National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council (NDCD) Current Roster

• BARLOW, Linda A., Ph.D. (2028)

  Professor
  Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
  University of Colorado
  Aurora, CO 80045

• BOUTON, Katherine (2026)

  Speaker, Advocate, and Author
  New York, NY 10024

• BUSS, Emily, Ph.D. (2025)

  Vice Chair of Research
  Professor of Otolaryngology/Head
  and Neck Surgery
  Chief, Division of Auditory Research
  University of North Carolina
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599

• GROVES, Andy, Ph.D. (2025)

  Professor
  Departments of Neuroscience and
  Molecular and Human Genetics
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, TX 77030

• JOHNSON, Kia N., Ph.D. (2028)

  Associate Director
  Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering
  Education and Research-
  Atlanta, GA Satellite
  University of Texas at Austin
  Atlanta, GA 30324

• KIRAN, Swathi, Ph.D. (2028)

  James and Cecilia Tse Young
  Professor of Neurorehabilitation
  Department of Speech, Language,
  and Hearing Sciences
  Boston University
  Boston, MA 02215

• LALWANI, Anil, M.D. (2025)

  Professor and Vice Chair for Research
  Director, Division of Otology, Neurotology,
  & Skull Base Surgery
  Co-Director, Columbia Cochlear Implant Center
  Columbia University Vagelos College of
  Physicians and Surgeons
  New York, NY 10032

• MERFELD, Daniel M., Ph.D. (2026)

  Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology-
  Head and Neck Surgery
  College of Medicine
  Ohio State University
  Columbus, OH 43210

• PICCIRILLO, Jay F., M.D. (2028)

  Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology-Head
  and Neck Surgery
  Washington University School of Medicine
  St. Louis, MO 63110

• SVIRSKY, Mario A., Ph.D. (2027)

  Noel L. Cohen Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology-
  Head and Neck Surgery
  New York University
  Grossman School of Medicine
  New York, NY 10016

• THIBEAULT, Susan L., Ph.D. (2026)

  Professor
  Department of Surgery
  School of Medicine and Public Health
  University of Wisconsin
  Madison, WI 53792

• TRUSSELL, Laurence, Ph.D. (2027)

  Associate Director and Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology and
  Oregon Hearing Research Center
  Oregon Health and Science University
  Portland, OR 97239

• WALLHAGEN, Margaret I., Ph.D. (2025)

  Professor
  Department of Physiological Nursing
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA 94143

• YOUNG, Nancy M., M.D. (2028)

  Lillian S. Well Professor of Pediatric
  Otolaryngology
  Division of Otolaryngology-Head and
  Neck Surgery
  Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
  Northwestern University
  Feinberg School of Medicine
  Chicago, IL 60091

Ex Officio

• KENNEDY, Robert F., Jr.

  Secretary
  Department of Health and Human Services
  Washington, DC 20201

• BHATTACHARYA, Jayanta, M.D., Ph. D.

  Director
  National Institutes of Health
  Bethesda, MD 20892

• MCCLENNEY, Sean, Au.D.

  National Director
  Department of Veterans Affairs
  Veterans Health Administration
  Audiology and Speech Pathology Service
  Washington, DC 20420

Executive Secretary

• MILLER, Rebecca, Ph.D.

  Director, Division of Extramural Activities
  National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  Bethesda, MD 20892