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Giselle Carnaby, CCC-SLP, M.P.H, Ph.D.
Program Director, Ph.D. in Health Sciences
Giselle Carnaby is Professor and Program Director in the Department of Health Sciences and Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA); She directs the Swallowing Research Laboratory and specializes in research epidemiology and biostatistics. Her research focus lies in the rehabilitation of swallowing disorders following Stroke and Head / Neck Cancer. Dr. Carnaby has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications and she has been funded as PI on both NIH and American Cancer Society grants. She is a lifetime Research Scholar for the American Cancer Society. She holds both Fellow and Honors of the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association.
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Professional Background
Education
- 1999 - Ph.D. - PublicHealth / Speech Pathology - Curtin University
- 1996 - MPH - Public Health - Curtin University
- 1993 - P.Grad. Dip (HSc) - Public Health - Curtin University
- 1986 - BSc - Speech Language Science - Curtin University
Appointments
- 2008 - Associate Professor, Behavioral Science & Community Health - University of Florida
- 2008 - Program Director, Ph.D. Public Health (BSCH) - University of Florida
- 2015 - Professor, Communicative Sciences & Disorders - University of Central Florida
- 2015 - Professor, Internal Medicine - University of Central Florida
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Publications
- A Preliminary Investigation of Relationships among Pharyngeal Acidity, Dysphagia, and Pneumonia in Acute Stroke
- Change in Spontaneous Swallowing Frequency in HNC Patients Undergoing C/RT
- Recruitment, experience, and retention among women with HIV and hazardous drinking participating in a clinical trial
- Preliminary development and validation of a measure of fear of swallowing and swallowing-related movement injury in head and nec
- Critically Appraising Systematic Reviews in the Field of Speech-Language Pathology: A How-to Guide for Clinician Readers
- Exercise‐based swallowing intervention (McNeill Dysphagia Therapy) with adjunctive NMES to treat dysphagia post‐stroke: A double
- Motor learning, neuroplasticity, and strength and skill training: moving from compensation to retraining in behavioral managemen