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Catriona M. Steele | |
|---|---|
| Known for | former president of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Education | M.H.Sc., Speech-Language pathology, 1991, PhD, Speech-Language pathology, 2003, University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Kinematics and coordinative dynamics in normal human swallowing. (2003) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Main interests | Dysphagia |
| Website | steeleswallowinglab |
Catriona Margaret Steele is a Canadian clinician-scientist. She is a senior scientist at the KITE Research Institute of the University Health Network,full professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology,Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Swallowing and Food Oral Processing.
Steele earned her master's degree and PhD from the University of Toronto. After earning her master's,Steele practiced as a medical speech-language pathologist before returning for her doctorate. [1]
From 1998 until 2000,Steele served as president of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA). [1] In her role as president,she called for universities to increase their training programs for speech and hearing specialists. [2] She also began to measure pathological signals in swallowing and use surface electromyography as a way to treat Dysphagia. [3]
Upon earning her PhD,Steele accepted a position at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. [4] While there,she launched an online learning education course titled An Evidence Based Approach to Dysphasia Intervention in 2004. [5] She also conducted therapy meant to retrain swallowing muscles using biofeedback. [4]
In 2010,Steele and Tom Chau began designing a new technique to detect whether someone with Dysphagia had inhaled food or liquids based on sound wave vibrations. [6] In some cases,her research team used Fluoroscopy,a diagnostic imaging tool,to determine how much food or liquid went down her throat. Using this technique on a stroke victim,Steele worked with Dorothy four times a week for six weeks to strengthen her swallowing muscles,eventually allowing her to return to solid foods. [7] As a result of her research,she was elected a fellow of the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association [1] and received the Eve Kassirer Award for Outstanding Achievement. [8] By 2013,Steele was promoted to Full professor by the University of Toronto, [9] received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, [10] and earned the CASLPA 2013 Mentorship Award. [11]
As a member of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) Board,Steele helped set universal guidelines for texture-modified foods and instructions for simple methods to test food and drink consistency. [12] She also worked alongside colleagues at the University of Waterloo to published a study titled Making the Most of Mealtimes, a project focused on the nutritional value of food for seniors at 32 long-term care facilities across Canada. [12] [13] In 2016,Steele received the Speech-Language and Audiology Canada Lifetime Achievement Award for "her pivotal role in the advancement of speech-language pathology,particularly as it relates to the assessment and management of dysphagia." [14]
Catriona M. Steele publications indexed by Google Scholar
