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Working Group on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults - Participant List

June 20-21, 2024
Bethesda, Maryland


Participant List

Sumitrajit (Sumit) Dhar, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Hugh Knowles Professor of Hearing Science
Associate Provost for Faculty
Northwestern University

Carrie Nieman, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Chair
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University

Harvey Abrams, Ph.D.
Head of Research Audiology
Jabra Enhance

Michelle Arnold, Au.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders/College of Behavioral and Community Sciences
University of South Florida
Sarasota Manatee Campus

Matthew Bush, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
UK College of Medicine Endowed Chair in Rural Health Policy
University of Kentucky Medical Center

Ibrahim Dabo
Leadership coach, IT leader, hearing health advocate
Commissioner, Georgia Commission for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Former board member, Hearing Loss Association of America

Evelyn Davies-Venn, Au.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Assistant Professor
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
University of Minnesota

Lauren Dillard, Au.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Medical University of South Carolina

Richard Einhorn
Composer, music producer, hearing loss advocate, consultant
Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Hearing Loss Association of America

Steve Ewell
Executive Director, Consumer Technology Association Foundation
Vice President, Accessibility and AgeTech, Consumer Technology Association

K. Davina Frick, Ph.D.
Professor
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Departments of Health Policy and Management and International Health

Kerrianne Haresign
Senior Director, Technology & Standards
Consumer Technology Association, producer of CES®

Naomi H. Hixson, Au.D., CCC-A/SLP
Audiology, Chief
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Indian Health Services

Larry Humes, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Indiana University

Vinaya Manchaia, Au.D., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Professor
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Director of Audiology
University of Colorado Hospital

Nicole Marrone, Ph.D., CCC-A
James S. and Dyan Pignatelli/Unisource Clinical Chair in Audiologic Rehabilitation for Adults 
Associate Professor
Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences
University of Arizona

Catherine McMahon, Ph.D.
Professor, Audiology
Head of Department, Linguistics
Macquarie University

Laura Nyblade, Ph.D.
Fellow and Senior Technical Advisor on Stigma and Discrimination
Community Health and Implementation Research Program
Health Practice Area
RTI International

Andrew Sabin, Ph.D.
Research Franchise Lead, Bose Corporation
Scientific Advisor, HearAdvisor

Fan-Gang Zeng, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery 
Director of Center for Hearing Research
University of California Irvine

Keynote Addresses

K. Davina Frick, Ph.D.
Professor
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Departments of Health Policy and Management and International Health

Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health

Tricia Neuman, Sc.D.
Senior Vice President, Executive Director for Program on Medicare Policy and Senior Advisor to the President
KFF

NIH Staff

Kelly King, Au.D., Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Scientific Programs
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health

Jaclyn Schurman, Au.D., Ph.D.
Training Officer
Division of Scientific Programs
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health

Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, Ph.D.
Program Director
Sensory and Motor Disorders of Aging Program
Division of Neuroscience
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health

Debara Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Director
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health

Sundania J. W. Wonnum, Ph.D., BCD, LCSW
Program Official
Division of Clinical and Health Services Research
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health

FDA Staff

Julie Cohen, Au.D., Ph.D.
Scientific Reviewer/Audiologist
Ear, Nose, & Throat (ENT) Devices Team
OPEQ/OHT1/DHT1B
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Srinivas “Nandu” Nandkumar, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Dental and ENT Devices, DHT1B, OHT1
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
 

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