• 1991 BSc (Hons) in Speech Sciences, UCL
• 2012 MClinRes, University of Hertfordshire
• 2018 PhD Dysphagia, UCL 2021 Post-doctoral bridging fellowship
• 2016 Rebuilding Lives award for Research and Innovation, Spinal Injuries Association
• 2018 Advancing Healthcare Award NIHR/HEE AHP Research Champion
• 2021 Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Giving Voice award
• 2022 Awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

View my profile on OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6835-7589

Spinal cord injury rehabilitation

I was awarded an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship. The DAISY project http://daisyproject.info focused on early identification of swallow risk using a screening tool to promote early intervention for cervical spinal cord injury patients at risk of respiratory complications.

The role of Speech and Language Therapists in ICU

I have over 30 years experience in this area and have led strategic projects to enhance the knowledge and skills of SLTs in UK and Europe. I was Lead Author for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist's Position paper on working in intensive care.I am a Visiting Professor on the MSc Deglutology in KU Leuven, Belgium and working with the European Speech Language Association to campaign for a recognised role in ICU.

NIHR Incubator Hub: Community Rehabilitation

I am a co-lead in this exciting multi-professional incubator hub to grow research in this area especially focusing on undeserved populations and increasing equity for researchers from the global majority.

Covid-19

I led the SLT clinical services of Covid-19 patients at NHS Nightingale London and UCLH during the pandemic. I am currently a research co-applicant on an NIHR LISTEN project, focused on a Long Covid self-management intervention led by Professor Fiona Jones.

• Edwards, L., & McRae, J. (2023). Transitions in tracheostomy care: from childhood to adulthood.. Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery. doi:10.1097/moo.0000000000000919
• Potter, C., Leggat, F., Lowe, R., Pallmann, P., Riaz, M., Barlow, C., . . . Busse, M. (2023). Effectiveness and costeffectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for living with long COVID: protocol for the LISTEN randomised controlled trial. TRIALS, 24(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07090-w
• McRae, J., Morgan, S., Wallace, E., & Miles, A. (2023). Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Literature Review. DYSPHAGIA, 38(4), 1025-1038. doi:10.1007/s00455-022-10535-0
• Robinson, A., Coxon, K., McRae, J., & Calestani, M. (2022). Family carers' experiences of dysphagia after a stroke: An exploratory study of spouses living in a large metropolitan city. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 57(5), 924-936. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12724
• Spronk, P. E., Spronk, L. E. J., Egerod, I., McGaughey, J., McRae, J., Rose, L., & Brodsky, M. B. (2022). Dysphagia in Intensive Care Evaluation (DICE): An International Cross-Sectional Survey. DYSPHAGIA, 37(6), 1451-1460. doi:10.1007/s00455-021-10389-y1
• Miles, A., McRae, J., Clunie, G., Gillivan-Murphy, P., Inamoto, Y., Kalf, H., . . . Brodsky, M. B. (2022). An International Commentary on Dysphagia and Dysphonia During the COVID-19 Pandemic. DYSPHAGIA, 37(6), 1349-1374. doi:10.1007/s00455-021-10396-z
• McRae, J., Smith, C., Beeke, S., & Emmanuel, A. (2022). Development of a swallowing risk screening tool and best practice recommendations for the management of oropharyngeal dysphagia following acute cervical spinal cord injury: an international multi-professional Delphi consensus. DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, 44(26), 8311-8324. doi:10.1080/09638288.2021.2012607
• Corner, E. J., Zhang, X., Van Willigen, Z., Tatam, K., Camilleri, M., Monkhouse, A., . . . Norris, M. (2022). Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 ICU remote-learning rehabilitation course for frontline health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. JOURNAL OF THE INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY, 23(4), 485-491. doi:10.1177/17511437211043043
• McRae, J., Hayton, J., & Smith, C. (2022). Speech and language therapy service provision in spinal injury units compared to major trauma centres in England: Are services matched?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 57(1), 6-20. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12671
• Weiss, O. S., Gvion, A., & Mcrae, J. (2021). Speech and language therapists' management of ventilated patients and patients with tracheostomy in Israel. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, 56(5), 1053-1063. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12655
• Freeman-Sanderson, A., Ward, E. C., Miles, A., Netto, I. D. P., Duncan, S., Inamoto, Y., . . . Brodsky, M. B. (2021). A Consensus Statement for the Management and Rehabilitation of Communication and Swallowing Function in the ICU: A Global Response to COVID-19. ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, 102(5), 835-842. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2020.10.113
• McRae, J., Smith, C., Emmanuel, A., & Beeke, S. (2020). The experiences of individuals with cervical spinal cord injury and their family during post-injury care in non-specialised and specialised units in UK. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 20(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05659-8
• McRae, J., Montgomery, E., Garstang, Z., & Cleary, E. (2020). The role of speech and language therapists in the intensive care unit. JOURNAL OF THE INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY, 21(4), 344-348. doi:10.1177/1751143719875687
• McRae, J., Smith, C., Beeke, S., & Emmanuel, A. (2019). Oropharyngeal dysphagia management in cervical spinal cord injury patients: an exploratory survey of variations to care across specialised and nonspecialised units. SPINAL CORD SERIES AND CASES, 5(1). doi:10.1038/s41394-019-0175-y
• McRae, J., Fox, R., & Morgan, S. (2015). Feeding patients with tracheostomies.. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 16(2), 180. doi:10.1177/1751143715569022
• Appleton, J., Bagnall, A., McRae, J., & Stevens, S. (1996). Recent advances in speech and language therapy. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE, 55(9), 582-585.

• NIHR MClinRes award (2010-2012)
• NIHR CDRF award (2014-2017)
• HEE England Post-doc bridging fellowship (2021)
• Academy of Medical Sciences, Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowship (2022)

HEE Internship awardees

• Lauren Leigh-Doyle (2019)
• Rebecca Kimber (2020)

NIHR PCAF awardees

• Anna Robinson (2020)
• Sarah Hayward (2019)
• Rebecca Kimber (current)
• Waiza Kadri (2022)
• Annabel Hancock (2021)
• Elizabeth Hepper (2023)

NIHR CDRF awardees

• Rafiah Patel (current)

Internal

• Professor Lindsay Bearne
• Professor Fiona Jones
• Professor Debs Harding

External

• Community of Practice for SLTs working with Spinal Cord Injury (UK)
• International Spinal Cord Society committee member: Nutrition SIG and QoL SIG
• Respiratory Information for Spinal Cord Injury: Group member
• RCSLT Research Champion and Clinical Advisor 
• Dr Anna Miles, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Dr Martin Brodsky, Johns Hopkins, USA
• Dr Teresa Pitts, University of Louisville, USA
• Dr Oshrat Sella, University of Haifa, Israel
• Dr Peter Spronk, Academic Medical Center, Netherlands.

• FHEA qualified.
• Module Lead: MSc ACP: EBQI project module (30 credits), St George's, University of London
• Ad hoc lectures on Research Involvement; SLT role; ICU Rehabilitation
• Visiting Professor: KU Leuven, MSc Deglutology: Tracheostomy management and rehabilitation
• Invited speaker at international conferences and seminars.