Taylor Snodgrass

4th Year Doctoral Student
Contact: snodgrasst20@students.ecu.edu

Taylor Snodgrass is a fourth year doctoral student and speech-language pathologist who has experience working with individuals that present with a variety of communication disorders. She received both her BS and MS from West Virginia University. Her research interests include anatomical and physiological variations of the velopharyngeal mechanism, speech outcomes in children who present with speech sound disorders secondary to cleft palate, and surgical outcomes related to craniofacial anomalies.

Education

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Rehabilitation Sciences
2020-Present
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Master of Science (MS), Speech-Language Pathology
2017-2019
Morgantown, West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia
Bachelor of Science (BS), Communication Sciences and Disorders
2014-2017

Grant Funding

Snodgrass TD, Sitzman TJ, Sutton BP, Perry JL (2024). Evaluating Velopharyngeal Function During Phonation in Children Utilizing Static MRI. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA). $73,552. Funded.

Publications

Perry JL, Kinter S, Williams JL, Snodgrass TD, Sitzman TJ (2023). Does Notching Along the Nasal Velar Surface During Nasopharyngoscopy Predict Discontinuity of the Underlying Levator Veli Palatini Muscle?. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665623116199
Perry JL, Snodgrass TD, Gilbert IR, Sutton BP, Baylis AL, Weidner EM, Tse RW, Ishman S, Sitzman TJ (2022). Establishing a Clinical Protocol for Velopharyngeal MRI and Interpreting Imaging Findings. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665622114118
Perry JL, Williams JL, Snodgrass TD, Sitzman TJ (2022). VPI Management in SATB2 Syndrome: Use of MRI to Evaluate Anatomy and Physiology in Non-Cleft VPI. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/10556656221106888