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Spring Graduation Information
Michela Mir

Michela Mir

Assistant Professor

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

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Accomplishments

  1. Best Poster Award

    Dysphagia Research Society

  2. Best Presentation

    International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. RSD6938 – Doctoral Seminar in Rehabilitation Science

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. SPA6233 – Speech Motor Control Disorders

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  3. RSD6910 – Supervised Research

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

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

  1. Characterization of Ventilatory Drive in Community-Dwelling Adults with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.

    Journal
    Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation.
    Volume/Issue
    7(3)
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.arrct.2025.100481.
    [PMID]
    40980523.
    PubMed Publisher’s Site

  2. Swallowing and Voice Difficulties in Children: Prevalence and Contributors to Receipt of Specialized Services

    Journal
    Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups.
    Volume/Issue
    1-12
    [DOI]
    10.1044/2025_persp-24-00292.
    Publisher’s Site

  3. Distinct sensorimotor cough features in a cohort of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

    Journal
    Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders.
    Volume/Issue
    12
    [DOI]
    10.1016/j.prdoa.2025.100305.
    [PMID]
    40093190.
    PubMed Publisher’s Site

  4. The Vocal Flutter of Multiple System Atrophy: A Parkinsonian-Type Phenomenon?

    Journal
    Movement disorders clinical practice.
    Volume/Issue
    11(4):403-410
    [DOI]
    10.1002/mdc3.13988.
    [PMID]
    38314679.
    3 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

  5. Cough Correlates of Functional Swallow Outcomes in Atypical Parkinsonism.

    Journal
    Movement disorders clinical practice.
    Volume/Issue
    11(3):265-275
    [DOI]
    10.1002/mdc3.13965.
    [PMID]
    38229245.
    1 citation PubMed Publisher’s Site

  6. A Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Experience With Clinical Cough Assessment.

    Journal
    Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups.
    Volume/Issue
    6(6):1627-1640
    [DOI]
    10.1044/2021_persp-21-00144.
    [PMID]
    35546793.
    3 citations PubMed Publisher’s Site

Presentations

  1. Cough improvements after daily exposure to therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia in chronic SCI

    International / Refereed. [Symposium]. Dysphagia Research Society Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  2. Changes in cough effectiveness following 5-days of therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia in chronic SCI

    National / Refereed. [Poster]. American Spinal Injury Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  3. Laryngeal vestibule closure and cough deficits in chronic, cervical SCI

    International / Refereed. [Poster]. Dysphagia Research Society, Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  4. Effects of acute intermittent hypoxia on P0.1 in humans with SCI

    National / Refereed. [Poster]. American Physiological Society Summit, Long Beach, CA

  5. Career Experience in Speech-Language Pathology

    Regional / Invited. [Lecture]. Medi-Gators Virtual Shadowing Program, University of Florida

Grants

  1. Evaluating the Impact of Cough Dysfunction in Sub-Acute SCI

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    BROOKS REHABILITATION CLINICAL RES CNTR

  2. Genetic Biomarkers of Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Respiratory Motor Plasticity in Chronic SCI

    Active

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    US ARMY MED RES ACQUISITION

Education

  1. Postdoctoral Fellow

    University of Florida; BREATHE T32 & Brooks Rehabilitation

  2. Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Science

    University of Florida

  3. Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology

    Florida Atlantic University

  4. Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders

    University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-6095
Emails:
Business:
michela.mir@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100174
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610