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Elissa Greco (PhD student) conducted a systematic review on dysphagia treatment for patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy. Through meta-analysis, she found that behavioural dysphagia intervention is…

Victoria Sherman, in the second year of her doctoral program, received the prestigious multi-year SickKids Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP) award (2017-2021). This scholarship is awarded yearly to only a…

In April, Dr. Rosemary Martino had the honour of being a judge in George Brown College’s “Top Chef Challenge: Dysphagia”. This annual event, which takes place at the waterfront campus,…

In recent months, the Swallowing Lab team has been busy building bridges to sustain and promote dysphagia research and patient care throughout the continent. To that end, the lab eagerly…

Beyond the call, student researchers buttress local communities While the work of the Swallowing Lab is focused on making inroads in dysphagia research and clinical practice, several members of the…

The Swallowing Lab of Dr. Rosemary Martino — In the heat of the race to advance dysphagia research and treatment This year’s Annual Meeting of the Dysphagia Research Society (DRS)…

CONGRATULATIONS to Margit Labas-Weber and Nadia Pennella, two TOR-BSST© SLPs from North York General Hospital who, along with colleagues Tina Chopra and Bojay Hansen, won first place at the 2016…

Last week we celebrated the completion of enrollment for our CIHR-funded study that aims to validate the TOR-BSST© in critically ill patients who have undergone prolonged intubation (> 24hrs). We…

The Swallowing Lab’s first doctoral graduate, Heather Flowers (PhD, 2014), is currently featured on the UofT Faculty of Medicine’s Graduate and Life Sciences Education website. See her full profile here.