In the NYU Swallowing Research Lab, we conduct research about healthy and disordered swallowing (also known as dysphagia). The lab is led by Dr. Sonja Molfenter, a clinically-trained speech language pathologist. Much of the lab’s research focuses on biomechanical changes to swallowing in various health-related conditions – see our “Current Projects” page to learn more. NYU SRL research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the NYU CTSA grant, and the NYU Mega Grants fund.
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Meet our team!
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Sonja Molfenter, PhD (SLP)
Current and Past Doctoral Students:
Dr. Danielle Brates (SLP, current collaborator, former PhD Student)
D’manda Price (SLP, current PhD Student)
Current SRL Collaborators:
Dr. Matina Balou, PhD (SLP)
Dr. Ryan Branski, PhD (SLP)
Dr. Aaron Johnson, PhD (SLP)
Dr. Milan Amin, MD (ENT)
Dr. Anthony Frempong-Boadu, MD (Neurosurgery)
Research Coordinator:
Claire Crosman, CCC-SLP 
Mridula Anandhakrishnan 
Cyn Perez
Sarah Sokolowski