Jonathan J. Suen, AuD, PhD

Bio

Jonathan J. Suen, PhD, AuD, is a Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is an interdisciplinary audiologist and gerontologist interested in promoting hearing health, healthy aging, and health equity in older populations. He has additional interests in addressing loneliness, social connections, and public health strategies leveraging age-tech. 

Emmanuel Garcia Morales, PhD

Bio

Emmanuel E. Garcia Morales, PhD, joined the Cochlear center for Hearing and Public Health as a Assistant Scientist. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the Johns Hopkins Department of Economics in 2018. His research experience includes studying the effects of assistance programs on the health and human capital of youth with disabilities, and the impact that M&A’s in the pharmaceutical industry have on the price of generic drugs.

Josh Betz, MS

Bio

Josh Betz, MS, is biostatistician in the Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Consulting Center and is an assistant scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He obtained his MS in biostatistics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2012 and joined Johns Hopkins shortly afterwards. He has worked on epidemiological studies, clinical trials, software for data visualization and study design and providing statistical consulting to public health researchers.

Pablo Martinez Amezcua, MD, PhD, MHS

Bio

Pablo Martinez Amezcua, MD, PhD, MHS is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. He earned his medical degree at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. He then completed his Master of Health Science degree and doctorate in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Alison Huang, PhD, MPH

Bio

Alison R. Huang, PhD, MPH, is a Senior Research Associate in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology.  Huang is trained in the epidemiology of aging and studies the impact of sensory loss on cognitive and mental health in older adults. She has a specific interest in sensory loss, social isolation, loneliness.

Esther Oh, MD, PhD

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Esther Oh, MD, PhD, is the Sarah Miller Coulson Human Aging Project Scholar and an Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (Department of Medicine) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She holds appointments in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Neuropathology and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and is a core faculty member of the Cochlear Center on Hearing and Public Health.

Nicholas Reed, AuD, PhD

Bio

Nicholas Reed, AuD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a joint appointment in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH

Bio

Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH is an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-founder of Access HEARS, a nonprofit committed to the delivery of affordable, accessible hearing care. As a clinician, researcher and social entrepreneur, her commitment to social justice is inseparable from her drive to provide innovative solutions to address disparities in hearing care.

Jennifer A. Deal, PhD

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Jennifer A. Deal, PhD, is an epidemiologist and gerontologist with expertise in cognitive aging. She is an associate professor in the Departments of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD

Bio

Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD is the Director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health and a Professor of Otolaryngology, Medicine, Mental Health, and Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. As an otologic surgeon & epidemiologist, Lin has translated his clinical experiences caring for patients with hearing loss into foundational public health research and federal policy in the U.S.

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