Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Katherine Hutcheson, Ph.D.
Our research is about the things that bring us joy – sharing a meal and conversation with others – I hope the work we do makes these simple pleasures possible for more people in their cancer journey.
Carly Barbon Ph.D.
Post-doctoral research fellow
Holly McMillan, M.C.D.
Pre-doctoral research fellow
Barbara Ebersole, M.S.
Pre-doctoral research fellow
Clare Alvarez, M.S.
Research speech pathologist, lead DIGEST rater
Guadalupe Padilla
Research data coordinator
Sheila Buoy, M.P.H.
Clinical studies coordinator
Ariana Sahli
Research data specialist
Alexander Pham
Research data coordinator
Lavanya Tripuraneni, M.P.H.
Senior research data coordinator
Natalie Tomerlin, M.S.
Research speech pathology consultant
“Being a medical speech-language pathologist allows me to work with diverse patients across different settings. No two patients, despite having the same “diagnosis”, are ever the same. That is what makes our work at MD Anderson so important.”
Deantha Valencia, M.S.
Research speech pathology consultant
Funded Collaborations
MD Anderson
Dave Fuller, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Stephen Lai, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
External
Rosemary Martino, Ph.D.
University Health Network
Emily Plowman, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Heather Starmer, M.A.
Stanford
JoAnn Patterson, Ph.D.
University of Liverpool