The 2026 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 Wednesday, October 7th, 2026. 

The conference will be held at the The Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute (MFRI) of the University of Maryland. Parking is available at no cost at the MFRI building. 

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. See the program schedule here. 

Keynote speakers: 

Carol Espy-Wilson, UMD

Kate Fernandez, NIH

Program remarks:

Dean Susan Rivera, UMD

Elyssa Monzack, NIH

Matthew Goupell, UMD

Jonathan Simon, UMD

Speakers:

Lucia Salatino, NIH

Samuel Adadey, NIH

James Baldassano, NIH

Amir Tavakoli, NIH

Noelle Allemang, NIH

Lena Cui, NIH

Mason McCollum, UMD

Anhelina Bilokon, UMD

Marissa Renee, UMD

Mary Hackbarth, UMD

Kristin Hoch, UMD

Charlie Fisher, UMD