V.A.S.T. Research Lab Director
Dr Barkmeier-Kraemer is the Director of the Voice, Airway, Swallowing Translational (VAST) Research Lab. This lab supports funded and unfunded projects addressing normal and abnormal voice, breathing, and swallowing. Several NIH funded projects are associated with the VAST Research Lab including:
- “Vascular Connective Tissues as a Factor in Onset of Idiopathic Vocal Fold Paralysis” (R01DC011311, Co-PIs: Barkmeier-Kraemer, Vande Geest),
- “Physiologic Correlates of Vocal Tremor affecting those with Essential Tremor” (R01DC016838, PI: Barkmeier-Kraemer),
- “Imaging and Influence of Glottic and Subglottic Anatomy in Healthy and Stenotic Patients” (R01DC009616, PI: Tanner),
- “Pathophysiology of Voice Disorders Due to Combination Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma” (R01DC016269, PI: Tanner) and
- "Next-Generation Clinical Phenotyping and Pathophysiology of Laryngeal Dystonia and Voice Tremor" (P50DC01990, PI: Simonyan).
Our lab and the Utah Voice Disorders Center are also a research site for "RTSS-Voice: Towards a unified system to classify treatments for muscle tension dysphonia." (R01DC020247, PI: Van Stan).
Students & Volunteers
Ayan Abukar
Ashlynn Sandberg
Ashton Park
Grace Mead
Reefka Tulona
Kim Lanaghen
McCord Meyers
Tanner Mears
Zoe Sapp
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
VAST Research Lab
729 Arapeen Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Phone: 801-213-7317
Email: VAST_Research_Lab@hsc.utah.edu
Lab Director: Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP
Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Email: JulieB.Kraemer@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-7143