Sara and David Martineau
As ardent UT system supporters, the Marineaus have maintained a strong connection to the University, and to the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. Sara first began serving on the Callier Foundation Board of Trustees in 1993. She was elected president in 2006 and re-elected in 2007. In 2010, David established an endowed professorship in Sara’s honor: The Sara T. Martineau Professorship in Communication Disorders. In 2014, Sara received the Ruth and Ken Altshuler Callier Care Award, which is presented to an individual who has contributed to the betterment of the community and to advancing the care of patients with communication disorders. Sara is also an emeritus trustee of the Callier board.
“Callier is always in our hearts and minds. We are proud to be a part of their great work. We are pleased to support the excellence that is the Clinician-Scientist Training program.”
-Sara Martineau
What inspired you to create the Martineau Clinician-Scientist Graduate Fellowship?
In 2022, the Martineaus reached out to Dr. Angela Shoup, the Ludwig A. Michael, MD Callier Center Executive Director, to discuss additional funding for Callier programs. Dr. Shoup knew that their support would be a good fit for Callier’s Clinician-Scientist Training Program as it aligned with the couple’s interests in furthering education.
In September of that same year, the Martineaus established the Martineau Clinician-Scientist Graduate Fellowship. The multi-year program will award graduate fellowships to select students who are pursuing a research-related doctoral degree in the fields of speech, language and/or hearing, with a clinical graduate degree.
Why is education of future clinicians and researchers important to you?
Education has the power to transform lives. It advances careers, supports families, opens new opportunities and creates a legacy that continues far beyond the individual student. The Clinician-Scientist Training Program, which allows graduate students to earn dual doctorate or doctorate and master’s degrees concurrently. Of Callier’s three-part mission, treatment, training and research, the Clinician-Scientist program is a synergy of training and research in emerging treatments and solving diagnostic challenges to transform the lives of those with communication disorders.
How do you hope the Martineau Clinician-Scientist Graduate Fellowship will impact a Callier student, their future and the impact they will have on others?
“Investing in the Clinician-Scientist Training Program will yield an excellent return, because the students you support aren’t just furthering their own education — they are also working to improve patient care, develop new solutions through research and train new students in the future.”
-Sara Martineau
Interested in supporting the Martineau Clinician-Scientist Graduate Fellowship?
Make a gift at: https://giving.utdallas.edu/CallierCenter and designate your gift to the “Martineau Clinician-Scientist Graduate Fellowship.”
