Communication Disorders Review Committee Roster

• Committee Description
• Upcoming Meetings

As of July 2024

All appointments expire on June 30 of the year indicated after the committee member's name.

Chairperson

• Klug, Achim, Ph.D. 2025

  Professor
  Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  University of Colorado School of Medicine
  Aurora, CO

Committee Members​

• Apostolides, Pierre F., Ph.D. 2027

  Assistant Professor
  Departments of Otolaryngology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology
  University of Michigan
  Ann Arbor, MI

• Arunachalam, Sudha, Ph.D. 2027

  Associate Professor
  Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders
  New York University
  New York, NY

• Beeson, Pelagie M., Ph.D. 2026

  Professor and Department Head
  Department of Speech, Language, and
  Hearing Sciences
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, AZ

• Brigande, John Vincent, Ph.D. 2026

  Professor
  Department of Otolarynogology
  Oregon Hearing Research Center
  Oregon Health and Science University
  Portland, OR

• Eddins, David A., Ph.D. 2025

  Professor
  Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  University of South Florida
  Tampa, FL

• Faroqi Shah, Yasmeen, Ph.D. 2027

  Professor
  Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
  University of Maryland
  College Park, MD

• Fletcher, Max L., Ph.D. 2027

  Professor
  Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
  College of Medicine
  University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  Memphis, TN

• Gallun, Frederick J., Ph.D. 2026

  Professor and Research Investigator
  Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
  Neuroscience Graduate Program
  Oregon Health and Science University
  Portland, OR

• Kuruvilla-Dugdale, Mili, Ph.D. 2025

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
  University of Missouri
  Columbia, MO

• Liebenthal, Einat, D.Sc. 2027

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  Harvard Medical School
  McLean Hospital
  Boston, MA

• Leibold, Lori J., Ph.D. 2028

  Director
  Center for Hearing Research
  Boys Town National Research Hospital
  Omaha, NE

• Patel, Rupal, Ph.D. 2026

  Professor
  Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  Bouve College of Health Sciences
  Northeastern University
  Boston, MA

• Pham, Giang Thuy, Ph.D. 2025

  Associate Professor
  School of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
  San Diego State University
  San Diego, CA

• Potter, Christopher John, Ph.D. 2028

  Professor
  Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
  School of Medicine
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, MD

• Qian-Jie, Fu, Ph.D. 2028

  Professor in Residence
  Department of Head and Neck Surgery
  University of California Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA

• Rosen, Merri J., Ph.D. 2025

  Associate Professor
  Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
  Northeast Ohio Medical University
  Rootstown, OH

• Shin, Jung-Bum, Ph.D. 2028

  Associate Professor
  Department of Neuroscience
  School of Medicine
  University of Virginia
  Charlottesville, VA

• Utianski, Rene Lynn, Ph.D. 2028

  Associate Professor
  Department of Neurology
  Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  Rochester, MN

• Walters, Bradley J., Ph.D. 2027

  Associate Professor
  Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
  University of Mississippi Medical Center
  Jackson, MS

• Washington, Karla, Ph.D. 2026

  Associate Professor
  Department of Speech-Language Pathology
  University of Toronto
  Toronto, ON

Scientific Review Officer

• Katherine Shim, Ph.D.

  Scientific Review Officer
  Scientific Review Branch
  Division of Extramural Activities
  NIDCD, NIH
  Bethesda, MD