Speakers
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Dr Annie Aloysius Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Lead Clinician Paediatrics) Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Interests: feeding and swallowing difficulties in paediatric neuromuscular disease including the use of videofluoroscopy; feeding development in the preterm infant; multidisciplinary support and management of feeding difficulties |
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Professor Martin Birchall Professor of Laryngology Laryngeal Research Group, University of Bristol Interests: laryngology; immunology; reinnervation; oncology |
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Mrs Liz Clark Clinical Lead in Acute Paediatrics Speech and Language Therapy Department, Barts and the London NHS Trust Interests: premature infants; bottle feeding; elevated side-lying position; acute paediatric dysphagia; long-term feeding difficulties in children |
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Professor Martin Dennis Professor of Stroke Medicine University of Edinburgh Interests: prevention and treatment of stroke complications; prediction of stroke outcome; stroke and TIA services; multcentre randomized controlled trials fo non drug interventions for stroke
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Dr Roxann Diez Gross Assistant Professor and Director of the UPMC Swallowing Disorders Center Eye and Ear Institute, Pittsburgh, USA Interests: the importance of subglottic air pressure and swallowing; sensory motor role of the larynx in swallowing; lung-thoracic recoil and swallowing; respiratory-based therapies for swallowing |
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Pippa Hales Principal Speech and Language Therapist Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Interests: dysphagia, tracheostomy, FEES |
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Dr Shaheen Hamdy Senior Lecturer and Consultant Gastroenterology University of Manchester/Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust Interests: central control of swallowing; sensory modulation of swallowing; neuroplasticity |
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Celia Harding Department of Language and Communication Science, City University, London Interests: non-nutritive sucking in neonates; impacts of long-term gavage feeding on oral motor development; impact of carer training on dysphagia management |
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Rebecca Harris Speech and Language Therapist, Dysphagia and Neurodisability Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London Interests: paediatric dysphagia and videofluoroscopy |
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Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Disorders, The University of Canterbury and Senior Researcher, Van der Veer Institute Van der Veer Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand Interests: rehabilitation; motor control; stroke; biomechanics |
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Professor Susan Langmore Professor, Otolaryngology,Boston Medical Center / Professor, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Boston University Boston University, USA Interests: normal swallowing, dysphagia and dysarthria - in degenerative neurologic disorders and head and neck cancer |
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Susan McGowan Clinical Specialist, Speech and Language Therapist National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London Interests: critical care; dysphagia; tracheostomy |
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Dr Maxine Power Senior Research Fellow Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, Manchester Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke |
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Martina Ryan Team Leader for Speech and Language Therapy Dysphagia Service Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Interests: VFSS; feeding difficulties in children with Sanfillippo Disease (MPS III). |
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Dr David Smithard Stroke Physician and Director of R&D East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke |
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Professor Derick Wade Professor of Rehabilitation Kings College, London Interests: Measurement of data collection in neurological rehabilitation, trials of rehabilitation, stroke, multiple sclerosis, guidelines
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