Corinne Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Iowa, supporting the SLP clinical degree program. She is a clinician‑scientist whose work bridges swallowing physiology, neurodegenerative disease, and translational clinical research. Dr. Jones joins Iowa from the University of Texas at Austin, where she held joint faculty appointments in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Neurology and maintained an active clinical practice as a speech‑language pathologist at UT Health Austin. Her work focuses on understanding how swallowing is controlled, how it breaks down in aging and neurological disease, and how physiology‑driven approaches can improve the assessment and treatment of dysphagia.

Research focus

Corinne Jones’ research program is centered on advancing physiology‑based understanding and clinical management of swallowing disorders. A central theme of her research is understanding how swallowing is controlled and how it breaks down in conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and other neurologic disorders, with the goal of improving how we assess and treat dysphagia. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in high-resolution manometry, an advanced technique used to measure swallowing function, and her work has helped move the field toward more physiology-driven and clinically meaningful approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Her research emphasizes translational approaches that connect laboratory discovery with clinical practice and includes the development and application of new technologies—such as wearable sensors and neuromodulation—to inform more meaningful, patient‑centered care. Her work is highly collaborative, integrating perspectives from communication sciences and disorders, otolaryngology, neurology, rehabilitation, and engineering.

Current and past courses taught

• CSD:3116 Basic Neuroscience for Speech and Hearing
• CSD:5223 - Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
• CSD:5236 Neurological and Structural Disorders of Swallowing

Selected publications

• Jones, C. A., Huckabee, M.-L., Malandraki, G. A., & Paydarfar, D. (2025). Classifying neurogenic dysphagia as a movement disorder. Brain, 148, 3456–3472. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaf177
• Jones, C. A., Lagus, J. F., Abdelhalim, S. M., Osborn, C. M., Colevas, S. M., & McCulloch, T. M. (2024). Normative high-resolution pharyngeal manometry: Impact of age, size of system, and sex on primary metrics and pressure stability. Dysphagia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-023-10647-1
• Zhang, D., Li, W., Chen, J., & Jones, C. (2025). A wearable fabric sensing device for swallow monitoring and classification. Dysphagia, Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-025-10915-2