On today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Emily Kimball, an Assistant Professor in Hearing and Speech Sciences in the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson center, where she investigates the molecular and cellular properties of the vocal folds as the Director of the Voice Biology Lab, as well as teaches the Masters level course in Voice Disorders. Dr. Kimball has a unique background having received an undergraduate degree in Human Anatomy and Physiology from the University of Arizona, and completed her Masters in Speech Language Pathology at the University of Utah. Following her Masters, she completed her PhD at Vanderbilt University, where she investigated the phonotraumatic damage associated with acute voice use in a rabbit model before completing her clinical fellowship in speech pathology at the Vanderbilt Voice Center. Tune in to hear more about the ins and outs of vocal fold tissue healing and how Dr. Kimball is working to bridge the gap between research findings in the lab and clinical practice!