The 2024 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) will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024. The workshop is at the The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI) of the University of Maryland.

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 these future events, featuring talks given by keynote speakers and trainees from our two institutions. 

 

2024 Program:
 

Keynote speakers:

  • Dr. Danielle Powell, UMD
  • Dr. Angela Ballesteros, NIH

Opening remarks by:

  • Dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Dr. Susan Rivera
  • NIDCD deputy scientific director Dr. Elyssa Monzack

Featured speakers:

  • Dr. Cathy Yea Won Sung, NIH 
  • Christopher Shults, UMD/NIH
  • Jennifer Chisholm, Au.D, NIH
  • Zachary Stoner, NIH
  • Dr. Sayaka Inagaki, NIH
  • Jason Putnam, UMD
  • Vrishab Commuri, UMD
  • Wing Ng, UMD
  • Dr. Nina Benway, UMD
  • Paul Mayo, UMD