Meet the RAISN team
RAISN was founded in 2016 by a group of research audiologists at Boys Town National Research Hospital. We would love to have you get involved.
Internal Coordinator
Sara Harris, AuD
Sara is a Research Audiologist in the Auditory Signal Processing Lab and the Communication Engineering Lab at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She runs the RAISN ship and coordinates and leads the monthly RAISN meeting that occurs the third Monday of every month.
External Coordinator
Merry Spratford, AuD
Merry is a Senior Research Audiologist in the Audibility, Perception, and Cognition laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She advocates for representation of research audiology within professional organizations and manages the RAISN website.
Summer Q&A Coordinator
Maggie MIller, AuD
Maggie is a Senior Research Audiologist in the Human Auditory Development Lab at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She coordinates panels for our summer Q&A series for those interested in learning about audiology careers in research.
Social Media Coordinator
Alaina Bassett, AuD, PhD
Dr. Bassett is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Disorders in the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Los Angeles Doctor of Audiology program with a specialty in vestibular assessment.
Academic Outreach Coordinator
Destinee Halverson, AuD
Destinee M Halverson is a pediatric audiologist who works both clinically and in research. She splits her time between Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Prosthetic Auditory Development Laboratory (PADL) at the University of Washington. She coordinates the panel sessions for CSD undergrad and graduate programs.
Webinar Coordinator
Ashley Hughes, AuD
Dr. Hughes is an audiologist with Interacoustics US, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Prior to joining Interacoustics, she worked clinically and then as a research audiologist for a hearing aid manufacturer. She has been invited to speak at state and national conferences and is an author on multiple articles and posters.
Webinar Coordinator
Jessie Patterson, AuD, PhD
Jessie is a Senior Audiology Research Associate at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She provides diagnostic vestibular and audiology services for patients across the lifespan and conducts research within the Vestibular and Balance Research Lab.
Newsletter Coordinator
Kathryn Wiseman, AuD, PhD
Kathryn is a staff scientist directing the Child Auditory Technology lab at Boys Town National Research Hospital. Kathryn received her AuD and PhD from UT Dallas where she studied the impact of device use on outcomes for children with cochlear implants.
External Coordinator
Gretta Richter, AuD
Gretta is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery at UNC - Chapel Hill and research audiologist in the UNC Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Lab. She develops student-focused resources and advocates for research audiology representation within professional organizations.
Social Media Support
Katie Esser
Katie Esser is an AuD student at Towson University. She is a student volunteer assisting Alaina Bassett with the creation and organization of social media content for Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Social Media Suport
Cecilia Lacey, AuD
Cecilia recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and is an Advanced Fellow in Geriatrics at the Pittsburgh VA's Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center. She assists with the creation of social media content.