Preeti Sivasankar

Professor, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Vice President for Research Innovation, Office of Research
Adjunct Faculty, IU School of Medicine-West Lafayette

Courtesy Appointments

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering

HHS Signature Research Area(s)

Healthy Lifestyles and Vital Longevity

Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Research Area(s)

Speech, Swallowing and Voice Science; Speech, Swallowing and Voice Disorders

Biography

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. 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 Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (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 an elected Fellow of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, an Associate Fellow of the American Laryngological Association, and a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. She is past-Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Education

PhD, Northwestern University
Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP), American Speech Language and Hearing Association

Websites

Sivasankar Research Group (Voice Laboratory)

Social Media Accounts

Selected Honors/Awards

Fellow, American Speech, Language, Hearing Association -
Associate Fellow, American Laryngological Association -
Distinguished Fellow, National Academies of Practice -
Leadership in Action, Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence -
Graduate Mentor Award, College of HHS -
Career Research Award, College of HHS -
Excellence in Undergraduate Education, College of HHS -
Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor Award, Department of SLHS -
Purdue University Faculty Scholar -

Selected Grants

Principal Investigator, Estrogenic regulation of systemic vocal fold dehydration. National Institutes of Health (R01 DC0020179). Cox (Co-PI). (2022-2027)
Principal Investigator, Pathobiology and biomechanics of vocal fold dehydration. National Institutes of Health (R01 DC015545). Durkes (Co-PI). (2016-2021)
For more funding, see https://www.purdue.edu/voicelab/funding/