Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communications
Evanston, IL, United States
Dr. Martin-Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Director of the Swallowing Cross System Collaborative Laboratory, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Communication at Northwestern University. Dr. Martin-Harris’ clinical and research interests include respiratory-swallowing interactions, and swallowing assessment and treatment approaches for dysphagic patients related to head and neck cancer, neurologic, and pulmonary diseases. She is the Past Chair of the Specialty Board for Board Certification in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, and Past-President of the Dysphagia Research Society (DRS). She was awarded Honors of the Association from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association (SCSHA) and is a DRS Gold Medal recipient. She is the author and developer of the first standardized and validated method for videofluoroscopic assessment of swallowing impairment (Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile, MBSImP), translated to clinical instruction in over 150 university graduate programs with clinical implementation in the US, Canada and more than 40 additional countries. Her work is funded by the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH/NIDCD), the National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI), the Veteran’s Administration (VA RR&D), Bracco Diagnostics Inc., and the Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation.
Sunday, September 29, 2024
1:36 PM – 1:42 PM EDT
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