The Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health is supported by NIH grants to Center faculty, a gift from Cochlear Ltd., other philanthropic and foundation funding, and infrastructural support and resources from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 

Recent Contributions

  • NIH - Current NIH grants led directly by or involving Center faculty total in excess of $20 million and fund research areas that are advancing the Center's mission.
  • Cochlear - A $10 million gift from Cochlear Ltd. to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health provides funding for core center infrastructure and personnel, research trainees, and faculty to carry out the mission areas of the Center.
  • Eleanor Schwartz Charitable Foundation - The Foundation provides support to Center faculty and trainees to carry out research and training related to hearing loss, public health, and aging.
  • Estate of Miriam Hardy - Miriam Hardy was a world-renowned speech pathologist and audiologist at Johns Hopkins who, with her husband, William Hardy, revolutionized the process of identifying and educating children with hearing and speech disorders. A gift from her estate continues to support research trainees interested in the interface of hearing and public health.
  • William and Judith Borten American Delirium Society Junior Investigator Award - Core faculty Esther Oh received the funding to establish the William and Judith Borten American Delirium Society Junior Investigator Award, which will provide $40,000 over ten years (two $2,000 awards per year). 
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Get Involved

Philanthropic funding for the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health is essential to advancing Center program areas and to supporting trainees who represent the next generation of individuals who will carry out the mission areas of the Center. Please consider a contribution via the online donation portal (choose designation "other" and type in Cochlear Center when it asks you to specify) at the Bloomberg School of Public Health or contact Heath Elliott, associate dean for development & alumni relations, for a more detailed planning discussion.