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Division of Scientific Programs

Judith A. Cooper, Ph.D., Director 

Susan Sullivan, Ph.D., Deputy Director  
Scientific areas: Taste and smell mechanisms and disorders

Hearing and Balance

Janet Cyr, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Presbycusis, noise-induced hearing loss, peripheral auditory and vestibular system, temporal bone

Kelly King, Au.D., Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Psychoacoustics, hearing aids, cochlear implants, clinical assessment and management

Roger Miller, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Neural prosthesis development for the NIDCD mission areas, brain computer interfaces (BCI) for communication, medical device development, data science

Amy Poremba, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Central pathways for hearing and balance

Nancy Freeman, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Cellular regeneration, development, transduction

Bracie Watson, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Genetics, otitis media, immune-mediated ear diseases

Taste and Smell

Susan Sullivan, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Taste and smell mechanisms and disorders

Merav Sabri, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Central processing of taste and smell

Voice and Speech

Lisa Kopf, Ph.D.   
Scientific areas: Voice and speech disorders throughout the lifespan, neurologic motor speech disorders

Language Program

Holly Storkel, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Language disorders in children and adults, language and deafness

Clinical Trials

Trinh Ly, M.D.

Jean Verheyden, M.D., M.P.H.

The BRAIN Initiative Program

Merav Sabri, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Sensory neuroscience; integrated approaches/circuits studies; human neuroimaging technologies; BRAIN cells and circuits analysis

Roger Miller, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Neural recording and modulation/technology development & human studies

Amy Poremba, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Sensory neuroscience; integrated approaches/circuits studies; BRAIN cells and circuits analysis

Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D.  
Scientific areas: Training, inclusion, and equity

Special Funding Programs

NIH SEED: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

Roger Miller, Ph.D.

Training and Career Development (T and K Programs)

Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D.

Fellowships (F Programs)

Jaclyn Schurman, Au.D., Ph.D.

High Impact/Exploratory Grant (R21)

Nancy Freeman, Ph.D.

Clinical Research Center (P50)

Holly Storkel, Ph.D.

NIDCD Early Career Research (ECR) Award (R21)

Bracie Watson, Ph.D.

Diversity Supplements

Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D.

Loan Repayment Program

Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D.

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