Director:
- Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP
Laboratory Manager:
- Derrik Legler, MBA, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Research Assistant Professor:
- Ben Christensen, PhD
Wet Lab Manager:
- Omar Gharbia, PhD
Post-Doctorate:
- Anuja Sharma, PhD
- Jenny Pierce, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Amanda Stark, PhD, CCC-SLP
- Maya Stevens, PhD, CCC-SLP
Clinical Research Coordinator:
- Jessica Ku, MPH, CPH
Medical Resident:
- Danny Bestourous, MD
PhD Students:
- Kaitlyn Dwenger, MS
- Miranda Wright, MM, MS, CCC-SLP
- LeAnn Schow Smith, MS, CCC-SLP
- Reefka Tulona, BS
Research Assistant:
- Sidney Kaufmann, BS
- Scott King, BS
Undergraduate Students:
- Advait Mahajan
- Ayan Abukar
- Zoe Sapp
- Grace Mead
- Kim Lanaghen
- Ashlynn Sandberg
- Ashton Park
- McCord Meyers
- Tanner Mears
Multi-Site NIH Funded Research Collaborators:
- Kristina Simonyan, MD, PhD (Massachusetts Eye & Ear)
- Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD (University of California, San Francisco)
- John Houde, PhD (University of California, San Francisco)
- Jonathan Vande Geest, PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
- Randal Paniello, MD (Washington University, St Louis)
- Andrew Bierhals, MD (Washington University, St Louis)
- Julia Edgar, PhD, CCC-SLP (Truman State University)
- Rebecca German, PhD (Northeastern Ohio Medical University)
- Brad Story, PhD (University of Arizona)
- Youri Maryn, PhD (University of Ghent)
- Evangelos Christou, PhD (University of Florida)
University of Utah Research Collaborators:
- Marshall Smith, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Breanne Schiffer, MD (Otolaryngology)
- Shervin Rahimpour, MD (Neurosurgery)
- Paolo Moretti, MD (Neurology)
- Panagiotis Kassavetis, MD (Neurology)
- Kristine Tanner, PhD, CCC-SLP (CSD)
- Rock Hadley, PhD (Radiology, UCAIR)
- Lynn Maxfield, PhD (Utah Center for Vocology)
- Ingo Titze, PhD (Utah Center for Vocology)
- Anil Palaparthi, PhD (Utah Center for Vocology)
- Edward DiBella, PhD (Radiology, Director of UCAIR)
- Ganesh Adluru, PhD (Radiology, UCAIR)
- Sarah Hargus Ferguson, PhD, CCC-A (CSD)
- Skyler Jennings, AuD, PhD, CCC-A (CSD)
- Richard Wiggins, MD (Radiology)
Contact Us
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
To Contact the VAST Lab: 801-213-7317
Imaging & Neurosciences Building
729 Arapeen Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84108