Anita McAllister

Speech and language pathology exam at Karolinska Institutet 1985. Worked at Danderyd hospital between 1986 and 2003 and started the Oral Motor Clinic, now the Oral Motor Center, in cooperation with speech and language pathologists and dental surgeon Martha Björnström. I defended my PhD thesis titled, Acoustic perceptual and physiological aspects of ten-year-old children’s voices at KI 1997. Worked at Linköping University between 2003 and 2013 and started the SLP programme there. Promoted to associate professor at Linköping University 2008 and at KI in 2014. 

The research focuses on two main areas, assessment and differential diagnostic criteria for children with a speech motor impairment and also vocal function and voice problems in children related to individual and environmental factors.

Aims:

Develop methods to assess speech motor disorders in children
Investigate motor disorders in children with suspected or diagnosed ASD
Investigate and evaluate intra-oral treatment for elderly patients with dysphagia post stroke, https://aldretandvard.ki.se/forskning-vid-act/
National and international cooperation

Part of the group developing NOT-S, Nordiskt Orofacialt Test, http://www.mun-h-center.se/information-och-utbildning/not-s/ in cooperation with Merete Bakke, Danmark, Pamela Åsten, Norge, Åsa Mogren, Mun-H-Center and Johanna Norderyd, Odontologiskt kompetenscenter, Jönköping
Part of the board for the national quality registry CPUP for children, youth and adults with cerebral palsy https://cpup.se/kontakt/styrgrupp/
Participate in the ReCov project – Rehabilitation and recovery after Covis-19, PI associate professor Malin Nygren Bonnier, https://ki.se/nvs/recov-recovery-and-rehabilitation-after-covid-19

Extensive teaching experience