Dr. Jennifer Oates
Emeritus Professor, Department of Speech Pathology
La Trobe University, Australia
Biography
Dr Jennifer Oates is an Emeritus Professor in Speech Pathology in the School of Allied Health at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, Fellow and Life Member of the Speech Pathology Australia, and practices clinically at Melbourne Voice Analysis Centre. Her research focuses on perception, physiology and acoustics of typical and impaired voice, epidemiology of voice disorders, and prevention and management of voice and middle airway disorders. Jennifer also has clinical and research interests in voice, communication and social participation support for people who identify as trans and gender diverse. She has published 105 journal papers and book chapters and presented over 150 conference papers.