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Summer Student Activities: The MSTP Summer Students and some current MSTP students tested their skills at The Escape Game followed by a yummy dinner at Thai Kitchen!     Kayaking Fun: Danielle Liu (G3), Aamina Dandy (G3), Hannah Giannini (G3), and Dayle Wang (G3) enjoyed a great kayaking… Read More

Meet MSTP Assistant Director Dr. Megan William’s family’s new kittens, Rocky and Bandit! Megan, Jon, and Theo adopted two new kittens Rocky (gray) and Bandit (black and white). They are already best buddies! Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Nimdah a few months ago after 15 wonderful years. Meet… Read More

Congratulations to Emma Hope (G3) on receiving her F30!   Congratulations to Neil Chada (G5+) on being a recipient of the CBT-VICB Collaborative Project Award! “Congratulations to Matthew Fisher (St. Jude CBT, Shelat/Tinkle Lab), Katherine Young (VICB, Wilson Lab), and Neil Chada (MSTP G5, VICB, Wilson Lab),… Read More

Congratulations to alum Dr. Kristie Aamodt (left) for receiving the Turner-Hazinski Research Award from the Department of Pediatrics! The award is intended to foster innovative, high risk, high impact, and collaborative projects that will lead to improvements in child health. Congratulations to alum… Read More

Third-year Doctor of Audiology Student Penelope Anna Melissas champions the idea that career choices are often affirmed through diversity of experience. As an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia majoring in Communication Sciences and Disorders, she originally planned to be a pediatric speech-language pathologist. After taking an audiology course… Read More

by Yash Pershad (G3) This April, fourteen Vanderbilt MSTP students traveled to the 2026 ASCI/AAP/APSA Joint Meeting, representing one of our strongest showings at the annual gathering of physician-scientists from across the country. Two of the ten talks at the APSA Scientific Showcase were from Vanderbilt: Yash Pershad presented his… Read More

Before beginning the MS-SLP, “Double ‘Dore” Sophie Kaiser graduated from Vanderbilt with a bachelor’s in Cognitive Studies and Medicine, Health, and Society with minors in Special Education and Spanish. Her time at VU and experiences mentoring adults with intellectual disabilities and job coaching neurodivergent individuals ultimately led… Read More

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Baylor University, Kaley Birchfield entered Vanderbilt’s M.S. Speech  Language Pathology (MS-SLP) Program as a part of the Early Identification and Management of Children with Hearing Loss Specialty Track. The track, led by Assistnat Professor of Hearing and Speech… Read More

Before coming to Vanderbilt’s MS-SLP program, Katia Jarufe received a master’s degree in Child Studies from Peabody College at Vanderbilt. There, she became interested in language development and working with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. This newfound passion led to Jarufe’s involvement in Project AACelerating Communication Focused Interventions in… Read More