John Houde

John F. Houde, PhD, is a Professor in Residence at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), directing the Speech Neuroscience Laboratory within the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. He holds appointments in the School of Medicine and specializes in the neuroscience of speech production, focusing on auditory feedback mechanisms and their neural underpinnings. His research integrates computational modeling, electrophysiological techniques (e.g., MEG, ECoG), and clinical studies to explore speech control in health and disorders like Alzheimer's and spasmodic dysphonia.

Education:

• BS: Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
• MS: Computer Science, Duke University
• PhD: Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: UCSF Medicine

Research Interests:

• Auditory feedback processing in speech
• Sensory prediction errors and sensorimotor adaptation
• Neural mechanisms of speech control
• Clinical applications in neurodegenerative and motor disorders

Key Contributions:

• 24 peer-reviewed articles
• 2 patents
• Over 50 abstracts

Grants & Funding:

• NIH R01DC017091: Cerebellum in Speech (2018–2023)
• NIH R01DC017696: Auditory Feedback Modeling (2018–2021)
• NIH R01NS100440: Primary Progressive Aphasia Imaging (2017–2022)

Labs/Teams: Directs the UCSF Speech Neuroscience Laboratory, collaborating with neuroimaging experts and clinicians to advance speech motor control research. Active in societies including the Cognitive Neuroscience Society and Society for Neuroscience Language.