Dr. Sharon Smart is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Curtin School of Allied Health. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Human Communication Science at Curtin University, in 2000, and PhD studies in Human Communication Science at the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, in 2008, and has been awarded the Curtin University Aspire Award and Curtin University Teaching Award—Excellence in Teaching in 2020 and Australian Awards for University Teaching—Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2021. Her research interests include ankyloglossia (tongue-tie), orofacial myofunctional therapy for feeding and speech production, infant feeding and pediatric dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), assessment practices in pediatric dysphagia, and child speech and language.
