Dr. Cagla Kantarcigil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science and the Director of the Deglutition Technologies and Digital Health (DegluTech) Laboratory at The Ohio State University. 

Dr. Kantarcigil received her MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Columbia University and her PhD from the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University before joining the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at The Ohio State University in 2023. 

Dr. Kantarcigil’s laboratory is dedicated to advancing patient outcomes and improving access to high-quality healthcare services for patients with dysphagia. Her research interests include: 1) developing and validating novel sensor technologies for dysphagia, 2) investigating the feasibility and clinical efficacy of innovative telehealth models to extend access to specialized dysphagia care beyond traditional clinical settings, and 3) examining the mechanistic and phenotype-specific features of dysphagia across neurogenic disorders.

Dr. Kantarcigil’s research has been published in prominent journals, and she has presented her work at both national and international conferences. Her contributions have received various recognitions, including the prestigious New Investigator Award from Dysphagia Research Society (2023), Michael Donovan Innovation Award from National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders (2022), Excellence in Clinical Research recognition from American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (2022), and the Editor’s Award (Speech Section) from Journal of Speech-Language, and Hearing Research (2021). 

Dr. Kantarcigil is also dedicated to training the next generation of clinicians and researchers. She teaches the graduate-level Dysphagia course at The Ohio State University and mentors undergraduate and graduate research assistants and clinical researchers in the DegluTech Laboratory. 

If you are a patient or a caregiver and would like to learn more about our ongoing research projects, please reach out to Dr. Kantarcigil and her team via email at swallowinglab@osu.edu or by phone at 614-292-3689.