We are pleased to announce the 2022 JOINT CONFERENCE of THE Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH) and the Division of Intramural Research of the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022. The workshop will take place at The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI) of the University of Maryland from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
The C-CEBH and NIDCD have a long history of innovative collaboration and research/training partnerships that focus on hearing and its disorders. We strongly encourage our research community to attend this all-day event featuring talks given by keynote speakers and trainees from our two institutions.
Please register here for planning purposes.
We look forward to seeing you at this in-person event!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS DR. CATHERINE WEISZ AND DR. NIKOLAS FRANCIS
Morning Session
8:00-8:30am Registration and light breakfast
8:30 am Opening remarks by UMD's Vice President for Research, Dr. Greg Ball
8:45 am Opening remarks by NIDCD's Scientific Director, Dr. Lisa Cunningham
9:00am Kenote Speaker 1- Dr.Catherine Weisz (NIDCD)
9:45am Dr. Sian Kitcher (NIDCD)
10:00am Sandeep David(NIDCD)
10:15am Coffee Break
10:30am Christopher Shults (UMB,C-CEBH)
10:45am Kathleen Gwilliam (UMB,C-CEBH)
11:00am Dr. Inna Belyantseva (NIDCD)
11:15am Dr. Beatrice Mao (NIDCD)
11:30am Dillon Strepay (NIDCD)
11:45am Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
1:15pm Keynote Speaker 2 - Dr. Nikolas Francis (UMD)
2:00pm James Baldassano (UMD,C-CEBH)
2:15pm Rose Ying (UMD,C-CEBH)
2:30pm Coffee Break
2:45pm Dr. Anna Tinnemore (UMD,C-CEBH)
3:00pm Dr. Bobby Gibbs (UMD,C-CEBH)
3:15pm Kelsey Dutta (UMD,C-CEBH)
3:30 pm Closing Remarks
