UK swallowing research group (UKSRG)

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

maxine.power@srft.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

 

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

paula.leslie@ncl.ac.uk

 

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

steve.davies@ghnt.nhs.uk

 

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

lperry@city.ac.uk

 

Susan McGowan

Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Queen Square, London

susan.mcgowan@uclh.nhs.uk