Dr. Pitts' CV
Director of Research
Division of Communicative Disorders
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
University of Louisville
2015- Present
I currently oversee the masters thesis program for the Speech Language Pathologists in training.
Assistant Professor
Laboratory of Airway Protection
Department of Neurological Surgery
Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
University of Louisville
January 2015- Present
Assistant Research Professor
2013-2014
Upon awarding of my K99-R00 I moved into a Research Professor position.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
at the University of Florida
2010-2012 T-32 NIH-NIDCD and the Department of Physiological Sciences
My post-doctoral training was completed in the laboratory of Dr. Donald Bolser.
PhD from the
University of Florida
2010
I received my PhD in Communicative Disorders working with Dr. Christine Sapienza, and also was as a Pre-doctoral Fellow in Neurology at the Malcom Randall Veterans Hospital.
BA and MA from the
University of Central Florida
2003 & 2006
I received my undergraduate and masters degree in Communicative Disorders, the degrees necessary to work as a Speech Language Pathologist.
