{"id":20,"date":"2014-11-29T19:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T16:00:12","slug":"personnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sivasankar-2016b.jpg\" alt=\"Preeti Sivasankar\" height=\"300\" width=\"225\" title=\"Sivasankar-2016b\" \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Website-Sivasankar-Abrv_March-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Sivasankar CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSivasankar CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tPreeti M. Sivasankar, PhD, CCC-SLP\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Preeti Sivasankar is the Vice President for Research Innovation in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/research\/oevprp\/\">Office of Research<\/a>. In this role, she oversees the division of Strategic Interdisciplinary Research and leads the Lilly\/Purdue 360 partnership as Executive Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lprc.purdue.edu\/\">Lilly Purdue Research Center<\/a>.Preeti is a committed teacher and scientist. Her programmatic research on voice disorders and upper airway pathophysiology has been continually funded by the National Institutes of Health. Her research and teaching have been recognized with multiple awards including the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) Career Research Achievement award; the HHS award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education; the HHS Graduate Mentor award; and the SLHS Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor award.Preeti previously served as the Department Head of <a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/slhs\/\">Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences<\/a> (SLHS) and as the Assistant Vice President for Strategic Health Research in the Office of Research. She holds a courtesy appointment in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and an adjunct appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Indiana University School of Medicine). Preeti is past-Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Fellow of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, Associate Fellow of the American Laryngological Association, and Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NailaCannes_CV_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/head-shot_Naila-square.jpg\" alt=\"Updated Naila pic\" height=\"2072\" width=\"1904\" title=\"head shot_Naila\" \/>\n                        <\/a>\n\t\t                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NailaCannes_CV_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    <h3>Naila Cannes do Nascimento, PhD<\/h3>\n                <\/a>\n                \t\t        \tResearch Scientist\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/personnel\/ncannes@purdue.edu\">ncannes@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NailaCannes_CV_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/KaitlynDwenger-scaled-square.jpeg\" alt=\"KaitlynDwenger\" height=\"2560\" width=\"2518\" title=\"KaitlynDwenger\" \/>\n                        <\/a>\n\t\t                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NailaCannes_CV_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n                    <h3>Kaitlyn Dwenger, PhD<\/h3>\n                <\/a>\n                \t\t        \tPostdoctoral scientist\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kaitlyn.dwenger@utah.edu\">kaitlyn.dwenger.@utah.edu<\/a><\/p>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Taylor_Bailey-square.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor W. Bailey\" height=\"440\" width=\"350\" title=\"Taylor W. Bailey\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Taylor Bailey, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \tPostdoctoral scientist\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/personnel\/twbailey@purdue.edu\">twbailey@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Byron-Kubik-square.jpg\" alt=\"Byron Kubik\" height=\"1536\" width=\"2048\" title=\"Byron Kubik\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Byron Kubik, MS, CCC-SLP<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \tPhD student\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"bkubik@purdue.edu\">bkubik@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kubik-CV-v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Kubik CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKubik CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Brooke-headshot_small-scaled-square.jpg\" alt=\"Brooke headshot_small\" height=\"1707\" width=\"2560\" title=\"Brooke headshot_small\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Brooke Rodgers<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \tPhD student\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p>rodger42@purdue.edu<\/p>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Ali-headshot-cropped-square.jpg\" alt=\"Ali headshot cropped\" height=\"234\" width=\"200\" title=\"Ali headshot cropped\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Alexandra Frankovich, DVM<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \tPhD student\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/personnel\/twbailey@purdue.edu\">frankovi@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tPhD Alumni\n\t<\/h2>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Taylor_Bailey-square.jpg\" alt=\"Taylor W. Bailey\" height=\"440\" width=\"350\" title=\"Taylor W. Bailey\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Taylor Bailey, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \t(2022)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p>Purdue University<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taylor-w-bailey-298910a6\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Bailey CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBailey CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/abigail-square.jpg\" alt=\"Abigail Durkes\" height=\"255\" width=\"255\" title=\"abigail\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Abigail Cox, DVM, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \t(2016)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/directory\/person.php?id=738\">Purdue University<\/a><\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/directory\/person.php?id=738\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Cox CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCox CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img 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\t(2022)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p>Bristol Myers Squibb<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chenwei-duan-b46b0a1b8\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Duan CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDuan CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Rob-updated-3-square.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Fujiki\" height=\"900\" width=\"900\" title=\"Rob updated (3)\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Robert Fujiki, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \t(2021)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.iu.edu\/faculty\/68567\/fujiki-robert\">Indiana University School of Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Fujiki-CV.pdf\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Fujiki CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFujiki CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/xin-square.jpg\" alt=\"Xinxin Liu\" height=\"255\" width=\"255\" title=\"xin\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Xinxin Liu, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \t(2018)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p>CVI Pharmaceuticals Limited<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/xinxin-liu-8876a086\/?originalSubdomain=cn\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Liu CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLiu CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/aaron-square.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Kosinksi\" height=\"240\" width=\"240\" title=\"aaron\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Aaron Kosinski, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \t(2013)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p>Beckman-Coulter Inc.<\/p>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/anusha-square.jpg\" alt=\"Anusha Sundarrajan\" height=\"255\" width=\"255\" title=\"anusha\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Anusha Sundarrajan, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t        \t(2016)\n\t\t        \t\t        \t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gcoe.sfsu.edu\/people\/anusha-sundarrajan\">San Francisco State University<\/a><\/p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gcoe.sfsu.edu\/people\/faculty\/anusha-sundarrajan\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Sundarrajan CV\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSundarrajan CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/voicelab\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Screen-Shot-2023-07-11-at-9.02.14-PM-square.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2023-07-11 at 9.02.14 PM\" height=\"1116\" width=\"922\" title=\"Screen Shot 2023-07-11 at 9.02.14 PM\" \/>\n\t\t                    <h3>Anumitha Venkatraman, PhD<\/h3>\n                \t\t 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Sivasankar, PhD, CCC-SLP Preeti Sivasankar is the Vice President for Research Innovation in the Office of Research. In this role, she oversees the division of Strategic Interdisciplinary Research and leads the Lilly\/Purdue 360 partnership as Executive Director of the Lilly Purdue Research Center.Preeti is a committed teacher and scientist. 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