Osama Tarabichi, MD, received his medical degree with honors from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medical University of Bahrain, and developed an interest in hearing sciences in medical school. After graduation, he joined the auditory brainstem implant laboratory at Harvard Medical school for a two-year research fellowship. He has a special interest in improving access to cochlear implants in third-world countries, and serves as the secretary of the Global Cochlear Implant Access Network (GCIAN). With a scholarship from the Cochlear Center, he will pursue an MPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as a member of the class of 2019.

Nicole Armstrong, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and is mentored by NIA senior investigator Susan Resnick and Cochlear Center director Frank Lin. She received her PhD in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2017. Her interests are in cognitive aging, and mechanisms underlying the associations of risk factors, such as sensory loss, with cognitive decline and dementia.

Michael Yong, MD, is a resident physician in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from the University of British Columbia. Through the support of the Clinician Investigator Program research fellowship, funded by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, he is pursuing the Master of Public Health/Master of Business Administration dual degree at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include pediatric and age-related hearing loss, health interventions in underserved communities and cost-efficiency analyses of health systems.

Jonathan J. Suen, AuD, is a research fellow with the Center on Aging and Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Under the mentorship of Cochlear Center director Frank Lin, he works to integrate public health frameworks and research methods with clinical audiologic practices in studying community-based initiatives for accessible hearing care for older adults. He received his clinical doctorate in audiology from Gallaudet University in 2016. He is interested in investigating innovative delivery models of care for achieving hearing health equity.