- About the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NDCD) Advisory Council
- Meeting Details
- Letters of Information (LOI)
- Letters from Early Stage Investigators (ESIs)
- Working Groups
Chairperson
Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.
Director
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Bethesda, MD 20892
BOUTON, Katherine (2026)
Speaker, Advocate, and Author
New York, NY 10024BUSS, 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 27599CHAUDHARI, Nirupa, Ph.D. (2024)
Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL 33136DEAL-WILLIAMS, Vicki, M.A., CAE (2025)
Chief Executive Officer
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Rockville, MD 20850ESPY-WILSON, Carol, Ph.D. (2024)
Professor, Electrical and Computer
Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD 20742GOFFMAN, 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 75235GROVES, Andy, Ph.D. (2025)
Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and
Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX 77030HILLIS, Argye Elizabeth, M.D., M.A. (2024)
Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD 21205LALWANI, 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 10032MERFELD, Daniel M., Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-
Head and Neck Surgery
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
MURPHY BREEN, Lynne, J.D. (2024)
Founder of ClearTitle
Senior Underwriting and Agency Counsel
Chicago Title Commonwealth Land
Title (Fidelity National Financial)
Boston, MA 02109THIBEAULT, Susan L., Ph.D. (2026)
Professor
Department of Surgery
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53792WALLHAGEN, Margaret I., M.D. (2025)
Professor
Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143
Ex Officio
BECK, Lucille B., Ph.D.
Director
Audiology and Speech Pathology Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC 20422NELSON, Jeremy T., Ph.D.
Sensory Systems Portfolio Manager
Defense Health Agency
Joint Base San Antonio, TX 78234THEMANN, 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 45226BECERRA, Xavier
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC 20201BERTAGNOLLI, Monica M., M.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
Executive Secretary
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.