Recent PhD graduate, Victoria Sherman, has just published a paper in the Journal of the American Heart Association, investigating the benefit of dysphagia screening in the adult stroke population. Click here to read the article.

The Swallowing Lab was involved in providing simulated learning opportunities for Speech Language Pathology students at the University of Toronto during COVID. Click here for the full story.

Sherman, V, Martino, R. , Bhathal, I, Deverber, G, Dlanini, N, MacGregor, D, Pulcine, L, Beal, D, Thorpe, K, Moharir, M. Swallowing, oral motor, motor speech and language impairments following acute pediatric ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2021; 52: 1309–1318. Click here for article.

Greco, E, Ringash, K, Tomlinson, G, Huang, SH, O’Sullivan, B, Waldron, J, Martino, R. Presence and duration of feeding tube in a 5-year cohort of patients with head and neck cancer treated with curative intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Head and Neck 2021; 1-11. Click here to access article.

Swallowing Lab PhD students, Victoria Sherman and Beatrice Manduchi, were recently recognized with academic excellence awards by the University of Toronto.

Victoria was awarded the SickKids Clinician Scientist Program Training Award.

Beatrice was awarded the Mary H. Beatty Fellowship.

Congratulations to both!!!

Members of the Swallowing Lab share some useful insights into the unique challenges presented by COVID-19, specifically the shift from in-person to virtual care for their dysphagic patients.