Michela Mir

Michela Mir,

Assistant Professor

Department: HP-SLP LANG & HEARING SCI
Business Phone: (352) 273-6095
Business Email: michela.mir@ufl.edu

Accomplishments

Best Poster Award
2023 · Dysphagia Research Society
Best Presentation
2021 · International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2024-2025
RSD6938 Doctoral Seminar in Rehabilitation Science
2025
SPA6233 Speech Motor Control Disorders

Board Certifications

  • CCC-SLP
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Clinical Profile

Clinical expertise and passion for diagnosing and treating upper airway deficits in speech, swallowing, and cough across the rehabilitation continuum of care.

Research Profile

The fundamental goals of my research program are to advance the understanding and treatment of complex upper airway deficits, and identify biomarkers that contribute to rehabilitation outcomes for individuals with speech, swallowing, and cough impairments. This requires a clinical translational approach that fosters collaborative work and facilitates more precise application of interventions that leverage neuroplasticity and target mechanisms of dysfunction.

Areas of Interest
  • Rehabilitation of upper airway functions (speech, swallowing, cough)

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
Cough Correlates of Functional Swallow Outcomes in Atypical Parkinsonism.
Movement disorders clinical practice. 11(3):265-275 [DOI] 10.1002/mdc3.13965. [PMID] 38229245.
2024
The Vocal Flutter of Multiple System Atrophy: A Parkinsonian-Type Phenomenon?
Movement disorders clinical practice. 11(4):403-410 [DOI] 10.1002/mdc3.13988. [PMID] 38314679.
2021
A Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Experience With Clinical Cough Assessment.
Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups. 6(6):1627-1640 [DOI] 10.1044/2021_persp-21-00144. [PMID] 35546793.
Presentations
2024-03-13
Cough improvements after daily exposure to therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia in chronic SCI
International / Refereed. Symposium. San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024-05-21
Changes in cough effectiveness following 5-days of therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia in chronic SCI
National / Refereed. Poster. San Juan, Puerto Rico
2024-03-13
Laryngeal vestibule closure and cough deficits in chronic, cervical SCI
International / Refereed. Poster. San Juan, Puerto Rico
2023-04-21
Effects of acute intermittent hypoxia on P0.1 in humans with SCI
National / Refereed. Poster. Long Beach, CA

Grants

Sep 2022 ACTIVE
Genetic Biomarkers of Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Respiratory Motor Plasticity in Chronic SCI
Role: Project Manager
Funding: US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow
2022-2024 · University of Florida; BREATHE T32 & Brooks Rehabilitation
Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Science
2018-2022 · University of Florida
Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
2009-2011 · Florida Atlantic University
Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders
2002-2006 · University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-6095
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100174
GAINESVILLE FL 32610