Membership
The group welcomes members from all disciplines and membership is included in the delegate rate for the annual conference.
The steering group 2005-2007 comprises:
Dr Maxine Power
Senior Research Fellow
Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust
Salford
Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke
Dr David Smithard
Stroke Physician and Director of R&D
East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Interests: swallowing control, assessment and treatment post stroke
Dr Paula Leslie
Degree Programme Director
MSc Speech & Swallowing Research
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Interests: swallow assessment and reliability, ageing swallow, ethics and decision making in vulnerable groups and at end of life
Dr Shaheen Hamdy
Senior Lecturer & Consultant Gastroenterologist
University of Manchester / Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust
Interests: central control of swallowing, sensory modulation of swallowing, neuroplasticity
shaheen.hamdy@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Steve Davies
Dysphagia Nurse Specialist
Gateshead Health NHS Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne
Interests: screening, competency based assessment and treatment post stroke
Dr Lin Perry
Senior Research Fellow CVD & Stroke
St Bartholomews School of Nursing and Midwifery
London
Interests: bedside assessment of swallowing, screening, feeding tubes, stroke
Susan McGowan
Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square, London