UK swallowing research group (UKSRG)

Speakers

 

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

Annie.Aloysius@imperial.nhs.uk

Professor Martin Birchall

Professor of Laryngology

Laryngeal Research Group, University of Bristol

Interests: laryngology; immunology; reinnervation; oncology

martin.birchall@bristol.ac.uk

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

liz.clark@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk

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

martin.dennis@ed.ac.uk

 

 

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

grossrd@upmc.edu

Pippa Hales

Principal Speech and Language Therapist

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Interests: dysphagia, tracheostomy, FEES

pippahales@ntlworld.com

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

Shaheen.Hamdy@manchester.ac.uk

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

C.Harding@city.ac.uk

Rebecca Harris

Speech and Language Therapist, Dysphagia and Neurodisability

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London

Interests: paediatric dysphagia and videofluoroscopy

HarriR2@gosh.nhs.uk

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

maggie-lee.huckabee@canterbury.ac.nz

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

Susan.Langmore@bmc.org

Susan McGowan

Clinical Specialist, Speech and Language Therapist

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London

Interests:  critical care; dysphagia; tracheostomy

susan.mcgowan@uclh.nhs.uk

Dr Maxine Power

Senior Research Fellow

Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, Manchester

Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke

maxine.power@srft.nhs.uk

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).

RYANM@gosh.nhs.uk

Dr David Smithard

Stroke Physician and Director of R&D

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke

david.smithard@ekht.nhs.uk

Professor Derick Wade

Professor of Rehabilitation

Kings College, London

Interests: Measurement of data collection in neurological rehabilitation, trials of rehabilitation, stroke, multiple sclerosis, guidelines

Derick.Wade@noc.anglox.nhs.uk