Voice Disorders

Christine Sapienza, PhD, CCC-SLP, has served as the dean of the Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences at Jacksonville University since May 2014. Previously, Dr. Sapienza was a long-standing tenured professor and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Florida, as well as a research career scientist at the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center at the Malcom Randall Veteran's Administration Hospital. As a principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health, VA Research Rehabilitation Research and Development Awards and MJ Fox Foundation grants, Dr. Sapienza has provided extensive mentoring to sixteen doctoral students, one career development awardee, and several theses for master and undergraduate students, all of whom have contributed back to academic employment, science, teaching, and clinical service. She has built a strong national and international reputation for expertise in the design and implementation of larger-scale randomized clinical trials examining treatments and protective disorders, as well as the careful reporting of peer-reviewed outcomes from these studies.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Bari Hoffman Ruddy, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, and serves as research partner to the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute and director of the Center for Voice Care and Swallowing Disorders at the Ear Nose Throat and Plastic Surgery Associates, Orlando, Florida. She has worked clinically in this setting for more than fifteen years treating individuals with upper airway, aerodigestive, and laryngeal disorders in head and neck cancer and neurogenic populations. Dr. Hoffman Ruddy received her doctorate from the University of Florida in 2001. Her current research involves studying novel treatments and biomechanical mechanisms with head and neck cancer while defining the high impact on quality of life factors.