Emily Elizabeth Kimball (Burns), PhD, CCC-SLP
Clinical Interests
Voice disorders, education
Research Information
Dr. Kimball received an undergraduate degree in Human Anatomy and Physiology from the University of Arizona, and completed her Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology at the University of Utah. Following her Master's, she immediately began her PhD study at Vanderbilt University, where she investigated the phonotraumatic damage associated with acute voice use in a rabbit model. She then completed her clinical fellowship in speech pathology at the Vanderbilt Voice Center, and was subsequently hired as an Assistant Professor in Hearing and Speech Sciences in the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson center, where she continues her research in the molecular and cellular properties of the vocal folds as the Director of the Voice Biology Lab, as well as teaches the Masters level course in Voice Disorders.
Publications
Kimball EE, Rousseau B. Mechanotransduction in the Vocal Fold Microenvironment: A Narrative Review. JSLHR. June 2024.
Kimball EE, Sayce LJ, Xu C, Kruszka C, Rousseau B. Protein Substrate Alters Cell Physiology in Primary Culture of Vocal Fold Epithelial Cells. Cells, Tissues, Organs. 2022 June.
Kimball EE, Sayce LJ, Gartling GJ, Powell ME, Brandley J, Rousseau B. Different Vibratory Conditions Elicit Different Structural and Biological Vocal Fold Changes in an In-Vivo Rabbit Model of Phonation. Journal of Voice. 2021 April.