2024 T-32 Retreat
April 24, 2024
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch with trainees and Dr. Merfeld (Scaife 3702/3704)
1:00 – 3:00 PM Presentations by trainees (Scaife 3702/3704)
Victoria Figarola. Graduate fellow, Shinn-Cunningham Lab
Maggie Zink. Graduate fellow, Chandrasekaran & Parthasarathy Labs
Keith Kaufman. Graduate fellow, Williamson Lab
Nick Lozier. Postdoctoral fellow, Rubio Lab
Invited Guest and Keynote Speaker
April 24, 4 – 5 pm, BST S100
Probing some links among aging, vestibular function, balance, and falls: including recent updates and current/future directions.
Daniel Merfeld, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
The Ohio State University
2023 T-32 Retreat
April 25, 2023 (In-person event, BST S100A)
9:00 – 11:30 AM Presentations by trainees
Victoria Figarola. Graduate fellow, Shinn-Cunningham Lab
Keith Kaufman. Graduate fellow, Williamson Lab
Nick Lozier. Postdoctoral fellow, Rubio Lab
Maggie Zink. Graduate fellow, Chandrasekaran & Parthasarathy Labs
Invited Guest and Keynote Speaker
April 25, 4 – 5 pm, BST S100A
Pre- and post-synaptic modulation of afferent synaptic transmission in the mammalian cochlea.
Elisabeth Glowatski, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2021 T-32 Retreat
April 29, 2021, 1 – 5 pm (Virtual Event)
1:00 – 3:00 PM Presentations by trainees
Kyle Rupp, PhD. Postdoctoral fellow, Abel Lab
Patrick Cody. PhD candidate, Tzounopoulos Lab
Rebecca DeGiosio. PhD candidate, Sweet Lab
Jacie McHaney. PhD candidate, Chandrasekaran Lab
3:00 – 3:15 PM Break
3:15 – 3:45 PM Breakout session with trainees and Dr. Agrawal
3:45 – 4:00 PM Break
4:00 – 5:00 PM Keynote
Invited Guest and Keynote Speaker
April 29, 4 – 5 pm, Virtual Event
Vestibular Loss and Cognition in Aging Adults.
Yuri Agrawal, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2020 T-32 Retreat
March 10, 2020, BST 1695.
Presentations by trainees
9:00 – 9:40 Cortical Tracking of Speech in Older Adults
Jacie Blair McHaney, PhD candidate
Chandrasekaran Lab
Department of Communication Science & Disorders
9:40 – 10:20 Synaptic Zinc Contributes to Contrast Adaptation in
Mouse Auditory Cortex
Patrick Cody, Bioengineering PhD candidate
Tzounopoulos Lab
Department of Otolaryngology
10:20 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10 MAPing out A1 – MAP2 Phosphorylation as a
Pathological Mechanism in Schizophrenia
Rebecca DeGiosio, CNUP PhD candidate
Sweet Lab
Department of Psychiatry
11:10 – 11:50 Impaired Speech-in-Noise Perception in Listeners with
Normal Hearing Thresholds
Michaela DiNino, Postdoctoral fellow
Shinn-Cunningham Lab
Department of Psychology, CMU.
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Invited Guest and Keynote Speaker
March 10, 4 pm, Eye and Ear Institute Room 520
The Impact of Deafness on Auditory Processing and Cognitive Load in Complex Listening Environments.
Ruth Litovsky, PhD
Professor and Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Professor of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology
University of Wisconsin – Madison.
2019 T-32 Retreat
March 26, 2019, Scaife 1102.
Presentations by trainees
9:00 – 9:30 Breakfast
9:30 – 10:15 Shae DiNino, postdoc trainee with Dr. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham.
10:15 – 11:00 Emily Parker, graduate trainee with Dr. Rob Sweet
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:00 Shi Tong Liu, graduate trainee with Dr. Srivatsun Sadagopan
12:00 Lunch
Invited Guest and Keynote Speaker
March 26, 4 pm, Eye and Ear Institute Room 520
Unexpected neuronal excitability to the modern techno
Richard Rabbitt, PhD
Professor of Bioengineering
Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology
University of Utah.
2018 T-32 Retreat
March 7, 2018, BST3-6014.
Presentations by trainees
9:00 – 9:15 Introduction (Karl Kandler)
9:15 – 10:00 Emily Parker, graduate student with Dr. Rob Sweet
“Synaptic remodeling of small dendritic spines over adolescent auditory cortex development”
10:00 – 10:45 Samantha Skobel, graduate student with Dr. Maria Rubio
“The role of AMPA receptors in hearing”
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Shi Tong Liu, graduate student with Dr. Srivatsun Sadagopan
“Optimal features for categorization of marmoset calls”
11:45 – 12:00 General discussion
12:00 Lunch
Invited Guest and Keynote Speaker
March 7, 4 pm, BST3
Functional diversity among cochlear afferents
Paul A. Fuchs, PhD
John E. Bordley Professor
Vice-Director Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Center for Hearing and Balance
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.