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Bonnie Martin-Harris – Evanston Illinois

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Bonnie Martin-Harris

Northwestern University

2240 Campus Drive
Evanston, Illinois 60201
United States
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Dr. Martin-Harris is the Alice Gabrielle Twight Professor in the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Communication at Northwestern University. Dr. Martin-Harris’ research interests include speech and swallowing impairment and treatment approaches for patients with head and neck cancer, neurologic and pulmonary diseases. Her program of research focuses on the cross-system interactions between respiratory and upper aerodigestive functions and standardization of swallowing metrics to guide treatment and optimize functional outcomes. She is the Past Chair of the Specialty Board for Board Certification in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, and Past-President of the Dysphagia Research Society. She is Associate Editor for the Dysphagia Journal, past Associate Editor for the Journal of Speech-Language-Hearing Research, Editorial Board member for the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and the Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Editorial Board member for the Bulgarian Journal of Communication Disorders, and reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals. She is a Fellow of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), recipient of the 2016 Admiral Albert J. Baciocco Innovation Award – Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Honorary Member of the MUSC Chapter of The National Academy of Inventors, recipient of Honors from the South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association (SCHA), 2010 MUSC College of Health Professions Scholar of the Year Award and associate member of the Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the American Head and Neck Society. She is the author and developer of the first standardized method for videofluoroscopic assessment of swallowing impairment (Modified Barium Swallowing Impairment Profile, MBSImP), translated to clinical practices in the US, Canada and 13 additional countries. Her work is funded by the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the Veteran’s Administration, and the Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation.

  • Martin, B.J. & Corlew, M.M. (1990). The incidence of communication disorders in dysphagic patients.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 55, 28-32. [PMID:2299837]
  • Shaker, R., Li, Q., Ren, J., Townsend, W.F., Dodds, W.J., Martin, B.J., Kern, M.K., & Rynders, A. (1992). Coordination of deglutition and phases of respiration: Effect of aging, tachypnea, bolus volume, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American Journal of Physiology, 263(5 Pt 1), G750-G755. [PMID:1443150
  • Martin, B.J.W., Logemann, J., Shaker, R. & Dodds, W. (1993). Normal laryngeal valving patterns during three breath hold maneuvers: A pilot investigation.  Dysphagia, 8(1), 11-20. [PMID:8436017]
  • Martin, B.J.W., Schleicher, M.A., O’Connor, A. (1993). Management of dysphagia following supraglottic laryngectomy. Clinical Communication Disorders, 3(4), 27-36. [PMID: 8111362]
  • Martin, B.J.W., Logemann, J., Shaker, R. & Dodds, W. (1994). The coordination between respiration and swallow: Respiratory phase relationships and temporal integration. Journal of Applied Physiology, 76(2): 714-723. [PMID: 8175582]
  • Martin B.J., Corlew,M., Wood, H., Olson, D., Golopol, L.A., Wingo, M., & Kirmani, N. (1994). The association of swallowing dysfunction and aspiration pneumonia.  Dysphagia, 9(1), 1-6.[PMID:8131418]
  • Kidder, T.M., Langmore, S.E., & Martin, B.J.W. (1994). Indications and techniques of endoscopy in evaluation of cervical dysphagia: Comparison with radiographic techniques.  Dysphagia, 9, 256-261. [PMID:7805425]
  • Martin, B.J.W. & Robbins, J. (1995). Physiology of swallowing: Protection of the airway. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 16(6), 448-458
  • Martin, B.J.W. (1995). Dysphagia evaluation and management: clinical training, clinical competency, and specialty recognition. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Kommunikasieafwykings, 42, 3-6. [PMID:8928040]
  • Martin-Harris, B., McMahon, S.J., & Haynes, R. (1998). Aspiration and dysphagia: Pathophysiology and outcome. Phonoscope, 2(1), 123-124.
  • Martin-Harris, B., Logemann, J. McMahon, S., Schleicher, M.A., & Sandidge, J. (2000). Clinical utility of the modified barium swallow. Dysphagia, 15(3), 136-141. [PMID:10839826]
  • Martin-Harris, B. (2000). Optimal patterns of care in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Seminars in Speech-Language Pathology, 21(4), 311-321. [PMID:11085255]
  • Logemann, J., & Martin-Harris, B. (2001). Role of RDs in dysphagia screening: Concerns. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101(2), 179-180. [PMID:11271689]
  • Day, T., Davis, B.K., Gillespie, M.B., Joe, J.K., Kibbey, M., Martin-Harris, B., Neville, B., Richardson, M. S., Rosenzweig, S., Sharma, A., Smith, M.M., Stewart, S., & Stuart, R.K. (2003). Oral cancer treatment. Current Treatment Options in Oncology, 4(1), 27-41.
  • Stoeckli, S.J., Huisman, T.A.G.M., Seifert, B.A.G.M., & Martin-Harris, B.J.W. (2003). Interrater reliability of videofluoroscopic swallow evaluation. Dysphagia, 18, 53-57. [PMID: 12497197]
  • Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M.B., Price, C.C., Michel, Y., & Walters, B. (2003). Temporal coordination of laryngeal dynamics and breathing during swallowing: Single liquid swallows. Journal of Applied Physiology, 94, 1735-1743. [ PMID: 12506044]
  • Martin-Harris, B. (2003). Integration of breathing and swallowing: A historical perspective and 13-year research experience. Perspectives on swallowing and swallowing disorders (Dysphagia), 12(3), 6-12.
  • Gillespie, M.B., Brodsky, M.B., Day, T.A., Lee, F.-S., & Martin-Harris, B.  (2004). Swallowing-related quality of life after head and neck cancer treatment.  Laryngoscope, 114, 1362-1367. [PMID: 15280708]
  • Huggins, J.T., Kaplan, A., Martin-Harris, B., & Sahn, S. (2004). Eucalyptus as a specific irritant causing vocal cord dysfunction. Annals of Allergy and Immunology, 93, 299-303. [PMID:15478393]
  • Martin-Harris, B., Michel, Y., & Castell, D.O. (2005). Physiologic model of oropharyngeal swallowing revisited. Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 133(2), 234-240. [PMID:16087021]
  • Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M.B., Michel, Y., Ford, C.L., Walters, B., & Heffner, J. (2005). Breathing and swallowing dynamics across the adult lifespan. Archives of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, 131, 762-770. [PMID:16172351]
  • Gillespie, M.B., Brodsky, M.B., Day, T.A., Sharma, A.K., Lee, F.-S., & Martin-Harris, B. (2005). Laryngeal penetration and aspiration during swallowing after the treatment of advanced oropharyngeal cancer. Archives of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, 131, 615-619. [PMID:16027285]
  • Martin-Harris, B. (2006). Coordination of respiration and swallowing. GI Motility Online. Retrieved from http://www.nature.com/gimo/contents/pt1/full/gimo10.html. doi:10.1038/gimo10
  • McHorney, C.A., Martin-Harris, B., Robbins, J., & Rosenbek, J. (2006). The clinical validity of the SWAL-QOL and SWAL-CARE outcome tools with respect to bolus flow measures. Dysphagia, 21, 141-148. [PMID:1672351]
  • Dozier, T.S., Brodsky, M.B., Michel, Y., Walters, B.C. Jr., & Martin-Harris, B. (2006). Coordination of swallowing and respiration in normal sequential cup swallows. Laryngoscope, 116, 1489-1493. [PMID:16885759]
  • Gillespie, M.B., Day, T.A., Sharma, A.K., Brodsky, M.B., & Martin-Harris, B. (2007). Role of mitomycin in upper digestive tract stricture. Head and neck, 29, 12-17. [PMID: 17022087]
  • Martin-Harris, B. (2007). Do we have valid and reliable means of quantifying severity of oropharyngeal dysphagia? Moving toward standardization. Perspectives on swallowing and swallowing disorders (Dysphagia), 16(1), 20-24.
  • Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M.B., Michel, Y., Lee, F.-S., & Walters, B. (2007). Delayed initiation of the pharyngeal swallow: Normal variability in adult swallows. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 50(3), 585-594. [PMID: 17538102]
  • Martin-Harris, B. (2008). Charleston draws record crowd to the 16th annual Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) meeting: president’s report 2008. Dysphagia, 23(4), 420-422,
  • Robbins, J., Butler, S.G., Daniels, S.K., Gross, R.D., Langmore, S., Lazarus, C.L., Martin-Harris, B., McCabe, D., Musson, N., & Rosenbek, J. (2008). Swallowing and dysphagia rehabilitation: Translating principles of neural plasticity into clinically oriented evidence. Journal of speech, language, and hearing Research, 51(1), S276-300. [PMID: 18230851]
  • Deliyski, D.D., Petrushev, P.P., Bonilha, H.S., Gerlach, T.T., Martin-Harris, B., Hillman, R.E. (2008). Clinical implementation of laryngeal high-speed videoendoscopy: Challenges and evolution. Folia phoniatrica etl Logopaedica, 60, 33-44. [PMID:18057909]
  • Vu, K.N., Day, T.A., Gillespie, M.B., Martin-Harris, B., Sinha, D., Stuart, R.K., & Sharma, A.K. (2008). Proximal esophageal stenosis in head and neck cancer patients after total laryngectomy and radiation. ORL Journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties, 70(4), 229-235.
  • Martin-Harris, B., (2008). Clinical implications of respiratory-swallowing interactions. Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery, 16(3), 194-199. [PMID:18475070] [PMCID: PMC3408079]
  • Martin-Harris, B., Jones, B., (2008). The videofluorographic swallowing study. Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America, 19(4), 769-785. [PMID:18940640, PMCID: 2586156, NIHMS: 79129]
  • Martin-Harris, B., Brodsky, M., Michel, Y., Castell, D., Schleicher, M., Sandidge, J., Maxwell, R., & Blair, J. (2008). MBS measurement tool of swallow impairment – MBSImP: Establishing a standard. Dysphagia, 23(4), 392-405. [PMID:18855050] [PMCID: PMC4217120]
  • Martin-Harris, B., & Jones, B., (2009). The videofluorographic swallowing study. Otorinolaringologia, 59, 19-29.
  • Gillespie, M.B., Dozier, T.S., Day, T.A., Martin-Harris, B., & Nguyen, S.A. (2009). Effectiveness of calcium hydroxylapatite paste in vocal rehabilitation. Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology,118, 546-551. [PMID:19746750]
  • Brodsky, M.B., McFarland, D., Dozier, T.S., Blair, J., Ayers, C., Michel, Y., Gillespie, M.B., Day, T.A., & Martin-Harris, B.(2010). Respiratory-swallow phase patterns and their relationship to swallowing impairment in treated oropharyngeal cancer patients. Head & neck, 32(4), 481-489. [PMID: 19780056] [PMCID: PMC3482835]
  • Yuen H.K., Fallis, M., Martin-Harris, B. (2010). A Survey of Head and Neck Cancer Curriculum in United States Speech Language Pathology Masters Programs. Journal of Cancer Education. [PMID: 20354835]
  • Brodsky, M.B., McFarland, D.H., Michel, Y., Orr, S.B., & Martin-Harris, B. (2012). Significance of non-respiratory airflow during swallowing. Dysphagia, 27, 178-184. [PMID:21748449] [PMCID: PMC3482825]
  • Brodsky, M.B., McNeil, M.R., Martin-Harris, B., Palmer, C.V., Grayhack, J.P., & Verdolini Abbott, K. (2012). Effects of divided attention on swallowing in healthy participants. Dysphagia, 27(2), 178-184. [PMID: 21892783]
  • Brodsky, M.B., Abbott, K.V., McNeil, M.R., Palmer, C.V., Grayhack, J.P., & Martin-Harris, B. (2012). Effects of divided attention on swallowing in persons with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Dysphagia, 27(3), 390-400. [PMID: 22197910]
  • Gullung, J., Hill, E.G., Castell, D.O., & Martin-Harris, B. (2012). Oropharyngeal and esophageal swallowing impairment: Association and predictive value of Modified Barium Swallow Impairment ProfileTM© and combined multichannel intraluminal impedence-esophageal manometry. Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology, 121(11), 738-745. [PMID: 23193907]
  • Bonilha, H.S., Humphries, K., Blair, J., Hill, E.G., McGrattan, K., Carnes, B.N., Huda, W., & Martin-Harris, B. (2013). Radiation exposure time during MBSS: Influence of swallowing impairment severity, medical diagnosis, clinician experience, and standardized protocol use. Dysphagia, 28(1), 77-85. [PMID: 22692431] [PMCID: PMC3477506]
  • Bonilha, H.S., Blair, J., Carnes, B.N., Huda, W., Humphries, K., McGrattan, K., Michel, Y., & Martin-Harris, B. (2013). Preliminary investigation of the effect of pulse rate on judgments of swallowing impairment and treatment recommendations. Dysphagia, 28(4), 528-538. [PMID: 23559454] [PMCID: PMC3762944]
  • Focht, K.L., Martin-Harris, B., & Bonilha, H.S. (2013). Stroboscopic parameters reported as voice outcome measures in patients treated for laryngeal cancer: A systematic review. Journal of medical speech-language pathology, 21(3):5. [PMID: 25339842] [PMCID: PMC4203318]
  • Bonilha, H.S., Simpson, A.N., Ellis, C., Mauldin, P.D., Martin-Harris, B., & Simpson, K.N. (2014). One-year attributable cost of post-stroke dysphagia. Dysphagia, 29(5), 545-552. [PMID: 24948438] [PMCID: PMC4179977]
  • Walker, R.J., Gebregziabher, M., Martin-Harris, B., & Egede, L.E. (2014). Independent effects of socioeoconomic and psychological social determinants of health on self-care and outcomes in type 2 diabetes. Submitted to General Hospital Psychiatry, 36(6), 662-668. [PMID: 25103544] [PMCID: PMC4254055]
  • Walker, R.J., Gebregziabher, M., Martin-Harris, B., & Egede, L.E. (2014). Relationship between social determinants of health and processes and outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes: validation of a conceptual framework. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 2014 Oct 9;14:82. doi: 10.1186/1472-6823-14-82 [PMID: 25298071] [PMCID: PMC4203970]
  • Walker, R.J., Gebregziabher, M., Martin-Harris B., & Egede, L.E. (2014). Understanding the influence of psychological and socioeconomic factors on diabetes self-care using structured equation modeling (SEM). Patient education and counseling, 98(1), 34-40. [PMID: 25455793] [PMCID: PMC4314329]
  • Bonilha, H.S., Focht, K.L., & Martin-Harris, B. (2015). Rater methodology for stroboscopy: a systematic review. Journal of voice, 29(1), 101-108. [PMID: 25261957] [PMCID: PMC4293207]
  • Walker, R.J., Gebregziabher, M., Martin-Harris, B., & Egede, L.E. (2015). Quantifying direct effects of social determinants of health on glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes technology and therapeutics, 17(2), 80-87. [PMID: 25361382] [PMCID: PMC4322090]
  • Martin-Harris, B., McFarland, D., Hill, E.G., Strange, C.B., Focht, K.L., Wan, Z., Blair, J., & McGrattan, K. (2015). Respiratory-swallow training in patients with head and neck cancer. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 96(5), 885-893. [PMID: 25498307] [PMCID: PMC4410058]
  • Farazi, M.R., Martin-Harris, B., Harandi, N.M., Fels, S., & Abugharbieh, R. Towards a 3D biomechanical swallowing model for clinical training of dysphagia diagnosis. Computer Methods in Biodinamics and Biomedical Engineering, 1385-1388.
  • Pearson, W.G., Taylor, K., Blair, J., & Martin-Harris, B. (2016). Computational analysis of swallowing mechanics underlying epiglottic inversion. Laryngoscope, 126(8), 1854-1858. [PMID: 27426940] [PMCID: PMC4955610]
  • Tran, T.T., Martin-Harris, B, & Pearson, W.G. (2016). Improvements resulting from respiratory-swallow phase training visualized in patient-specific computational analysis of swallowing mechanics. Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering: imaging & visualization. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21681163.2016.1152567
  • O’Rourke, A.K., Lazar, A., Murphy, B., Castell, D.O., & Martin-Harris, B. (2016). Utility of esophagram versus high-resolution manometry. Otolaryngology-head neck neck surgery, 154(5), 888-891. [PMID: 26908560]
  • Flax-Goldenberg, R., Kulkarni, K.S., Carson, K.A., Pinto, J.M., Martin-Harris, B., & Lefton-Greif, M. (2016). Concordance between aspiration detected on upper gastrointestinal series and videofluoroscopic swallow study in bottle-fed children. Dysphagia 31(4), 505-510. [PMID: 27048206] [PMCID: PMC4939111]
  • Levine, M.S., Carucci, LR., DiSantis, D.J., Einstein, D.M., Hawn, M.T., Martin-Harris, B., Katzka, D.A., Morgan, D.E., Rubesin, S.E., Scholz, F.J., Turner, M.A., Wolf, E.L., & Canon, C.L. (2016). Consensus statement of Society of Abdominal Radiology disease-focused panel on barium esophagography in gastroesophageal reflux diseases. American journal of roentgenology 207(5), 1009-1015. [PMID: 27490234]
  • Ford, D.W., and Martin-Harris, B. (2016). I miss the sound of your voice: earlier speech in tracheostomy patients. Critical care medicine, 44(6), 1234–1235. [PMID: 27182854] [PMCID: PMC4874525]
  • McFarland, D., Martin-Harris, B., Armeson, K., Hill, E.G., & Humphries, K. (2016). Respiratory-swallowing coordination in normal subjects: lung volume at swallowing initiation. Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 234, 89-96. [PMID: 27612587] [PMCID: PMC5097001]
  • McGrattan, K., McFarland, D., Dean, J., Hill, E., White, D., & Martin-Harris, B. (2017). Effect of single-use, laser-cut, slow-flow nipples on respiration and milk ingestion in preterm infants. American journal of speech-language pathology, 26(3), 832-839.
  • McGrattan, K.E., McGhee, H., DeToma, A., Hill, E.G., Zyblewski, S.C., Lefton-Greif, M., Halstead, L., Bradley, S.M., & Martin-Harris B. (2017). Dysphagia in infants with single ventricle anatomy following stage 1 palliation: physiologic correlates and response to treatment. Congenital heart disease, 12(3), 382-388. [PMID: 28244680]
  • Bonilha, H.S., Wilmskoetter, J., Tipnis, S.V., Martin-Harris, B., Huda, W. (2017). Effective dose per unit kerma-area product conversion in adults undergoing modified barium swallow studies. Radiation protection dosimetry, 176(3), 269-277. [PMID: 28204745]
  • Hazelwood, R.J., Armeson, K.E., Hill, E.G., Bonilha, H.S., & Martin-Harris, B. (2017). Identification of swallowing tasks from MBSS that optimize the detection of physiologic impairment. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, 60, 1855-1863. [PMID: 28614846]
  • O’Rourke, A., Humphries, K., Lazar, A., & Martin-Harris, B. (2017). The pharyngeal contractile integral is a useful indicator of pharyngeal swallowing impairment. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 29(12), 1-7.
  • Martin-Harris, B., Garand, K.L., & McFarland, D. Optimizing respiratory-swallow coordination in patients with oropharyngeal head and neck cancer. ASHA SIG 13 Perspectives in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. 2017; 2(Part 3): 103-10. [Invited]
  • Martin-Harris, Bonnie & Humphries, Kate & L. (Focht) Garand, Kendrea. (2017). The Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP™©) – Innovation, dissemination and implementation. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2. 129. 10.1044/persp2.SIG13.129. [Invited]
  • Wilmskoetter, J., Bonilha, H., Hong, I., Hazelwood, R. J., Martin-Harris, B., & Velozo, C. (2017). Construct validity of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10). Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-11.
  1. Bonilha, H.S., Tipnis, S.V., Wilmskoetter, J., Martin-Harris, B., Huda, W. (2017). Cancer risk per unit kerma-area product conversion factors in adults undergoing Modified Barium Swallow Studies. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 176(3), 269-277. Doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncx006.
  • Bonilha HS, Desjardins M, Garand KL, Martin-Harris B. Parameters and Scales Used to Assess and Report Findings from Stroboscopy: A Systematic Review. J Voice. 1-22, Doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2017.09.018.
  • Lefton-Greif, M.A., McGrattan, K.E., Carson, K.A., Pinto, J.M., Wright, J.M., & Martin-Harris, B. (2018). First steps towards development of an instrument for the reproducible quantification of oropharyngeal swallow physiology in bottle-fed children. Dysphagia, 33(1), 76-82. Doi: 10.1007/s00455-017-9834-y.
  • Garand, K. L., Armeson, K., Hill, E. G., Martin-Harris, B. (2018). Identification of phenotypic patterns of dysphagia: A proof of concept study. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology.
  • Garand, K. L., Strange, C., Paoletti, L., Hopkins-Rossabi, T., & Martin-Harris, B. (2018). Oropharyngeal swallow physiology and swallowing-related quality of life in underweight patients with concomitant advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  • Wilmskoetter, J., Martin-Harris, B., Pearson, W. G., Bonilha, L., Elm, J. J., Horn, J., & Bonilha, H. S. (2018). Differences in swallow physiology in patients with left and right hemispheric strokes. Physiology and Behavior, 194, 144-152.