Gypsyamber D’Souza, PhD, MS, MPH
Bio
Amber D'Souza, PhD, MPH, MS is an epidemiologist with expertise in head and neck conditions, infection, and aging. She is a professor in the Department 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.
Ian Saldanha, MBBS, PhD, MPH
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Ian Saldanha, MBBS, MPH, PhD is an associate professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and of Health Policy & Management. He earned his medical degree at Grant Medical College in Mumbai, India. He then earned his MPH and PhD in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Suzanna Arul, MSPH
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Suzanna Arul is the communications specialist for the Sense Network. She received her Master of Science in Public Health in Health Communications and Health Education from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to her role with the Sense Network, Arul was a communications intern for the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research and a research assistant within the Epidemiology department at Johns Hopkins. Before pursuing her master's degree, Arul was a full-time freelancer in photography and film in Atlanta, Georgia.
Amelia Wallace, PhD
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Amelia Wallace is an Assistant Scientist at the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research; her research focuses on chronic diseases, including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, evidence-based medicine, and data science for public health. In addition to her primary research, she collaborates with faculty from the Cochlear Center to support Center-initiated academic training programs and other academic initiatives.
Madison Monlezun Saunders, AuD
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Madison Saunders, AuD, is a clinical audiologist with more than seven years of experience in hospital, private practice, Veterans Administration, and industry settings. In support of her husband’s career transition from operational military to foreign service, assigned to Latin America, she saw the need to expand her expertise beyond the clinic.
Xi (Sissi) Wang, MPH
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Xi (Sissi) Wang, MPH, is a PhD student in Epidemiology of Aging Track. Sissi earned her Master of Public Health in Epidemiologic Methods from the University of Michigan School of Public Health. From 2016 to 2022, she worked as an intermediate and senior research analyst at the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, where she researched kidney disease and statistical methods to profile healthcare quality. In 2023, Sissi researched social determinants of health and causal inference as a research assistant at Boston University.
Jalisa Bass
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Jalisa Bass is a research program coordinator in the Department of Otolaryngology who primarily serves to assist the management of HEARS projects within the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health. She obtained her B.S. in Psychology from Kent State University in 2020 and is currently working towards her M.A. in Nonprofit Management at Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs.
Susan Richmond, AuD
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Susan Richmond, AuD, is a clinical audiologist in Arizona, with over a decade in practice between private and government sectors. She is pursuing a Master of Public Health from the Bloomberg School with an interest in improving health equity and access to hearing care, particularly for older adults.
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