| 2019/2022 | Principal Investigator: Research Project The effects of menopause on the voice and verbal and artistic communication of professional female voice users Funded body: Programa de Atracción de Talento de la CAM, Modalidad Senior, (Ref. 2018-T1/HUM-1217); € 301 932 Duties: To develop research activities on voice science; coordinate a team of 2 research assistants; create and direct the Voice, Music and Language Laboratory of the Faculty of Education, at UNED, Madrid, Spain; disseminate knowledge and transfer it into the society; develop international collaborations; apply for extra funding opportunities. |
| 2021/2022 | Co-Investigator: Research Project Effects of compulsory facemask use during COVID19 pandemic on perceived voice handicap; € 7 250 Funded body: Ayudas para la Realización de Proyectos de investigación en Áreas de Ciencias Sociales, sobre temas relacionados con la COVID-19 y Alineados con los ODS, financiados por el Banco Santander, del Vicerrectorado de Internacionalización de la UNED, Madrid, Spain (MASCARA UNED-Santander del Vicerrectorado de Internacionalización, 2021/2022) Duties: Member of the research team in charge of designing and collecting data on comparing perceived voice handicap index with and without using a facemask. |
| 2017/2018 | Team Member: Research Project Quantification of Flow Phonation; $ 3 560 Funded body: Educations and Research Project from The Voice Foundation, USA Duties: Member of the research team in charge of designing and collecting data on comparing flow phonation vocal parameters between the results of inverse-filtering and high-speed imaging of the vocal folds of healthy adults |
| 2010/2014 | Team Member: Research Project Music and Society: choir singing context (1880-2012); € 77 636 Funded body: Foundation for Science and Technology, Minister for Science and Technology (PTDC/EAT-MMU/117788/2010) Duties: Member of the research team in charge of studying the role of choir section leaders: the conductor’s perspective |
| 2006/2007 | Principal Investigator: The effects of the oral contraceptive pill on the professional voice; £ 40 000 Funded body: White-Rose Building Capacity Grant, UK Duties: Non-invasive measures of voice source analysis (i.e. electrolaryngographic analysis of the voice source); Endocrinology of the voice (correlations between sex steroid hormonal variations and associated impacts on physiological and acoustical aspects of voice production); Quantitative and qualitative research methods on psycho-sociological aspects related to the female professional voice (e.g. self-esteem, self-identity, self-efficacy, general quality of life). |