Aerodigestive Innovations Research Lab (AIR)

Team

Primary Investigator

James Curtis
James A. Curtis, PhD (he/him)
  • Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
  • ASHA-Certified Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders
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Lab Members

Kate Kocins Headshot
Kate Kocins (she/her)
  • Graduate Intern and Research Assistant
  • January 2025-June 2025
Research Focus:

Upper airway rehabilitation

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April Silvestre Headshot
April Silvestre (she/her)
  • Graduate Intern and Research Assistant
  • January 2025-June 2025
Research Focus:

Rehabilitation of neurologic voice and swallow disorders

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AIR Alumni

Graduate Research Clinicians

Fall 2024 – Summer 2025

Mel Grasso

Mel Grasso, M.S., CF-SLP (they/them)

Graduate Research Clinician (Spring 2024 – Summer 2024)

Teachers College, Columbia University 

Brandon Jagdhar

Brandon Jagdhar, M.S., CF-SLP (he/him)

Graduate Research Clinician (Spring 2024 – Summer 2024)

New York University 

Fall 2023 – Summer 2024

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Allie Beam, M.S., CCC-SLP (they/them)

Graduate Research Clinician (Spring 2024 – Summer 2024)

Teachers College, Columbia University 

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Crystal Diaz, M.S., CCC-SLP (she/her) 

Graduate Clinician & Research Assistant (Summer 2023, Fall 2023)

Teachers College, Columbia University 

Theresa

Theresa Lee, M.S, CCC-SLP (she/her) 

Graduate Clinician & Research Assistant (Summer 2023, Fall 2023)

Teachers College, Columbia University 

Fall 2022 – Summer 2023

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Liz Erardi, M.S., CCC-SLP (she/her) 

Graduate Clinician & Research Assistant (Spring 2023)

Teachers College, Columbia University 

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Rebecca Scholl, M.S., CCC-SLP (she/her) 

Graduate Clinician & Research Assistant (Spring 2023)

Teachers College, Columbia University 


Undergraduate Research Assistants

Hannah Burgoyne

Hannah Burgoyne, B.S. (she/her)

Previous Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2024 – Spring 2025)

Manhattan College


Sofia Perez

Sofia Perez (she/her)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Fall 2024 – Spring 2025)

Lehman College 

Shannon

Shannon Dinizo (she/her)

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2023, Summer 2024)

Manhattan College