Elizabeth U. Grillo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CHSE, EMT

Professor

Biography

Dr. Elizabeth Grillo earned a B.M. in vocal performance from Indiana University, an M.S. in speech-language pathology from Teacher's College Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in communication science and disorders from the University of Pittsburgh. Her clinical expertise is in voice disorders and in medical speech-language pathology. Currently, her research related to voice is addressing voice therapy efficacy, telepractice, and an app for daily voice practice supported by an R15 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Funding from a prior NIDCD R15 facilitated creation of the VoiceEvalU8 app, server, and web portal and completion of a clinical study using the Global Voice Prevention and Therapy Model with the Estill Voice Model. Other research and pedagogical interests include interprofessional education and practice, the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System, and simulation. Dr. Grillo is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and an Estill Master Trainer. In 2018, she was awarded the Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Higher Education from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Currently, she is the Editor of Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 18 Telepractice. Her work has been disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at local, state, national, and international conferences.

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