About the contributor

• Bonnie Martin-Harris

Bonnie Martin-Harris

Bonnie Martin-Harris, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is Director of the MUSC Evelyn Trammell Institute for Voice and Swallowing, and founder and consultant to the Evelyn Trammell Voice and Swallowing Center at Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta. Dr Martin-Harris chairs the Inaugural Board for Board Recognition in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and serves on the Membership Committee of the Dysphagia Research Society. Dr Martin-Harris's clinical and research interests are focused in the areas of laryngeal and pharyngeal dynamics during swallowing, respiration and vocalization. She is a reviewer for the Dysphagia Journal (and on the Editorial Board), American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also a national and international lecturer, and has published chapters and articles in the areas of upper aerodigestive tract function and disorders. Her work is funded in part by a grant from the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and the Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation.