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 Johns Hopkins.

Adele Goman, PhD is a research associate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of York, U.K. and completed postdoctoral training in epidemiology and clinical trials at Johns Hopkins University. Goman’s research focuses on the basic epidemiology of hearing loss with respect to the prevalence of hearing loss and the impact hearing loss is expected to have in the coming decades.

Amber Willink, PhD, is an assistant scientist in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the economic and health service utilization implications of gaps in health policy benefits on older adults. At the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Willink will be examining the economic impacts of hearing loss on older adults and the Medicare program as well as health services utilization outcomes associated with treated and untreated hearing loss.

Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH is an assistant 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, is an epidemiologist and gerontologist with expertise in cognitive aging.

Josh Betz, MS, is biostatistician in the Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Consulting Center and is a research associate 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.