Elizabeth C. Ward, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Speech Pathology at the University of Queensland, Australia. She has published extensively in books and peer-reviewed journals and has received numerous research and teaching awards. Liz holds competitive grant funding across a number of research fields including telehealth, head and neck surgery, motor speech disorders and dysphagia. She has a second publication with Plural Publishing titled “Head and Neck Cancer: Treatment Rehabilitation and Outcomes”, published in 2007. Her research has a clinical focus: with particular emphasis on projects designed to improve speech and swallowing outcomes in a broad range of surgical and neurogenic populations.
