Biography
Lea Sayce grew up in a working class home in an underserved and underprivileged area of the UK and was the first person from her family to attend university. During her undergrad, she spent a year in industry working as a Clinical Data Analyst and discovered it was not for her, instead switching her focus to neurogenetics which led to studying sensorineural hearing loss. Sayce has moved through industry and clinical research and is currently investigating the pathobiology of voice disorders.
Sayce’s teaching philosophy is that everything learned at university is training. Students may not know where they’re going next (and that’s okay!), but the knowledge they gain now will facilitate their future in some way.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (Neuroscience), University of Surrey
Research Interests
- Molecular, cellular and biomechanical changes in voice disorders
- Treatment optimization for voice disorders
Publications
- Sayce L, Zimmerman Z, Gartling G, Rousseau B, Branski RC. Epithelial response to vocal fold microflap injury in a preclinical model. The Laryngoscope. 2023 Feb;133(2):350-6.
- Kimball EE, Sayce L. Research in speech science and voice disorders: the promise of modern genetic approaches in improving clinical diagnosis and treatment. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. 2020 Dec 17;5(6):1828-38.
- Avhad A, Wilson A, Sayce L, Li Z, Rousseau B, Doyle JF, Luo H. An Integrated Experimental-Computational Study of Vocal Fold Vibration in Type I Thyroplasty. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2024 Apr 1;146(4).