Dr Gemma Clunie

What an innovative CPD learning opportunity 👏 particularly the hands on practice too. I know this CPD session with Dr Helen Newman was much anticipated & exceeded expectations.

Huge thanks to Dr Helen Newman for delivering a CPD session on clinical applications of ultrasound for the SLT team at ICHT including fascinating insights into scanning pig tracheas&cadavers for her PhD research! Hands on practice at the end as well. @jodiallenslt.bsky.social @drcoffey.bsky.social

James Butler | Just Voting The Green Party’s Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton by-election with 41 per cent of the vote. Progressive...

‘“I don’t think it’s extreme or radical to think that working hard should get you a nice life,” Hannah Spencer said. The speech could once easily have been delivered by a centre-left Labour politician.’

@piercepenniless.bsky.social on the Gorton and Denton by-election.
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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Well done Prof Louise Taylor and team from Oxford Brookes University for producing this helpful guide for non-Muslim staff on how to support our Muslim students during Ramadan. Read it NOW, Ramadan starts on 1st March.

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Illustrated infographic titled “An Introvert’s Survival Guide to Conferences.” The image contrasts expectations of confident networking with the reality of social anxiety, busy crowds and conference overwhelm. A central character holds a notebook and coffee while surrounded by speech bubbles and conference attendees. The lower section features blog author Gemma Lace alongside Dementia Researcher branding.

If your conference networking plan involves hiding in the bathroom for five minutes of peace, Gemma Lace has reassuring advice and practical survival tips.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-an-intr...

I could have written this (not the top tips but but everything else!) thank you for articulating this so well. My smart watch tends to think I'm having a cardiac event during conferences, even when I'm not presenting 🤣

I had the pleasure of presenting at the UKSRG conference with one of my PPI parents, Shevonne. We spoke about parents' views and experiences of feeding and swallowing in children with long-term ventilation. Very grateful for the opportunity to share this work together. Thank you @uksrg.bsky.social !

Senior Research Fellow: Genetic & Non-Memory Led Dementia talk project UCL seeks a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow to lead and manage research improving psychological outcomes in rare and inherited dementias.

Maternity cover role at UCL. Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow supporting work on psychological outcomes in rare and inherited dementias.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-r...

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‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️ This year the North East SLT Research Network will be holding a Clinical excellence: Research, Audit & Quality Improvement Workshop. DATE: 1st July 2026. This is a HALF DAY EVENT, running from 9am-12:30pm. Location: Newcastle University. We look forward to seeing you there 😆

City St George’s is looking for UK paediatric SLTs to take part in research interviews exploring their views and experiences of providing child-facing reports. If you are interested, please follow this link for more info and to sign up:
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#bskyspeechies

Speech and language therapy management of laryngotracheal stenosis - what has changed - PubMed Adults with LTS experience multifaceted challenges affecting breathing, voice, and swallowing. SLTs are essential members of the multidisciplinary team, providing pre and postoperative assessment, counselling, and rehabilitation. Advances in treatment options and recognition of psychosocial impacts …

Thank you to #COOHNS for the invite to write this commentary and always lovely to work with @drjustinroe.bsky.social and Prof Sandhu!

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41576415/

@sparkysparkler.bsky.social @imperialbrc.bsky.social

Come join our SLT team at Oxford Hospitals! Full time permanent Band 6 role in our acute stroke team #SLPeeps #SLT #SLTjobs

#Autistic Speech & Language Therapists or #SLT #students needed to help with new project rating #narratives of autistic & non-autistic teenagers online. We’re interested in neurotype mismatch in lang assessment. Please click here:

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@helensc.bsky.social

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease

Whoever got this unethical trial cancelled, you just saved some lives. Kennedy, you should be ashamed of yourself for backing it in the first place.
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Current vacancies Our current job opportunities.

Great opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.

Band 7 Highly Specialist SLT Full Time Permanent Post @ Royal Brompton Hospital in Critical Care and Cardiothoracics

www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/current-vaca...

Please help support this survey study!

You don’t need to be an expert; share your thoughts about what questions future research should answer. There are no limits on the number of questions.

Complete the survey with @LindAlliance here: bit.ly/3Lm0ssH

Dramyfs.bsky.social

Welcome to Research Tuesday!

Individuals with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea have an atypical swallow.

Authors suggest that expiratory muscle strength training may help. Learn more: https://at.asha.org/T0

@csdisseminate.bsky.social
#SLPeeps #SLP2B

Join our free @manmetuni.bsky.social #Speech #Language and #Communication #Research Group #webinar on 28 January 2026 16.30-17.30 GMT #SLT #SLP #aphasia
Dr Jytte Isaksen presents "More than a language disorder - from person-centred to family-centred aphasia services"
Join: lnkd.in/eBSpDAV2

I'll be giving the Annual Guest Lecture for the Oxford Centre for Personalised Medicine. On 28th April 2026 at 5.30 pm.

‘Personalised Medicine, a Primary Care Perspective’.

Open to all.
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PhD opportunities in the School of Health and Medical Sciences at City St George's, including one that involves exploring our #EVAPark virtual world for autistic children and young people.

32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades.

Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.

Cashing in on cruelty.

Canny!

It was such a good one! Thank you Margaret for sharing.

The brilliant Doug Still kept us SLTs on our toes looking at chest x rays during a respiratory CPD session for SLTs. Thank you Doug & thank you to @gemmaclunie.bsky.social for organising another excellent SLT CPD session

353 Winners in 27 Years! Every month since June 1998 Speechwoman has selected a speech-language pathology / speech and language therapy related site of the month. Sometimes it is not so much a site, as a research article or a page, blog entry or resource within a site that is worthwhile celebrating here. If they wish, awardees may display the Speechwoman logo on their winning site, post, page or resource (scroll down for two versions of the logo). Warm congratulations to all Speechwoman's winners, including those whose hard work has "gone" from the Internet! November FREE and DELICIOUS! Two free recipe books: Beyond the Blender: Dysphagia Made Easier, first and second edition, created by Dr. Simone Howells and Griffith Master of Speech Pathology students.

🧑‍🍳 Speechwoman's site of the month for November, 2025. Two amazing recipe books, to download free, for people with or cooking for people with #dysphagia.

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🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

‼️ We think this speaker highlight is really rather brilliant. We are so excited to have @viviers_mari leading a paediatric ultrasound workshop at our conference next year! Register now to sign up to Mari’s workshop. ‼️

🦅 Last few days of early bird : app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

Congratulations to Gavi Simson for her stimulating ASHA25 talk on Dysphagia Outcomes for people with laryngectomy in Washington DC. @nihr.bsky.social @imperialbrc.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social @jodiallenslt.bsky.social

Exciting to be at the 2025 ASHA meeting with Lauren Murphy. We shared evidence & learning from people with laryngectomy around when SVR doesn’t go to plan. This topic stimulated great audience discussion @imperialbrc.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social