[4] In 2010, Steele and Tom Chau began designing a new technique to detect whether someone with Dysphagia had inhaled food or liquids based on sound wave vibrations.
[6] In some cases, her research team used Fluoroscopy, a diagnostic imaging tool, to determine how much food or liquid went down her throat.
[7] As a result of her research, she was elected a fellow of the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association[1] and received the Eve Kassirer Award for Outstanding Achievement.
[8] By 2013, Steele was promoted to Full professor by the University of Toronto,[9] received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal,[10] and earned the CASLPA 2013 Mentorship Award.
[12] She also worked alongside colleagues at the University of Waterloo to published a study titled Making the Most of Mealtimes, a project focused on the nutritional value of food for seniors at 32 long-term care facilities across Canada.