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Giselle D. Mann. Ph.D.

Giselle D. Mann. Ph.D.
Assisstant Professor
Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Florida

Dr. Mann is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Florida. She has over 15 years clinical experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Over the past 8 years she has worked extensively as a research associate in a neurology/stroke research trials unit in Western Australia where she was involved in a range of multi-national multi-centered research trials. Dr. Mann's research focus lies in the rehabilitation of speech and swallowing disorders following stroke and head/neck cancer. In addition, she specializes in research epidemiology, biostatistics and voice disorders. She has extensive experience in both endoscopic and fluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing disorders and has written and lectured both nationally and internationally in these areas. She is the author of the MASA, a published examination of swallowing ability.

Dr. Mann joined the Department of Communicative Disorders in June 2000 and acts as a clinical teacher and research facilitator. She has attracted continuous grant funding since 1994 and is currently funded via a Florida Biomedical Research Program grant to investigate "Muscle Composition and Function for Swallowing in Head/Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy". Dr. Mann was awarded a research scholarship from the Curtin University in 1997 and the Mark Liverist Certificate of Excellence in Research in 1998. She is a past recipient of the Australian Brain Foundation's "Young Investigators Award", the Stroke Society of Australia's "Peter Bladin Award" and the Geoff Blee Award for excellence in research.