Biography & Research:
Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Swallowing and Salivary Bioscience Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Communication Sciences and Disorders. Additionally, she is a Research Health Scientist in the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital as well as National Director of the multi-site Veteran Health Administration’s (VHA) Intensive Dysphagia Treatment (IDT) program. The goal of Dr. Rogus-Pulia’s research program is to identify and characterize factors underlying dysphagia in vulnerable older adult populations in order to develop evidence-based treatments for prevention of negative health consequences. Dr. Rogus-Pulia has received grant funding from various sources, including the Veterans Health Administration, the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support this work.