Julie Regan MSc, PhD

Julie Regan is an Associate Professor in Speech and Language Pathology in the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies. She holds a BSc., MSc., and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. She was awarded a Healthcare Professional Grant from the Health Research Board to complete her Ph.D. in the School of Medicine.

Her research interests include instrumental evaluation of swallowing and evidence-based dysphagia rehabilitation in cancer and neurological populations. She has over ninety peer-reviewed publications, including five book chapters. She is a board member and Secretary General of the European Society of Swallowing Disorders (ESSD) and she is a member of the Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) International Interprofessional Committee. She is Co-Editor of the IASLT-affiliated journal, Advances in Communication and Swallowing.

Her teaching is in the areas of acquired dysarthria, adult neurology, and dysphagia across the lifespan. She received a Trinity Teaching Excellence Award in 2020. She was recently appointed a visiting Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at KU Leuven University where she lectures on the MSc in Deglutology.