Louise Pinkerton is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa and a speech-language pathologist with University of Iowa Health Care. She specializes in voice and upper airway disorders across the lifespan, performance voice disorders, Parkinson's disease, and voice modification, and also supervises graduate students and conducts perceptual voice assessment. Her clinical and research interests include voice rehabilitation and singing-based interventions, and she has presented at the Voice Foundation, PAVA, NATS, NAfME, and other conferences. A soprano with professional opera and musical theatre experience, she is trained in vocal pedagogy for classical and contemporary commercial music (CCM) and taught singing for 20 years, privately and at the University of North Dakota and Minnesota State University Moorhead. She serves as Continuing Education Administrator for the Pan American Vocology Association and brings expertise in speech and voice assessment, treatment development, and interdisciplinary clinical care to the lab.