Dr. Maria Dietrich

Functions

since 2020 Research Group Leader, department of Psychiatry und Psychotherapy, UniversityclinicBonn
since 2020 Adjunct Associate Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Missouri
2019-2020 Associate Professor (with tenure), Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Missouri
2013-2019 Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, University of Missouri
2008-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Kentucky
2009 Promotion, Doctor of Philosophy, Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, United States, Prof. Katherine (Kittie) Verdolini Abbott
2003 Master of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology, Kent State University
2001 Qualified curative pedagogue specialising in the education and rehabilitation of the speech impaired and speech therapy, additional subject music therapy, University Köln

2004 Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2003-2004 Clinical Fellowship Year, University of Pittsburgh Voice Center, United States

Neurobiological and psychobiological correlates of risk factors for stress-related voice disorders
Neuronal control of voice production
Vocal effort and fatigue in teachers and the role of stress and personality
Functional neurological disorders (voice disorders, swallowing disorders)
Interdisciplinary clinical research

Journal of Voice Best Paper Award: Basic Science, The Voice Foundation 2019
David W. Brewer Award for Best Poster, Third Place, The Voice Foundation 2017
University of Missouri Lewis & Clark Discovery – Early Career Award 2017
University of Missouri Top Faculty Achiever 2017
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) Award 2014

Editorial Board Member Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
Reviewer Board of Applied Sciences, MDPI
Guest editor, Seminars in Speech and Language; American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
For serveral national and international Journals like Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Journal of Voice; Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedica;; International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology; Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology; Laryngoscope; Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; Sprache, Stimme, Gehör
Ad hoc reviewer for National Institutes of Health (NIH), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Ad hoc reviewer ASHFoundation and ASHA

Deutscher Bundesverband für akademische Sprachtherapie und Logopädie (dbs. e.V.)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Funktionelle Neurologische Störungen (AG FNS), Founding member
Functional Neurological Disorder Society (FNDS), Founding member
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
The Voice Foundation
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA Special Interest Group 3, Voice and Voice Disorders
International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), Voice Committee member

Vocal Crossroads Journal Club (VC|JC): Voice research living in the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, physiology and sociocultural influences; Founding member, together with Ph.D. Miriam van Mersbergen, University of Memphis

Ongoing: National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) R01 DC018026 Neurobiological and psychobiological signatures of vocal effort in early career teachers
NIDCD R15 DC015335 Classifying Neck Surface EMG Signals for the Early Detection of Vocal Fatigue in Student Teachers
FEMHABIL, medical faculty, University Bonn