Hannah Crawford is a Speech & Language Therapist based in Co. Durham (UK) and specialises in dysphagia in adults with learning disabilities. She is a professional advisor for the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists. She is one of the tutors on Manchester Metropolitan University's Advanced Dysphagia course. She is the co-chair of the ALD Dysphagia UK group, whose aim is to facilitate the sharing and development of good practice and clinical research in this area. Her research interests include carer compliance, ageing, and ethics. She is currently studying for a PhD at the University of Northumbria, where she will investigate the development of dysphagia in adults with Downs Syndrome.

Paula Leslie is a dysphagia clinician, researcher and educator, interested in ageing, ethics and end of life decisions in vulnerable populations. She is also interested in health professions’ education and non-traditional routes to advanced clinical training. She is a professional advisor for the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists. She was one of the designers of the world’s first dysphagia research degree for SLTs and ENTs (UK) and she has now joined the implementation team for the Clinical Doctorate in Medical Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh.