As we begin another academic year, we’re excited to introduce our UAD Lab team! A warm welcome to all our new members. We’re looking forward to all that this team will accomplish together!

A huge congratulations to Dr. Emilie Lowell on successfully defending her dissertation work on the links among axial functions in PD! We are so proud to celebrate this incredible accomplishment and all of the hard work, dedication, and brilliance that led to this milestone. Congratulations, Emilie!

RSVP now to the Virtual PhD Open House to learn more about the CSD doctoral program at TC! This is a wonderful opportunity for prospective students to learn about our various research labs, meet with the academic faculty advisors, and connect with current doctoral students! We hope to see you there!

A very warm welcome to our newest addition to the team, Mel Grasso!!🎉They are our new Research SLP in the UAD Lab. Mel is passionate about bridging clinical practice and research to support accessible, evidence-based, person-centered care. We are so happy to have you!

🚨Publication Alert🚨 Do you use Expiratory Muscle Strength Training(EMST) in your clinical practice? Check out our new article (led by Dr. Avery Dakin) demonstrating the effect of different resistive loads and time under tension while using EMST (link in bio)! (1/2)

🧠 NIH wants YOUR input to help build the first-ever National Plan to End Parkinson's. If Parkinson's (or related conditions like MSA, PSP, or Parkinson's dementia) has touched your life as a patient, caregiver, clinician, or advocate, this is your chance to provide feedback on your priorities.

Do you work with people with movement disorders and use the Swallowing-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWAL-QOL)? Check out our new article (led by Dr. Jordanna Sevitz) demonstrating the utility of a shortened version of the SWAL-QOL for individuals with movement disorders (link in bio)! 1/3

🚨Publication Alert🚨 Do your patients with radiation-associated dysphagia also have underlying cough dysfunction? Check out our open-access tutorial led by Dr. Justine Dallal-York. Read more at linktr.ee/airwaylab 1/2

🚨Publication Alert🚨 Do you work with individuals with #ProgressiveSupranuclearPalsy? Check out our new article (led by Dr. Jordanna Sevitz) demonstrating the utility of the Swallowing Quality of Life Survey (SWAL-QOL) for individuals with PSP (link in bio)!

What a pleasure to attend the World Parkinson's Congress in Phoenix this past week. The @airwaylab had the chance to connect with people living with Parkinson's disease, their families, and leading researchers, clinicians, and advocates. We can't wait to be back at the WPC in 3 years in Quebec City!

So incredibly proud of our 2026 UAD Lab graduates! Watching these brilliant scholars earn their degrees and step into the world has been an absolute honor. 💙The future of speech-language pathology is in incredible hands. We can't wait to see the lives you'll change and the research you'll inspire!

The UAD Lab had an incredible time joining the @michaeljfoxorg PD Unity Walk in Central Park, walking in honor of all of our amazing participants living with PD. So grateful to share the day with our colleagues at @ctld_lab and @erikaspeech lab. 🧠👟

From the millions affected worldwide to the often-overlooked symptoms like swallowing and cough impairments — there's so much more to PD than meets the eye. Swipe through to learn more, and follow us for more research and education on upper airway dysfunction! 🧠 #ParkinsonsAwarenessMonth #UADLab

It's Parkinson's Awareness Month 🌷 and we're celebrating a milestone! Borders et al. (2024) was named a Top Cited Article of 2025 by Wiley — recognizing the impact of cough skill training research in PD. Just 2 sessions showed meaningful improvements in voluntary cough strength.

The UAD Lab is lacing up for the 2026 Parkinson's Unity Walk in Central Park! 🧠💙 Join us on Saturday, April 25th as we walk alongside the PD community and raise funds for research that matters. Every step counts — donate to our Columbia University Medical Center team using bit.ly/unitywalk2026

Join Dr. Jordy Sevitz at the INSIGHT into Parkinson's Disease conference, the world’s largest online conference dedicated to Parkinson’s education, research, and lived experience. The conference is free of charge and will occur April 11-13, 2026. Registration available at (pdwarrior.com/insight)

The UAD Lab is headed to the DRS Annual Meeting! We’re excited to share our latest research, connect with colleagues, and contribute to advancing the science of swallowing and airway protection. Grateful for the opportunity to present and represent our team’s hard work. See you there!

Our very own Dr. Michelle Troche will be speaking on EMST via telehealth this Wednesday during this free webinar presented by @aspirerespiratoryproducts open to all! Registration is free: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #Dysphagia #Telehealth #EMST #ParkinsonsDisease #NeuroRehab #SpeechPathology

Publication Alert! Do you work with individuals with PD or other neurodegenerative diseases? Check out this article, led by @airwaylab alum @buairwaylab, identifying minimal detectable change (MDC) to help distinguish treatment related change from individual variability.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science to the incredible women of the UAD lab. Your curiosity, dedication, and impact continue to inspire and drive meaningful progress in our field. #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoLead #dysphagia #slp

✨ We’re hiring! ✨ The UAD Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University is looking for a Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellow / Research SLP to join our team! Interested (or know someone who would be)? Send a cover letter + resume to uadlab@tc.columbia.edu!

End of semester at the UAD Lab 🧪✨ Proud of the hard work, teamwork, and growth this crew brought all semester. #dysphagia #speechlanguagepathology #happyholidays

Another successful ASHA for the UAD Lab! Grateful for the opportunity to learn, collaborate, and contribute to the conversation. #SLP #ASHA #ASHA2025#ASHAConvention #SLP #SpeechLanguagePathology

The UAD Lab is heading to the ASHA Convention 2025 in Washington, DC! We’re proud to be giving two oral presentations this year, sharing our latest research on swallowing and upper airway function. If you’ll be at #ASHA2025, come see our talks and connect with us — we’d love to discuss our work!

🧠 Calling all Speech-Language Pathologists! Do you work with individuals with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)? We’d love to chat about your clinical experiences to help us shape our research in the area of PSP and dysphagia management. #SLP #SpeechLanguagePathology #Dysphagia #PSP

Publication Alert! Do you work with individuals with #CerebellarAtaxia? Check out our recent article (led by Dr. James Borders) demonstrating the single-session feasibility of cough skill training in cerebellar ataxia. Special thanks to the research participants who made this study possible! (1/2)

It is a new academic year and we are excited to continue to grow our team. A huge, warm welcome to all of the new members joining the UAD Lab! 🎉 We're so excited to have your fresh perspectives, brilliant ideas, and energy as we dive into another year of meaningful research!

Dr. Troche had the pleasure of presenting at the 2025 NYC Dysphagia Symposium - presenting twice during the weekend. It was especially wonderful to see past and present @tc_csd students and trainees. Congratulations to @dysphagiacafe for a wonderful meeting.

Back from a great #ESSD2025 conference in beautiful Athens! @airwaylab PhD student Katya Villarreal shared findings from her developing research on saliva production and airway protection in Parkinson’s disease. It was also a joy to share the experience with our colleagues at the @nyuswallowinglab!