Nathan V Welham, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor
- Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
welham@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-0121
Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) BLDG. 1485
1111 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705-2275
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 specializes in the assessment and treatment of patients with organic, neurological, and functional voice disorders, resonance disorders, and upper airway disorders such as paradoxical vocal fold motion. He also treats patients with occupational voice problems.
Certificates: American Speech Language Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competency
Licenses: Speech, Language Pathology
Research Interests
Dr. Welham’s research interests include vocal fold mucosal biology; extracellular matrix-focused proteomics; and vitamin A transport, storage and function.
Recent Publications
Proteomic and Genomic Methylation Signatures of Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis.
Schoeff SS, Shi X, Young WG, Whited CW, Soni RS, Liu P, Ong IM, Dailey SH, Welham NV
Laryngoscope 2020 Jul 03;
[PubMed ID: 32619300]Dynamics of vitamin A uptake, storage, and utilization in vocal fold mucosa.
Nishimoto K, Toya Y, Davis CR, Tanumihardjo SA, Welham NV
Mol Metab 2020 May 28; 40: 101025
[PubMed ID: 32473404]Differentiated fibrocytes assume a functional mesenchymal phenotype with regenerative potential.
Ling C, Nishimoto K, Rolfs Z, Smith LM, Frey BL, Welham NV
Sci Adv 2019 05; 5(5): eaav7384
[PubMed ID: 31086819]Reversal of Vocal Fold Mucosal Fibrosis Using siRNA against the Collagen-Specific Chaperone Serpinh1.
Kishimoto Y, Yamashita M, Wei A, Toya Y, Ye S, Kendziorski C, Welham NV
Mol Ther Nucleic Acids 2019 Jun 07; 16: 616-625
[PubMed ID: 31100613]Serum retinyl esters are positively correlated with analyzed total liver vitamin A reserves collected from US adults at time of death.
Olsen K, Suri DJ, Davis C, Sheftel J, Nishimoto K, Yamaoka Y, Toya Y, Welham NV, Tanumihardjo SA
Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2018 11 01; 108(5): 997-1005
[PubMed ID: 30475970]