Invited speakers

Dr Michael Drinnan
Principal Medical Physicist, Regional Medical Physics
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

Interests: acoustic assessment of physiological data, particularly signal processing in sleep & swallowing. Software design for clinical examination techniques in swallowing & urology.

Michael.Drinnan@nuth.northy.nhs.uk

Dr Yannis Goulermas
Lecturer, Centre for Intelligent Monitoring Systems,
Liverpool University, UK

Interests: artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, data mining and mathematical optimization; signal processing, machine vision and intelligent automated systems

j.y.goulermas@liverpool.ac.uk

Annette Kelly
Senior Speech and Language therapist
National Hospital for ENT, London

Interests: swallow assessment and reliability; videofluoroscopy; FEE’s, head and neck oncology

annette.kelly@uclh.nhs.uk

Professor Mike Polkey
Reader in respiratory medicine and Consultant physician
Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Interests: respiratory muscle function; sleep medicine; ventiliation; thoracic medicine and chronic lung disease

m.polkey@imperial.ac.uk

Professor Angus Walls
Professor of Restorative Dentistry
The School of Dental Sciences
University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Interests:the oral and dental problems of older people with natural teeth; dietary intake and food choice; oral health promotion

a.w.g.walls@ncl.ac.uk