- About the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NDCD) Advisory Council
- Meeting Details
- Letters of Information (LOI)
- Letters from Early Stage Investigators (ESIs)
Chairperson
Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Director
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, MD 20892
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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 -
CHAUDHARI, Nirupa, Ph.D. (2024)
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL 33136 -
DEAL-WILLIAMS, Vicki, M.A., CAE (2025)
Chief Executive Officer
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Rockville, MD 20850 -
ESPY-WILSON, Carol, Ph.D. (2024)
Professor, Electrical and Computer
Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD 20742 -
GOFFMAN, Lisa, Ph.D. (2024)
Professor and Nelle Johnston Chair
Callier Center for Communication Disorders
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX 75235 -
GROVES, Andy, Ph.D. (2025)
Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and
Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77030 -
HILLIS, Argye Elizabeth, M.D., M.A. (2024)
Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD 21205 -
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
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MURPHY BREEN, Lynne, J.D. (2024)
Founder of ClearTitle
Senior Underwriting and Agency Counsel
Chicago Title Commonwealth Land
Title (Fidelity National Financial)
Boston, MA 02109 -
THIBEAULT, Susan L., Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Surgery
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53792 -
WALLHAGEN, Margaret I., M.D. (2025)
Professor
Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143
Ex Officio
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BECK, Lucille B., Ph.D.
Director
Audiology and Speech Pathology Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20422 -
NELSON, Jeremy T., Ph.D.
Chief Scientist and Research Section Lead
DoD Hearing Center for Excellence
Defense Health Agency
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX 78236 -
THEMANN, Christa L., M.S., CCC-A
Research Audiologist
Hearing Loss Prevention Team
Division of Applied Research and Technology
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cincinnati, OH 45226 -
BECERRA, Xavier
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201 -
TABAK, Lawrence A., D.D.S., Ph.D.
Acting NIH Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Executive Secretary
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WAGENAAR-MILLER, Becky, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, MD 20892
Note: Terms end on May 31 of the designated year.