Debbie Phyland is a speech pathologist having primarily worked in acute hospital and university settings. She is co-founder/owner of the Melbourne Voice Analysis Centre, Associate Professor for the School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University and Director of Clinical Research for the ENT Department of Monash Health.

Debbie is well published and regularly an invited presenter at international conferences. In 2002, she was the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, in 2010 the prestigious Speech Pathology Australia Association’s Elinor Wray Award for ‘Outstanding contribution to the profession’ and awarded Fellowship category in 2014. She has won several other awards and scholarships, including a Garnet-Passe fellowship (2016-2018), a Victorian Green Room Award ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Melbourne Stage’ (2012) and an Australian Voice Association award for ‘Outstanding contribution to the Australian voice community’ (2014).  

Debbie is a past-president of the Laryngology Society of Australasia (2014-2017) and Chair of the Voice Committee for International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP, 2018- current).