Lauren Timmons Sund, BM, MS, CCC-SLP is the Speech Pathology Director for the USC Voice Center in Los Angeles, CA. She is the Clinical Fellowship Director at the USC Voice Center and an instructor and clinical educator for the graduate SLP program at the University of Southern California.
Lauren earned her master’s degree in communicative disorders from California State University, Northridge, completed a research internship at the University of Pittsburgh Voice Center, and trained as a clinical fellow in voice, upper airway, and swallowing disorders at the USC Voice Center under the mentorship of Edie Hapner, PhD. She holds a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Lauren specializes in the care of patients with voice and upper airway disorders with particular clinical and research interest in performance voice, aging voice, laryngeal dystonia, and interprofessional practice. She has published 20+ peer-reviewed articles and regularly presents locally and nationally. Lauren served as course co-director for the Fall Voice Conference 2024, is a past president of the Southern California Chapter of the Voice Foundation, a current committee chair for PAVES (Pathway for Advanced Voice Education and Service), and is on the Advisory Board for the Voice Foundation.
