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National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR)
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The NCRAR is cultivating a community of clinicians, research scientists, and scholars who can address 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.
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Administration
| M. Patrick Feeney, Ph.D. | Director |
| Dawn Konrad-Martin, Ph.D. | Associate Director |
| Patrick Helt, M.A. | Deputy Director, Administrative Officer |
| Marianne Pierson, M.A. | Program Specialist |
| Steve Lathrop, MBA | Budget Analyst |
| Bryan Shaw, B.S. | Program Support Assistant |
Core and Associate Investigators
| Curtis Billings, Ph.D. | Electrophysiology, auditory plasticity, and aging |
| Naomi Bramhall, Ph.D. | Electrophysiology, “hidden” hearing loss |
| Kathleen Carlson, M.S., Ph.D. | Epidemiology, Health Services research, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), tinnitus |
| M. Patrick Feeney, Ph.D. | Peripheral auditory function, hearing screening, and aging |
| Robert Folmer, Ph.D. | Hearing conservation, tinnitus |
| Frederick (Erick) Gallun, Ph.D. | Psychoacoustics and cognitive processing |
| Angela Garinis, Ph.D. | Ototoxicity, physiologic measures of peripheral and central auditory processing |
| James Henry, Ph.D. | Tinnitus |
| Timothy Hullar, M.D. | Vestibular disorders, multisensory integration, cochlear implantation |
| Dawn Konrad-Martin, Ph.D. | Peripheral auditory function, aging, diabetes & ototoxicity |
| Miranda Lim, M.D., Ph.D. | TBI/PTSD, sleep, rehabilitation, multisensory sensitivity |
| Michelle Molis, Ph.D. | Speech perception |
| Melissa Papesh, Ph.D. Au.D. | Clinical auditory neuroscience |
| Robert Peterka, Ph.D. | Balance control, sensory integration, vestibular disorders |
| Sarah Theodoroff, Ph.D. | Tinnitus, decreased sound tolerance disorders, psychoacoustics |
Support Staff
| Serena Dann, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Melissa Frederick, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Susan Griest, MPH | Database Manager |
| Leslie Grush, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Wendy Helt, M.A. | Grants Administrator, Lead Research Audiologist |
| Andrea Hildebrand | Research Assistant |
| Addison Hoagland | Research Assistant |
| Michelle Hungerford, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Christine Kaelin, MBA | Research Program Manager |
| Sean Kampel, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Brandon Madsen, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Daniel McDermott, M.A. | Research Audiologist |
| Joseph Nadeau, B.A. | Research Assistant |
| Daniel Putterman, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Candice Quinn, Ph.D., Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Chandra Random, B.A. | Research Assistant |
| Gregory Sebastian, B.A. | Research Assistant |
| ShienPei Silverman, M.A. | Research Coordinator |
| Brandon Smith, B.S. | Research Assistant |
| Anneka Sunstroem, B.A. | Research Assistant |
| Samrita Thapa, MPH | Research Assistant |
| Emily Thielman, M.S. | Research Coordinator & Statistician |
| Jay Vachhani, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
| Jacoba Wentross, BFA | Research Assistant |
| Tara Zaugg, Au.D. | Research Audiologist |
Engineer and Technical Support Staff
- Sam Gordon, B.S.E.E., Biomedical Engineer
- Garnett McMillan, Ph.D., Biostatistician
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Will Bologna, Ph.D.
- Tess Koerner, Ph.D., Au.D.
- Ramesh Muralimanohar, Ph.D.
- Kelly Reavis, Ph.D., M.S., MPH
Au.D. 4th Year Externs (2020-2021)
- Jake Hulswit, B.S.
- Michelle Novak, B.S.
- Martha Westman, M.A.
Affiliate Investigators
- Michelle Cameron, M.D., PT, MCR, Falls, imbalance and functional mobility in multiple sclerosis
- Laurie King, Ph.D., PT, Traumatic brain injury, gait and balance, rehabilitation
- Gabrielle Saunders, Ph.D., Hearing aid outcomes & hearing conservation
Distinguished Scholars in Residence
- NCRAR Founder: Stephen A. Fausti, Ph.D., Hearing Conservation
- James Jerger, Ph.D., Auditory Event-related Potentials
