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Robin Samlan, PhD, MBA, CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor and Associate Department Head in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona. She also serves as the Director of Clinical Education and leads the Voice Research Laboratory. Her academic roles include teaching courses such as SLHS 477: Communication Disorders I and SLHS 574: Speech Disorders II.
Dr. Samlan earned her PhD at the University of Arizona and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA’s Voice Perception Laboratory. Prior to her doctoral work, she was a speech-language pathologist at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Wisconsin, specializing in voice and airway disorders, head/neck cancer, and cleft palate. She holds an MBA in medical services management from Johns Hopkins.
Her research focuses on improving voice evaluation and therapy for breathy dysphonia, with the Voice Research Laboratory addressing age-related dysphonia, vocal fold vibration patterns, and interactions between voice quality and hearing. Recent work combines clinical practice with machine learning and assistive technologies.
Her publications span pediatric voice studies, glottis segmentation via neural networks, and silent speech interfaces for laryngectomees, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach blending clinical and technological innovation.
Dr. Samlan is licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services and holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
