- Department:
- Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Biography
Dr. Rita Patel is an associate professor at the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University and an adjunct associate professor at the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research and clinical expertise focus on addressing voice and upper airway disorders in adult and pediatric population, with specialization in endoscopic laryngeal imaging. Dr. Patel has been awarded several extramural grants from National agencies including the American Speech Language Hearing Association and the National Institutes of Health for her research. In 2022, Dr. Patel was awarded fellow by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) for her outstanding contributions to research and excellence in teaching in the area of voice and voice disorders. She also received the Trustees Teaching Award in 2017. Currently, Dr. Patel serves as the editor-in-chief for the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation’s Board of Trustees, and as an Advisory Board Member of the Voice Foundation.