Is research audiology the right career path for me?
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Should I get an AuD and/or PhD?
If you have asked yourself these questions, we invite you to join us for our Summer Q & A sessions to explore what work-life is like for research audiologists who have an AuD, AuD-PhD, or PhD. In each session, we speak with a panel of research audiologists who work in different settings to answer YOUR questions about their experiences and career paths.
2023 Q & A sessions
AuD-PhD panel: 6/19/2023 1-2PM CT
Nicole Corbin, AuD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of CSD
Kelsey Klein, AuD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jon Whitton, AuD, PhD, President and CEO of Source Bio, Inc.
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AuD panel: 7/17/2023 1-2PM CT
Destinee Halverson, AuD, Research Audiologist, University of Washington; Pediatric Audiologist, Seattle Children's Hospital
Katelyn Glassman, AuD, Senior Manager, Site-Initiated Research, MED-EL North America
Elizabeth Stangl, AuD, Research Associate, Hearing Aid and Aging Research Lab, University of Iowa
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2022Â Q & A sessions
AuD panel: 6/20/2022 1-2PM CT
Destinee Halverson, Au.D., University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital
Amy Stein, Au.D., Advanced Bionics
LaGuinn Sherlock, Au.D., Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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AuD/PhD panel: 7/18/2022 1-2PM CT
Alaina Bassett, Au.D., Ph.D., California State University
Coral Dirks, Au.D., Ph.D., Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Elizabeth Stewart, Au.D., Ph.D., Phonak Audiology Research Center Sonova
William Bologna, Au.D.,Ph.D., Towson University
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2021Â Q & A sessions
Industry panel: 6/21/2021 1-2PM CT
Ashley Wright, Au.D., Phonak
Elizabeth Stewart, Au.D., Ph.D., Phonak
Emily Cardenas, Au.D., Advanced Bionics
Jason Galster, Ph.D., Advanced Bionics
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Military/VA: 7/19/2021 1-2PM CT
Paula Myers, Ph.D., James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Candice Quinn, Au.D./Ph.D., NCRAR
Quintin Hecht, Au.D., DoD Hearing Center of Excellence
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Academic/Research Institutions: 8/9/2021 1-2PM CT
Kelsey Klein, Au.D./Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jonathan Neukam, AuD, Research Audiologist, NYU
Rene Gifford, PhD, Vanderbilt Cochlear Implant Research Lab
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2020 Q & A sessions
6/15/2020
Benjamin Kirby, AuD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Audiology at the University of North Texas.
Michelle Pho, PhD, AuD, Dell Children's Medical Center and Dell Children’s Ear Nose Throat Center in Austin, TX, and the University of Texas at Austin.
Adam Svec, AuD, PhD, Research Scientist for GN Hearing A/S, Staff Scientist for the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science (CATSS) at the University of Minnesota.
7/20/2020
Shelly Godar, MA, Senior Research Specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Waisman Center.
Ashley Hughes, AuD, Interacoustics, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
LaGuinn Sherlock, AuD, Research Audiologist Army Public Health Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
9/21/2020
Adam Bosen, PhD, Director of the Auditory Perceptual Encoding Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital.
Camille Dunn, PhD, Assistant Professor and the Director of the Cochlear Implant Program Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Iowa
Josh Stohl, PhD, Director of MED-EL’s North American Research Laboratory in Durham, NC.
Mario Svirsky, PhD, Noel L. Cohen Professor of Hearing Science and Vice-Chairman of Research at the Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine.
2019Â Q & A sessions
6/28/2019
Anna Diedesch, AuD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Western Washington University
Dave Gordey, PhD, Director of Clinical Research, Oticon A/S
Amanda Griffin, PhD, Director of Audiology Research, Boston Children's Hospital
7/17/2019
Jenna Browning, AuD, Research Audiologist, MED EL
Tina Penman, AuD, Research Audiologist, NCRAR
Ashley Moore, AuD, Research Aud/Study Coordinator, Madigan Army Medical Center
2018Â Q & A sessions
7/11/2018
Erica Koehler, AuD, GN ReSound
Meggie Dallapiazza, AuD, University of Iowa
8/1/2018
Anna Diedesch, AuD, PhD, Western Washington University
Natalia Stupak, AuD, NYU School of Medicine
Katelyn Rosemond Glassman, AuD, MED-EL