  • Danyang Wang, University of California - Irvine
  • Hasini Weerathunge, Boston University

Mentors

  • Nancy Brady, University of Kansas
  • Kate Bunton, The University of Arizona
  • Giselle Carnaby, The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
  • Anny Castilla-Earls, University of Houston
  • Joe Duffy, Mayo Clinic
  • Heather Harris Wright, East Carolina University
  • Ashwini Joshi, University of Houston
  • Mili Kuruvilla-Dugdale, University of Iowa
  • Joneen Lowman, University of Kentucky
  • Ignatius Nip, San Diego State University
  • Jessica Richardson, University of New Mexico
  • Li Sheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Audra Sterling, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Sofia Vallila Rohter, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Andrea Warner-Czyz, The University of Texas at Dallas

Funding Agency Representatives

  • Sharon Moss, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  • Alberto Rivera-Rentas, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH

2022 Participants

Protégés

  • Nahar Albudoor, Gallaudet University
  • Jamie Boster, Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Manaswita Dutta, Rush University Medical Center
  • Anna Ehrhorn, University of South Carolina
  • Pooja Gandhi, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute/University Health Network
  • Felicidad Garcia, Temple University
  • Hope Gerlach-Houck, Western Michigan University
  • Nichole Houle, Boston University
  • Linna Jingyu Jin, University of Washington
  • Roha Mariam Kaipa, Oklahoma State University
  • Leslie Kokotek, University of Cincinnati
  • Kari Lien, The University of Utah
  • Brittany Manning, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Katie Marks, Boston University
  • Brandon Merritt, Indiana University/The University of Texas at El Paso
  • Avinash Mishra, Sacred Heart University
  • Kenneth Morse, West Virginia University
  • Danielle Moss, The University of Kansas
  • Gemma Moya Gale, Long Island University
  • Jennifer Oshita, University of Vermont/Larner College of Medicine
  • Yalian Pei, University of Georgia
  • Amy Peterson, Florida State University
  • Dillon Pruett, Vanderbilt University
  • Erin Reedy, Northwestern University
  • Gabriella Reynolds, Long Island University Post
  • Kirsten Hannig Russell, The University of Utah
  • Claire Selin, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Caroline Spencer, Boston University
  • Xianhui Wang, University of California, Irvine
  • Camille Wynn, Utah State University

Mentors

  • Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, The University of Utah
  • Steven Barlow, University of Nebraska
  • Lena Caesar, Loyola University Maryland
  • Kathryn Drager, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Carol Scheffner Hammer, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Stacy Harnish, The Ohio State University
  • Shelly Jo Kraft, Wayne State University
  • Jennifer Lentz, Indiana University
  • Teresa Lever, University of Missouri
  • Susan Nittrouer, University of Florida
  • Sona Patel, Seton Hall University
  • Tyler Perrachione, Boston University
  • Sonja Pruitt-Lord, San Diego State University
  • Holly Storkel, The University of Kansas
  • Krystal Werfel, Boys Town National Research Hospital

Funding Agency Representatives

  • Nancy Minghetti, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  • Alberto Rivera-Rentas, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH

2021 Participants

Protégés

  • Jonet Artis, New York University
  • Emily Braun, Boston University
  • Curtiss Chapman, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
  • Beatriz de Diego-Lazaro, Midwestern University
  • Abigail Delehanty, Duquesne University
  • Cara Donohue, University of Florida
  • Jacob Feldman, Vanderbilt University
  • Ishanti Gangopadhyay, Indiana University–Bloomington
  • Teresa Girolamo, University of Connecticut
  • Abigail Haenssler, East Carolina University
  • Yuan He, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Alison Hessling, Baylor University
  • Erik Jorgensen, The University of Iowa
  • Mara Kapsner-Smith, University of Washington
  • Vishnu KK Nair, West Virginia University
  • Molly Knigge, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Lakshmi Kollara Sunil, University of Central Florida
  • Helen Long, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Lauren Madhoun, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Stephanie McMillen, Syracuse University
  • Danika Pfeiffer, Johns Hopkins University, Kennedy Krieger Institute
  • Ron Pomper, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Yina M Quique, Northwestern University
  • Jessica Riccardi, Case Western Reserve University
  • Elizabeth Roepke, Purdue University
  • Hannah Rowe, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Megan Schliep, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Casey Taliancich-Klinger, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Kathryn Wiseman, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Alexandra Zezinka Durfee, Johns Hopkins University

Mentors

  • Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, The University of Utah
  • Margaret Blake, University of Houston
  • Henrike Blumenfeld, San Diego State University
  • Kate Bunton, The University of Arizona
  • Howard Goldstein, University of South Florida
  • Mira Goral, Lehman College, CUNY
  • Shelley Gray, Arizona State University
  • Maria Grigos, New York University
  • Stacy Harnish, The Ohio State University
  • Sara Kover, University of Washington
  • Emily Lund, Texas Christian University
  • Rhiannon Luyster, Emerson College
  • Nancy Scherer, Arizona State University
  • Beth Strickland, Purdue University
  • Krystal Werfel, University of South Carolina

Funding Agency Representatives

  • Nancy Minghetti, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  • Alberto Rivera-Rentas, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH

2020 Participants

Protégés

  • Defne Abur, Boston University
  • Katie Bangert, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • Lauren Baron, University of South Carolina
  • Alisa Baron, The University of Rhode Island
  • Jessica Chan, University of South Carolina
  • Claire Cordella, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Sarah Grace Dalton, Marquette University
  • Marziye Eshghi, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Laura Friedman, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Samantha Gustafson, University of Utah
  • Stephanie Gutierrez, Northwestern University
  • Eve Higby, California State University, East Bay
  • Jourdan Holder, Vanderbilt University
  • Hana Kim,East Carolina University
  • Marika King, Utah State University
  • Thea Knowles, University at Buffalo
  • Boji Lam, University of North Texas
  • Marion Leaman, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Nell Maltman, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Meaghan McKenna, University of South Florida
  • Shae Morgan, University of Louisville
  • Claudia Peñaloza, Boston University
  • Kevin Pitt, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  • Mollie Romano, Florida State University
  • Erin Smolak, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Kaila Stipancic, MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • Pumpki Su, University of Delaware
  • Lauren Tabor Gray, Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute
  • Yihsin Tai, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • Alicia Vose, University of Florida

Mentors

  • Mary Alt, University of Arizona
  • Heather Bonilha, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Anny Castilla-Earls, University of Houston
  • Dirk den Ouden, University of South Carolina
  • Aimee Dietz, University of Cincinnati
  • Joe Duffy, Mayo Clinic
  • Liza Finestack, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • Vincent Gracco, Haskins Laboratories
  • Shelley Gray, Arizona State University
  • Carol Scheffner Hammer, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Ann Kaiser, Vanderbilt University
  • Nadine Martin, Temple University
  • Mick McNeil, University of Pittsburgh
  • Andrea Warner-Czyz, The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Fan-Gang Zeng, University of California Irvine

Funding Agency Representatives

  • Nancy Minghetti, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  • Alberto Rivera–Rentas, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH

2019 Participants

Protégés

  • A. Alexandra Basilakos, University of South Carolina
  • Nichol Castro, University of Washington
  • Natalie Covington, Vanderbilt University
  • Haley Dresang, University of Pittsburgh
  • Mackenzie Fama, Towson University
  • Lisa Fitton, University of South Carolina
  • Andrea Ford, University of Minnesota
  • Valerie Freeman, Oklahoma State University
  • Sabrina Horvath, Boston University
  • Aryn Kamerer, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Elaine Kearney, Boston University
  • Kelsey Klein, University of Iowa
  • Hannah Krimm, Vanderbilt University
  • Elaine Kwok, University of Western Ontario
  • Elizabeth Madden, Florida State University
  • Ramesh Muralimanohar, Oregon Health & Science University, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA RR&D
  • Deena Schwen Blackett, The Ohio State University
  • Sanjana Shellikeri, University of Toronto
  • Xigrid Soto, University of South Florida
  • Frits van Brenk, University at Buffalo
  • Sarah Villard, Boston University

Mentors

  • Samira Anderson, University of Maryland
  • Steven Barlow, University of Nebraska
  • Pelagie Beeson, University of Arizona
  • Kathy Bourque, University of Kansas
  • Carolyn Brown, University of Iowa
  • Gayle DeDe, Temple University
  • Natalie Douglas, Central Michigan University
  • Lizbeth Finestack, University of Minnesota
  • Jean Gordon, University of Iowa
  • Vince Gracco, Haskins Laboratories
  • Shelley Gray, Arizona State University
  • Rebecca Hunting Pompon, University of Delaware
  • Mary Kennedy, Chapman University
  • Swathi Kiran, Boston University
  • Nadine Martin, Temple University
  • Ryan McCreery, Boys Town National Research Hospital
  • Malcolm McNeil, University of Pittsburgh
  • Emily Plowman, University of Florida
  • Laida Restrepo, Arizona State University
  • Carol Scheffner Hammer, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Andrea Warner-Czyz, The University of Texas at Dallas

Funding Agency Representatives

  • Nancy Minghetti, American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
  • Alberto Rivera–Rentas, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH

    For more information on the Pathways program or other research-related programs, please contact research@asha.org.

    ASHA Corporate Partners