Drs. Paola Colozzo & Lorienne Jenstad extended as interim Co-Directors, School of Audiology & Speech Sciences

A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health.


Dr. Lorienne Jenstad

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Lorienne Jenstad and Dr. Paola Colozzo have been extended as Interim Co-Directors, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, effective from January 1 to June 30, 2023. Dr. Jenstad’s appointment follows the leadership of Dr. Ciocca as Interim Co-Director of the School from September to December 2022.

Dr. Jenstad is an audiologist and associate professor at the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, where she directs the Amplification Research Lab. Her teaching and research expertise includes hearing aid processing and hearing health care for older adults.

Dr. Paola Colozzo

Dr. Colozzo is an associate professor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences. Her areas of expertise and specialization are language development, childhood language disorders, and interactions between language and cognition. Dr. Colozzo also holds the role of MSc Program Director at the School.

Please join me in thanking Drs. Jenstad and Colozzo for their interim leadership.