UK swallowing research group (UKSRG)

Conference 2010

We are pleased to announce the 3rd Meeting of the UK Swallowing Research Group to be held on 4-5th February 2010 at the Institute of Child Health, London.

The UKSRG comprises clinicians and researchers from a wide range of professional disciplines including biomedical engineering, speech and language therapy, radiography, radiology, ENT, gastroenterology, stroke medicine, dietetics, oral health, general medicine and neurology who recognize the multidisciplinarity of the clinical specialties and basic science that supports developments in the field.

This conference will be of interest to all health care professionals with an interest in swallowing and feeding management and will cover topics from a wide range of disciplines, with state of the art seminars delivered by leaders in the field of dysphagia. This year we are combining adult and paediatric considerations within each themed session.

Invited Speakers:

Paula Leslie, Sarah Wallace, Sophie Frey, Bonnie Martin Harris, Anita Simmonds, David Smithard, Tom Hughes

Plus free papers and poster sessions.

You can download the flyer by clicking on the link on the sidebar of the webpage: Download Flyer For UKSRG Conference 2010.

The programme of the conference is shown below. The available presentations are presented with a different colour. Please follow the link to the left menu for the presentations.

 

UKSRG Conference 2010

Annual Conference of the UK Swallowing Research Group

Thursday 4th & Friday 5th February 2010

UCL Institute of Child Health, London

 

DAY ONE

 

 

Introduction – status of dysphagia research

Dr Paula Leslie

Adult FEES

 

Sarah Wallace

Paediatric FEES

Sophie Frey

Paediatric videofluoroscopy

Rebecca Harris & Martina Ryan

 

 

Respiration and swallowing

Dr Anita Simmonds

Dysphagia and its relation to poor cough function after stroke

Dr Katie Ward

Respiration and dysphagia

Prof Bonnie Martin-Harris

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops:

 

A)  OT roles in swallowing management

Margaret Walker

B)  Dysphagia in learning disabilities

Hannah Crawford & Sheila Mullen

C)  Ethics and swallowing

Dr Paula Leslie & Dr David Smithard

 

         

 

DAY TWO

 

 

Plenary lecture: Standardized Measurement of Swallowing Physiology

Prof Bonnie Martin Harris

 

 

 

 

Saliva Control

Chetan Vyas

Pentax

Paul Tiley

 

 

Outcome measures in qualitative research in dysphagia

Dr Stephan Cano

Swallowing quality of life after skull base surgery

Parag Patel

Motor Neurone Disease/ PD

Dr Tom Hughes

Laryngeal transplantation

Prof Martin Birchall

Where are we with VitalStim

Emilia Michou