Education

• BSLT (Hons I), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1995-1998
• MSLT (Dist), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1999-2000
• PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 2000-2005

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Welham holds clinical training and certification in speech-language pathology and specializes in the evaluation and treatment of patients with voice, resonance and airway disorders.

Research Interests

Dr. Welham’s research interests include mechanisms of vocal fold injury and repair, vocal fold scarring and sulcus vocalis, proteomics and biomarker discovery.

Recent Publications

• Proteomic analysis of a decellularized human vocal fold mucosa scaffold using 2D electrophoresis and high-resolution mass spectrometry.
  Welham NV, Chang Z, Smith LM, Frey BL
  Biomaterials 2013 Jan; 34(3):669-76.
  [PubMed ID: 23102991, PMC ID: 3496020]
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• Nonlinear dynamic-based analysis of severe dysphonia in patients with vocal fold scar and sulcus vocalis.
  Choi SH, Zhang Y, Jiang JJ, Bless DM, Welham NV
  J Voice 2012 Sep; 26(5):566-76.
  [PubMed ID: 22516315, PMC ID: 3402686]
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• Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: a proteomic analysis.
  Upton DC, Welham NV, Kuo JS, Walker JW, Pasic TR
  Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 2011 Dec; 120(12):780-6.
  [PubMed ID: 22279949]
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• Prospective multi-arm evaluation of surgical treatments for vocal fold scar and pathologic sulcus vocalis.
  Welham NV, Choi SH, Dailey SH, Ford CN, Jiang JJ, Bless DM
  Laryngoscope 2011 Jun; 121(6):1252-60.
  [PubMed ID: 21557241, PMC ID: 3100420]
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• Correction: cross-sample validation provides enhanced proteome coverage in rat vocal fold mucosa.
  Welham NV, Yamashita M, Choi SH, Ling C
  PLoS ONE 2011; 6(3):.
  [PubMed ID: 21479201, PMC ID: 3068067]
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