Associate Professor Anne Vertigan is the manager of speech pathology for John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle Australia, and Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle Australia.

Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Applied Science in Speech Pathology, Master of Business Administration, Master of Clinical Epidemiology, Master of Medical Statistics and a PhD through the University of Queensland.

Anne’s clinical and research interests include voice disorders, chronic cough/VCD, laryngectomy and dysphagia.