ALLIED HEALTH - Key Persons


Amber Davis

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Amy Davis

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor / Program Director, Clinical Anatomy

Andrew John

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Department Chairman
Education: Ph.D., Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2007 B.A., Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2002

Andriy Yabluchanskiy

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Ann Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair in Developmental Disabilities Established in 2004 - 05

Anna Litton

Job Titles:
  • Student Program Coordinator

Archana Unnikrishnan

Job Titles:
  • Asst. Professor

Arlan Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geriatric Medicine

Ashley Efaw

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Ashley Hobson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor and OTD Capstone Coordinator

Ashley Weedn

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Department of Pediatrics Medical Director

Beth Lane

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor / Speech - Language Pathology Clinic Coordinator
Education: MA, Speech Language Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 1992 BA, Speech Language Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 1990

Carole E. Johnson

Education: AuD, Audiology, Salus University (Pennsylvania College of Optometry, School of Audiology); Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 2006 PhD, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1989 MA, Audiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1986 BA, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA, 1982 BA, Psychology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA, 1982

Chris Cox

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Christi M. Barbee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Education: Au.D., Audiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2005 B.A., Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2001

Connie Hollen

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

David Fields

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor and the CHF Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Diabetes

David Ross Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Education: Ph.D., Nutritional Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1979

Dawn Horton

Job Titles:
  • Student Programs Coordinator

Deborah Earley

Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2013 Master of Science, Audiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1984 Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1982 Teaching: CSD 8313 (Pediatric Audiology)

Denise A. Finneran

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Research Interests
Education: Ph.D., Speech-language Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907 M.A., Speech-language Pathology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003 B.A., Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003 Finneran, D. A., Leonard, L. B., & Miller, C. A. (2009). Speech disruptions in the sentence formulation of school-age children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 44, 271-286.

Donald W. Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair of Aging Research

Elam-Plowman Endowed

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Physical Therapy Established in

Erin Benear

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Clinical Professor
Education: AuD, Audiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2018 B.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma 2014 A.S. in Diversified Studies, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 2012

Franklin Hays

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

George Kaiser

Job Titles:
  • Family Foundation Chair in Population Healthcare

George Lynn Cross

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor

Harold Wayne

Job Titles:
  • Student Program Coordinator

Jace Wolfe

Education: Doctor of Philosophy, Audiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2001 Master of Science, Audiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1998 Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1996

Jane Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Dean
Education: Specialty Certificate, Leadership Coaching, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 2012 Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Allied Health Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2005 Master of Science, Biology, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, 1994 Bachelor of Science, Dental Hygiene, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, 1984

Jeffrey Samburg

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Jennifer Thompson Tetnowski

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., Applied Language & Speech Sciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, 2014 M.S., Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1990 B.S., Communication Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1988

JoAnna Howsden


John W. Keys

John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center was established in 1947 at University Hospital as a speech and hearing clinic and moved into its own building in 1957. When its founding clinic director retired in 1977, the facility was named in his honor as the John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center. The Center contains a clinic for care giving, student education, and research labs.

Jolyn Fernandes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics / Associate Director of Metabolomics, Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Cytometry Research

Kari Boyce

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Katerina Ntourou

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Education: Post-doctoral Fellow, Speech-language Pathology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2013-2016 Ph.D., Speech-Language Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 2011 M.A., Speech-Language Pathology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 2004 Richels, C., Buhr, A., Conture, E. G., & Ntourou, K. (2010). Utterance complexity and stuttering on function words in preschool-age children who stutter. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 35(3), 314-331, PMCID: PMC3880199

Kathryn Deaton

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Kendra Orcutt

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Kevin R. Short

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor and the CHF Choctaw Nation Endowed Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology

Lakshmi Magudilu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Education: PhD, Audiology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Lance A. Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Administration and Finance

Larry D. Liddell

Job Titles:
  • Clinic Manager

Leah Hoffman Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Education: PhD, Allied Health Sciences, Specialization in Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2014 MS, Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2009 BS, Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2008

Len Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Leslee A. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Senior Student Program Coordinator ( OKC )

Loren Stein Stein

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Lorraine Sylvester

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Lynn Jeffries

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Education: DPT, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, 2012 Ph.D., Allied Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Leadership, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 2003 M.S. Pediatric Physical Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1994 B.S. Physical Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1987 Bartlett, D, Gorter, J.W., Jeffries, L.M., Avery, L, Hanna, S. (2018). Longitudinal trajectories and reference percentiles for the impact of associated health conditions for children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, early online: https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14080

MA Speech-language

Job Titles:
  • Pathology Program Coordinator

Margy Gillispie

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Mark Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Mark L. Britton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Office of Academic and Student Affairs

Mary A. Hudson

Education: PhD, Audiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN MS, Audiology & Speech Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN BHS, Communication Disorders, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Mary Elizabeth Young

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor / Speech - Language Pathologist
Education: MA, Speech Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 1997 BA, Speech Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 1995

Matt Turner

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Michael Stout

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Michele DeBerry

Job Titles:
  • Director, Oklahoma Autism Network

Mona Ryan

Job Titles:
  • CCC - SLP, ASHA Fellow

Norman Hord

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor / Member of Harold Hamm Diabetes Center

O. Elizabeth Tittle Davis

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Instructor

Paula Fondren

Job Titles:
  • Patient Services Representative

Peter Keates

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Education: Master of Arts Speech-Language Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, 2021 Doctor of Musical Arts, Voice, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011 Master of Music, Voice, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2006 Bachelor of Musical Arts, Voice, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 2004 Teaching: CSD 3333: Phonetics CSD 5423: Neuropathologies of Speech CSD 5433: Voice Disorders

Rabab Awad

Job Titles:
  • Senior Student Program Specialist ( Tulsa )

Rebecca Ludwig

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Sandra Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Sarah S. Buckingham

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D., Speech-Language Pathology/Neurolinguistics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1990 M.A., Speech-Language Pathology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1982 B.S.Ed., Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1976

Shelly D. Geddes

Job Titles:
  • Speech - Language Pathologist
Shelly D. Geddes, M.S., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist with thirteen years of experience working with pediatrics and she has a special interest in assessing and treating children with voice, resonance, and speech sound disorders including: articulation, childhood apraxia of speech, and phonological disorders. She is the owner of Pediatric Communication Solutions, Inc, a private speech-language pathology practice with 3 locations in Oklahoma City and Norman. She serves as the co-director of the John W. Keys Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Team and the co-director of the Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Team of Oklahoma.

Stefano Tarantini

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Research

Stephen W. Painton

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
Education: Ph.D., Audiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1976 M.S., Deaf Education, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1970 B.S., Biology-Communication, Northwestern State College, Alva, OK 1969

Stuart C. Miller

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Susan B. Sisson

Job Titles:
  • Researcher at the College of Allied Health Department of Nutritional Sciences Says the Answer Is "Yes."
Dr. Susan Sisson, researcher at the College of Allied Health Department of Nutritional Sciences says the answer is "Yes."

Tammy Murray

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II, MIRS Support

Tracy Lynn Grammer

Job Titles:
  • CCC - SLP, ASHA Fellow

Trent Tipple

Job Titles:
  • Section Chief / Professor of Pediatrics

Vanessa Saltos

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Chair

Wade Hensley

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Student Affairs

Yuan Yang

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor