Dr. Slovarp is a swallowing, voice, and upper airway specialist with specialty training in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) and videostroboscopy. She is the director of the Voice Outcomes and Inquiry of Cough and Essentials in Swallowing (VOICES) lab. She has published several peer-reviewed research papers and presented at multiple state and national conferences. Her current research is focused on improving care for patients with chronic cough due to cough hypersensitivity syndrome (CHS). Her research agenda focuses on the following long-term objectives:

1. Improve efficacy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of care of patients with chronic cough due CHS.
2. Develop new and innovative assessment and treatment strategies that target gaps and inadequacies in current management techniques and models for patients with CHS.
3. Understand the underlying mechanisms involved in cough hypersensitivity and behavioural cough treatment.