Charlie Lunaris

Post Doc, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2022
Area of Study: Surgery Division of Otolaryngology

PhD, New York University, 2020
Area of Study: Communicative Sciences and Disorders

MS, Eastern Illinois University, 2013
Area of Study: Speech-Language Pathology

BS, Northern Illinois University, 2011
Area of Study: Communicative Disorders and Science

Areas of Interest

Prevention, evaluation, and treatment of voice disorders

Prevention, evaluation, and treatment of swallowing disorders

Hormonal impacts on voice and swallowing

• Shembel, A. C., Johnson, A. M., Ciucci, M. R., Lunaris, C. L., Morrison, R. A., & Rudisch, D. M. (2025). Corrigendum to ‘The role of ultrasonic vocalizations in rat laryngological investigations’ [Physiology & Behavior Vol. 294 (2025) start page 1 –end page 10 /article number 114887]. Physiology & Behavior, 295, 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2025.114907
• Lunaris, C., Robinson, G. C., Fairchild, M., Gregory-Martin, K., Hernández, P., Mundhe, A. (2025). Upholding LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practices in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1-8.
• Shembel, A., Johnson, A. M., Ciucci, M. R., Lunaris, C., Morrison, R. A., Rudisch, D. M. (2025). The role of ultrasonic vocalizations in rat laryngological investigations. Physiology & Behavior.
• Converse AK, Krasko MN, Rudisch DM, Lunaris CL, Nisbet AF, Slesarev MS, Szot JC, Hoerst AG, Leverson GE, Gallagher CL and Ciucci MR (2024) Positron emission tomography neuroimaging of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and related behavior in the Pink1−/− rat model of Parkinson disease. Front. Neurosci. 18:1451118. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1451118
• Shaun T O’Keeffe, Lindsey Collins, Tracy Lazenby-Paterson, Paula Leslie, Dominika Lisiecka, Arlene McCurtin, Alison Smith, Spotlight on: Thickened Liquids and Modified Texture Diets: Challenging the #Challenges, Advances in Communication and Swallowing, 10.1177/27725383251322387, 28, 1, (42-45), (2025).
• Glass TJ, Lenell C, Fisher EH, Yang Q, Connor NP. Ultrasonic vocalization phenotypes in the Ts65Dn and Dp(16)1Yey mouse models of Down syndrome. Physiol Behav. 2023;271:114323. Epub 2023/08/14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114323. PMCID: PMC10592033.
• Cullins, M. J., Lenell, C., Ciucci, M. R., & Connor, N. P. (2023). Changes in ultrasonic vocalizations after unilateral cerebral ischemia in a rat stroke model. Behavioural brain research, 439, 114252.
• Broadfoot, C. K., Lenell, C., Kelm-Nelson, C. A., & Ciucci, M. R. (2023). Effects of social isolation on 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations, affective state, cognition, and neurotransmitter concentrations in the ventral tegmental and locus coeruleus of adult rats. Behavioural brain research, 437, 114157.
• Lenell, C., Peña-Chávez, R., Burdick, R. J., & Rogus-Pulia, N. (2022). The relationship between menopause and dysphagia: A scoping review. Women’s Health Reports, 3(1), 990-997.
• Nisbet, A. F., Lenell, C., Glass, T. J., & Ciucci, M. R. (2022). Neuromuscular Pathology of Extrinsic Tongue Muscles in the Pink1‐/‐Rat Model of Parkinson Disease. The FASEB Journal, 36.
• Johnson, A. M., Lenell, C., Severa, E., Rudisch, D. M., Morrison, R. A., & Shembel, A. C. (2022). Semi-automated training of rat ultrasonic vocalizations. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 826550.
• Lenell, C., & Robinson, G. (2022). From My Perspective/Opinion: Creating a Safe Education Environment for Future LGBTQ+ Clinicians. Leader Live.
• Lenell, C., Shao, Q., & Johnson, A. M. (2021). Identifying concomitant health conditions in individuals with chronic voice problems. Journal of Voice, 35(5), 810-e1.
• Lenell, C., & Johnson, A. M. (2021). The effects of menopause on neuromuscular parameters of the rat vocal folds. The Laryngoscope, 131(6), 1343-1348.
• Lenell, C., Broadfoot, C. K., Schaen-Heacock, N. E., & Ciucci, M. R. (2021). Biological and acoustic sex differences in rat ultrasonic vocalization. Brain Sciences, 11(4), 459.
• Lenell, C., & Johnson, A. M. (2021). The effects of the estrous cycle, menopause, and recording condition on female rat ultrasonic vocalizations. Physiology & behavior, 229, 113248.
• Shembel, A. C., Lenell, C., Chen, S., & Johnson, A. M. (2021). Effects of vocal training on thyroarytenoid muscle neuromuscular junctions and myofibers in young and older rats. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 76(2), 244-252.
• Lenell, C., Broadfoot, C. K., Schaen-Heacock, N. E., & Ciucci, M. R. (2021). Biological and Acoustic Sex Differences in Rat Ultrasonic Vocalization. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 459. Recent Studies of Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Their Use in Experimental Models, 113.
• Molfenter, S. M., Lenell, C., & Lazarus, C. L. (2019). Volumetric changes to the pharynx in healthy aging: Consequence for pharyngeal swallow mechanics and function. Dysphagia, 34, 129-137.
• Lenell, C., Shembel, A. C., & Johnson, A. M. (2020). Preparation of the rat vocal fold for neuromuscular analyses. Journal of visualized experiments: JoVE, (159), 10-3791.
• Lenell, C., Brates, D., Pearson, W. G., & Molfenter, S. (2020). Variations in healthy swallowing mechanics during various bolus conditions using computational analysis of swallowing mechanics (CASM). Dysphagia, 35, 272-280.
• Lenell, C., Sandage, M. J., & Johnson, A. M. (2019). A tutorial of the effects of sex hormones on laryngeal senescence and neuromuscular response to exercise. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(3), 602-610.
• Lenell, C., Newkirk, B., & Johnson, A. M. (2019). Laryngeal neuromuscular response to short-and long-term vocalization training in young male rats. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(2), 247-256.
• Molfenter, S. M., Lenell, C., & Lazarus, C. L. (2019). Volumetric changes to the pharynx in healthy aging: Consequence for pharyngeal swallow mechanics and function. Dysphagia, 34, 129-137.
• Lenell, C., & Johnson, A. M. (2017). Sexual dimorphism in laryngeal muscle fibers and ultrasonic vocalizations in the adult rat. The Laryngoscope, 127(8), E270-E276.
• Broadfoot, C. K., Lenell, C., Kelm-Nelson, C. A., & Ciucci, M. R. (2023). Effects of social isolation on 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations, affective state, cognition, and neurotransmitter concentrations in the ventral tegmental and locus coeruleus of adult rats. Behavioural brain research, 437, 114157.