Dr Iona Brown

Iona works in the area of speech and language therapy, specifically in the field of motor speech disorders. Their research interests are communication and social capital in Parkinson’s disease: social participation, social activity, social networks and social anxiety. They are also interested in gender-affirming voice and the discourse of speech and language therapy. They teach motor speech disorders, cognitive psychology, clinical reasoning, acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia, research methods.

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Gender-affirming voice, communication and social capital in communication impairment: social participation, social activity, social networks and social anxiety.

• Motor speech disorders
• Cognitive psychology
• Clinical reasoning
• Acquired dyslexia and dysgraphia
• Research methods and statistics

• PhD in Motor Speech Disorders
• MA English Language and Literature
• BSc Speech and Psychology

• Psychology and Research Methods for Speech and Language Therapists
• Dissertation Project.

• External examiner University of Ulster 
• External examiner University of Wales 
• External Examiner University College London
• External Examiner University of Reading
• Member of Committee of Representatives of Speech and Language Therapists in Higher Education (CREST)
• External Examiner University of Sheffield

• Registered member Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Member British Aphasiology Society.

Registered with Health Professions Council as Speech and Language Therapist.

• International Motor Speech Conference, Santa Rosa CA, 2012
• Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Scientific Conference, London, 2009
• International Dysarthria Conference, Sheffield UK, 2007.

Review panel chair and subject specialist reviewer for CORU

Effectiveness of intervention in motor speech disorders for Parkinson’s UK - External advisor on validation of degree programme in speech and language therapy, Attica College, Athens for University College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.

Linguistic and social aspects of communication in Parkinson’s disease. Internally funded Phd Started Jan 2006. Lead investigator.

• International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2011 – present, reviewer
• Journal of Fluency Disorders, 2011 – present, reviewer.