Our People

Director

Yana Yunusova, Ph.D, CCC-SLP

Dr. Yana Yunusova

Photo Credit: Jason Hang

Dr. Yana Yunusova is a Professor at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Yunusova is also the Director of the Speech Production Lab at UofT, the Bulbar Function Lab at Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Vocal Tract Visualization Lab at The KITE Research Institute at University Health Network. Click here to to learn more about Dr. Yunusova’s research.

E-mail: yana.yunusovaATutoronto.ca

Research coordinator

Madhura Kulkarni, M.D., M.P.H

Dr. Madhura Kulkarni

Dr. Madhura Kulkarni is the lab manager for the Speech Production Lab at the University of Toronto as well as a research coordinator for ongoing projects at the Bulbar Function Lab at SRI and the VTV lab at UHN-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. She completed her Masters degree in Public health from the University of Saskatchewan. She is interested in research related to biostatistics, clinical epidemiology and neurodegenerative diseases.

Email: madhura.kulkarniATsunnybrook.ca

Current Students

Reeman Marzouqah, Ph.D Student


Reeman Marzouqah is pursuing a PhD in Speech-Language Pathology at Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. She completed her Master of Science degree in clinical Speech-Language Pathology and a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Jordan. Her research investigates the use of exercises to strengthen oro-pharyngeal muscles to treat obstructive sleep apnea post-stroke.

Email: reeman.marzouqahATmail.utoronto.ca

Anna Huynh, Ph.D Student

Anna Huynh is pursuing a PhD in Speech-Language Pathology at Rehabilitation Sciences Institute. She completed her Master of Science degree in clinical Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto. Her research investigates the understanding the effects of neurodegenerative disease on speech production longitudinally and developing assessment tools to support clinicians in the identification of motor speech disorders.

Email: ah.huynhATmail.utoronto.ca

Research Assistants

Mihaela Stefan, MA
Mihaela Stefan is responsible for data quality assurance, post-processing and measurement of imaging data for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

Zuzana Fless, MHSc, CCC-SLP
Zuzana is a highly experienced SLP and she is responsible for assessing video data of patients with neurodegenerative data and assigning clinical scores based on an clinical features and Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment.

Former graduate students

Chelsea Tanchip (2022)

Deniz Jafari, MSc (2022)

Sanjana Shellikeri, PhD (2019)

Nicholas Wasylyk, MSc (2018)

Elaine Kearney, PhD (2017)

Andrea Gauster, MSc (2009), M.D.

Krista Rudy, MSc (2011)

Former undergraduate students and research assistants

Armen Bakirtzian Ashkon Pourheidary
Cara Allison Kehoe Derrick Lim
Cindy Cui Haley Park
Jamal Ansari Jaime Cazes
Johnson Dinh Julie Chan
Kent Phuong Lauren Greenwood
Mariam Mekhail Matthew Myers
Michelle Falikowski Peter Zhou
Renuka Giles Shinthuja Wijayasri
Vasily Giannakeas Vincci Tau
Vishwathsen Karthikeyan Wenyi Yin