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.