Michelle S. Troche

Michelle S. Troche, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor and Program Director in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at Teachers College, Columbia University. She directs the Laboratory for the Study of Upper Airway Dysfunction. Her research is focused on improving health outcomes and quality of life associated with disorders of airway protection (i.e., swallowing and cough) through a programmatic research agenda aimed at understanding the multiple behaviors contributing to airway protection, their disorders, and rehabilitation. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and her clinical work has mainly been in the area of movement disorders.