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Our Staff
The NCRAR is cultivating a community of clinicians, research scientists, and scholars who can attack the communicative, economic, psychosocial, and vocational issues associated with auditory disorders. The Center is unique because of the broad range of professionals who work together with a focus on delivering rehabilitative therapeutics within the lifetime of the veteran, with the greatest effectiveness and in a way that promotes efficiency.
Currently, more than 40 professionals are engaged in a variety of research and development activities of the NCRAR. Working alongside auditory research scientists and audiologists, it is commonplace to find such other professionals as healthcare educators, immunologists, otolaryngologists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, oncologists, and speech-language pathologists.
Administration
| Stephen Fausti, Ph.D. |
Director |
| Dennis Bourdette, MD |
Associate Director |
| Patrick Helt, M.A. |
Deputy Director, Admin. & Technical Support |
| Marjorie Leek, Ph.D. |
Deputy Director, Research & Development |
| Gabrielle Saunders, Ph.D. |
Deputy Director, Education & Outreach |
| Bonnie Becker |
Administrative Special Assistant |
| Patricia Saub |
Budget Analyst |
Research Investigators
| Donald Austin, M.D., M.P.H. |
Preventive Medicine |
| Dennis Bourdette, MD |
Hearing Loss and MS |
| Curtis Billings, Ph.D. |
Electrophysiology |
| Marilyn Dille, Ph.D |
Electrophysiology, Ototoxicity |
| Stephen Fausti, Ph.D. |
Hearing Loss Prevention |
| Robert Folmer, Ph.D. |
Electrophysiology,
Hearing Conservation Project Manager |
| Frederick (Erick) Gallun, Ph.D. |
Psychoacoutics and Cognitive Processing |
| James Henry, Ph.D. |
Tinnitus |
| Peter Jacobs, M.S.E.E. |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Dawn Konrad-Martin, Ph.D. |
Cochlear Physiology & Ototoxicity |
| Marjorie Leek, Ph.D. |
Psychoacoustics & Speech Perception |
| Samantha Lewis, Ph.D. |
Auditory Rehabilitation |
| David Lilly, Ph.D. |
Electrophysiology |
| Sarah Melamed , Ph.D. |
Electrophysiology |
| Michelle Molis, Ph.D. |
Speech Perception |
| Gabrielle Saunders, Ph.D. |
Hearing Aid Outcomes & Hearing Conservation |
| Mitchel Turbin, Ph.D. |
Aural Rehabilitation |
| Debra (Debbie) Wilmington, Ph.D. |
Hearing Loss Prevention & Plasticity |
Research Audiologists and Research Support Staff
| Linda Casiana |
Research Assistant |
| Serena Dann, Au.D. |
Research Audiologist |
| Anna Diedesch, Au.D. |
Research Audiologist |
| Erin Engelking, B.A. |
Research Assistant |
| Elizabeth Eskridge, B.A. |
Au.D. 4th year extern |
| Jane Gordon, M.S. |
Research Audiologist |
| Susan Griest, M.P.H. |
Database Manager |
| Debbie Halffman |
Receptionist |
| Wendy Helt, M.A. |
Grants Administrator and Lead Research Audiologist |
| Michele Hutter, M.S. |
Research Audiologist |
| Christine Kaelin, M.B.A. |
Research Coordinator |
| Daniel McDermott, M.A. |
Research Audiologist |
| Aynun Naher |
Research Assistant |
| Keri O'Connell, Au.D. |
Research Audiologist |
| Jeff Shannon, B.S.E.E., Au.D. |
4th year extern |
| ShienPei Silverman, M.A. |
Research Assistant |
| Melissa Teahen, Au.D. |
Research Audiologist |
| Patrick Tsukuda, MA |
Research Assistant |
| Tara Zaugg, Au.D |
Research Audiologist |
Engineering and Technical Support Staff
| Craig M. Dennis |
Information Services |
| Roger M. Ellingson, M.S. CS&E |
Software Engineer |
| Joseph Istvan, Ph.D. |
Biostatistician |
| Garnett McMillan, Ph.D. |
Biostatistician |
NCRAR Consultants
| Harry Levitt, Ph.D. |
Auditory Rehabilitation |
| Brenda Lonsbury-Martin, Ph.D. |
Otoacoustic Emissions |
| Diana Pope, Ph.D., MS, RN |
Patient Care Environment |
| Dennis Smith, M.D. |
Administration |
| Bonnie Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. |
Telemedicine |
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