Principal Investigator
Supraja Anand Ph.D.
Email: suprajaanand@usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-3213
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Dr. Supraja Anand is an Associate Professor at University of South Florida in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the director of SMS lab. Dr. Anand’s research interests include evaluation of effects of aging on speech production, effects of task complexity on acoustic characteristics of speech in individuals with Parkinson disease (PD), and speech staging in individuals with PD. Dr. Anand joined USF in August 2016 and teaches SPA 6211 - Advanced Vocal Disorders at the graduate level as well as SPA 4250 - Introduction to Speech Disorders and SPA 4901 - Research Methods in CSD at the undergraduate level.
Undergraduate Students
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Graduate Students
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Doctoral Students
Mary Pyfrom, MA, CCC-SLP, MT-BC is interested in examining the bi-directional relationship between cognition and voice production. Her broader research questions are (1) How can we use cognitive domains to improve voice outcomes in clinical practice and (2) How can voice production be used to monitor cognitive changes in older adults or in people with neurodegenrative diseases. Mary has been a practicing Speech Language Pathologist for over 13 years and is a board-certified Music Therapist.
Maitreyee Kulkarni is a first year doctoral student in the lab. Her undergraduate and masters education are from Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. She is trained in Hindustani classical music and is interested in the area of voice and its in disorders, specifically in people with neurodegenrative diseases as well as professional voice users.
Now recruiting! Send emails with CV to suprajaanand@usf.edu
Lab Alumni
- Olivia Horvath
- Lindsay Wilson
- Eva Gallagher-Kowit
- Allison Silver
- Courtney Schlinz
- Shawntel Fuerte
- Camille Gray
- Lucy Witzig (SLP)
- Sheena Abraham
- Monica Yap
- Patricia Masso-Maldonado
- Desi Gutierrez
- Rachel Chalom
- Diana Julbe-Delgado
- Lyndsay Morris
- Sai Bharadwaj Appakaya
- Madison Dyjak
Collaborators
- Dr. Dimitar Deliyski (Michigan State University)
- Dr. Susan Baker Brehm (Miami University)
- Dr. Pasquale Bottalico (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
- Dr. Keiko Ishikawa (University of Kentucky)
- Dr. Rahul Shrivastav (Indiana University)
- Dr. David Eddins (University of South Florida)
- Dr. Mark Skowronski
- Dr. Ashwin B. Parthasarathy (University of South Florida)
- Dr. Youri Maryn (Founder of Phonanium)
- Dr. Sona Patel (Seton Hall University)
- Dr. Sabiha Parveen (Oklahoma State University)
- Dr. Elizabeth Grillo (West Chester University of Pennsylvania)
- Dr. Cara Stepp (Boston University)