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Elizabeth Heller Murray

  • Barnett College of Public Health

    • Communication Sciences and Disorders

      • Assistant Professor

Biography

Elizabeth Heller Murray, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She completed her MS in Speech-Language Pathology at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and earned her PhD and completed postdoctoral training at Boston University. Dr. Heller Murray’s research focuses on improving how children with voice disorders are evaluated and treated. One arm of her work uses acoustic analyses of speech to better understand vocal development and disorder. A complementary arm uses mixed-methods analyses of clinical practice to characterize what occurs during pediatric voice therapy and to identify ways to support community-based clinicians in delivering high-quality care. Her work is supported by multiple grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the ASHFoundation.

Education

  • PhD, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Boston University
  • MS, Speech-Language Pathology (concentration in Voice Disorders), MGH Institute of Health Professions
  • BA, Psychology and Linguistics, Emory University

Curriculum Vitae 

Google Scholar: Elizabeth Heller Murray's Google Scholar profile

Labs: Vocal Development Lab

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

CSCD 5528

Voice Disorders: Theory and Analysis

Graduate

HRPR 5999

Research Experience in Health Professions

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Fujiki, R.B., Venkatraman, A., & Murray, E.S.H. (2025). The Pediatric Vocal Mechanism: Structure and Function. J Voice. United States. 10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.03.025

  • Littlejohn, M., Woodnorth, G.H., Hseu, A., Nuss, R., & Murray, E.H. (2025). Voiced-Voiceless Consonant Distinction in Children With Vocal Fold Nodules: A Preliminary Study. J Voice. United States. 10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.02.045

  • Murray, E.S.H., Chao, A., & Colletti, L. (2025). A Practical Guide to Calculating Cepstral Peak Prominence in Praat. J Voice, 39(2), 365-370. United States. 10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.09.002

  • Murray, E.H. & Yucel, R. (2024). Longitudinal Evaluation of Cepstral Peak Prominence in Children. J Voice. United States. 10.1016/j.jvoice.2024.04.019

  • Murray, E.H. (2024). Conducting high-quality and reliable acoustic analysis: A tutorial focused on training research assistants. J Acoust Soc Am, 155(4), 2603-2611. United States. 10.1121/10.0025536

  • Miller, H.E., Kearney, E., Nieto-Castañón, A., Falsini, R., Abur, D., Acosta, A., Chao, S., Dahl, K.L., Franken, M., Murray, E.S.H., Mollaei, F., Niziolek, C.A., Parrell, B., Perrachione, T., Smith, D.J., Stepp, C.E., Tomassi, N., & Guenther, F.H. (2023). Do Not Cut Off Your Tail: A Mega-Analysis of Responses to Auditory Perturbation Experiments. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 66(11), 4315-4331. United States. 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00315

  • Murray, E.S.H. & Chao, A. (2023). The Relationships Among Vocal Variability, Vocal-Articulatory Coordination, and Dysphonia in Children. J Voice, 37(6), 969.e43-969.e49. United States. 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.06.008

  • Colletti, L. & Murray, E.H. (2023). Voice Onset Time in Children With and Without Vocal Fold Nodules. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 66(5), 1467-1478. United States. 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-22-00463

  • Frankford, S.A., Murray, E.S.H., Masapollo, M., Cai, S., Tourville, J.A., Nieto-Castañón, A., & Guenther, F.H. (2021). The Neural Circuitry Underlying the "Rhythm Effect" in Stuttering. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 64(6S), 2325-2346. United States. 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00328

  • Murray, E.H., Lewis, J., & Zimmerman, E. (2021). Non-nutritive suck and voice onset time: Examining infant oromotor coordination. PLoS One, 16(4), e0250529. United States. 10.1371/journal.pone.0250529

  • Murray, E.S.H. & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Relationships between vocal pitch perception and production: a developmental perspective. Sci Rep, 10(1), 3912. England. 10.1038/s41598-020-60756-2

  • Murray, E.S.H., Segina, R.K., Woodnorth, G.H., & Stepp, C.E. (2020). Relative Fundamental Frequency in Children With and Without Vocal Fold Nodules. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 63(2), 361-371. United States. 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00058

  • Daliri, A., Murray, E.S.H., Blood, A.J., Burns, J., Noordzij, J.P., Nieto-Castanon, A., Tourville, J.A., & Guenther, F.H. (2020). Auditory Feedback Control Mechanisms Do Not Contribute to Cortical Hyperactivity Within the Voice Production Network in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia. J Speech Lang Hear Res, 63(2), 421-432. United States. 10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00325