Council of Scientific Trustees
The Council of Scientific Trustees is responsible for reviewing and approving grant applications and serves as an advisory group for all DRF-funded research projects.
Carey Balaban, PhD, Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Patricia M. Chute, PhD
Professor
Mercy College
Robert A. Dobie, MD
Clinical Professor
University of California Davis Medical Center
Judy R. Dubno, PhD
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
George A. Gates, MD
Emeritus Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Director Emeritus, Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
University of Washington School of Medicine
Associate Professor and Director of Research , Department of Otolaryngology - Head Neck Surgery
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Matthew W. Kelley, PhD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders/National Institutes of Health
Anil K. Lalwani, MD
Mednik Foundation Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Otolaryngology
New York University School of Medicine
David Lim, MD
Executive Vice President, Research
House Ear Institute
Cynthia Morton, PhD
Director of Ctyogenetics
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yehoash Raphael, PhD
Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
University of Michigan
Steven D. Rauch, MD
Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Allen F. Ryan, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Otolyrngology & Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego
James C. Saunders, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Sam Selesnick, MD
Vice-Chairman and Professor - Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Director of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center;
Chief, Neurotology Service, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital;
Attending Surgeon: Neurosurgical Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robert V. Shannon, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Univeristy of Southern California Biomedical Engineering
House Ear Institute
Peter Steyger, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Jennifer Stone, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
Debara L. Tucci, MD
Associate Professor
Duke University Medical Center
