Heather Warner

Dr. Heather Warner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Southern Connecticut State University. She combines academic work with clinical practice at Yale-New Haven Hospital, focusing on medical speech pathology and dysphagia research.

• Academic Focus: Dysphagia, neurological communication deficits, clinical exposure programs
• Clinical Expertise: Medical speech pathology, swallow screening protocols
• Collaborations: Yale-New Haven Hospital, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

Her research emphasizes dysphagia management, including swallow evaluation techniques (e.g., FEES), aspiration detection, and evidence-based protocols for initiating oral feeding. She investigates how clinical exposure programs impact student learning outcomes and advocates for standardized practices in medical speech pathology.

Recent publications and presentations highlight interdisciplinary approaches, volunteer-driven clinical learning, and innovations in hospital orientation programs. While she has no listed scientific awards, her work has been presented at major conferences including ASHA and Dysphagia Research Society events.