News - Office of Professional Practice

October 17, 2025

* ARO Midwinter Meeting Travel awards *

Congratulations to all of our TPAN affiliates who received a Travel Award to attend the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) 2026 MidWinter Meeting, to be held in February in Puerto Rico!! Thanks for representing Purdue so well!!

October 16, 2025

Heinz Lab Heads to Puerto Rico! Two Students Won ARO Travel Awards

Congratulations to Madhurima Patra and Fernando Aguilera De Alba, Ph.D. students in the Heinz Lab, on receiving ARO 2026 MidWinter Meeting Travel Awards!

September 25, 2025

Welcome to the Heinz Lab, John Love!

We are pleased to welcome John Love Zedek, a new PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University, to the Auditory Neurophysiology and Modeling Lab.

August 25, 2025

Welcome to the Heinz Lab, A.J.!

We’re excited to welcome A.J. Olliff, who has joined our lab as an AuD student in the SLHS Department at Purdue University!

August 14, 2025

Congratulations to Fernando Aguilera De Alba on Passing His BME PhD Preliminary Exam!

Fernando has officially passed his PhD Preliminary Examination in Biomedical Engineering!

August 4, 2025

Sprint Week at the Heinz Lab !

Last week, we paused experiments to focus on something just as critical ; our team focused on key improvements to make the lab run more efficiently and our research more impactful

July 27, 2025

Congratulations Samantha Hauser for Successfully Defending Her PhD Dissertation!

PhD student Samantha Hauser has successfully defended her dissertation,
“Individualized Profiles of Sensorineural Hearing Loss from Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Peripheral Pathology.”

July 7, 2025

PhD Defense Announcement: Samantha Hauser – SLHS (Advisors: Dr. Michael Heinz & Dr. Hari Bharadwaj)

Join us for the PhD defense of Samantha Hauser, a doctoral candidate in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS), co-advised by Dr. Michael Heinz and Dr. Hari Bharadwaj. Sam will present her dissertation titled: "Individualized Profiles of Sensorineural Hearing Loss from Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Peripheral Pathology."

June 25, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Satya Parida on Receiving a K99/R00 Award

We are excited to share that Dr. Satyabrata (Satya) Parida, a former PhD student and postdoctoral researcher in the Heinz Lab, has been awarded a prestigious NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award.

June 22, 2025

Dr. Heinz Appointed as Head of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) (Effective July 1, 2025)

We’re excited to share that Dr. Michael Heinz, PI of the Heinz Lab, associate head for research, and professor in the Departments of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) and Biomedical Engineering (BME), has been appointed interim head of the department, effective July 1, 2025.