Bonnielin Swenor is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, which aims to shift the paradigm from ‘living with a disability’ to ‘thriving with a disability’ through research, education, and policy.

Christine Mitchell, ScM is a research associate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she earned her master’s degree in 2009.  Her expertise is in project management of multicenter clinical research studies to ensure their successful conduct.  She has been involved in overseeing and coordinating all aspects of research including design and grant writing, implementation, data collection and cleaning, and data analysis and manuscript preparation.  Christine has recently assumed the role of project manager for the ACHIEVE st

Dr. Moyses Szklo, MD, MPH, is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He received his medical degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro and both his Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degrees from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, is the George W. Comstock Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, is the Scientific Director of the National Institute on Aging and conducts research on the causal pathways of age-related declines in health and functioning. Ferrucci collaborates with and mentors members of the Center exploring the relationships between hearing loss and health outcomes.

Margaret Korczak, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology & Deaf Studies at Towson University. Korczak works closely with Center faculty on projects exploring the efficacy of technology products for individuals with hearing loss.

Marilyn Albert, PhD, is director of the Division of Cognitive Neuroscience and a professor in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. Albert’s research focuses on the early identification of Alzheimer’s disease and the cognitive and brain changes associated with aging.

Mike Weikert, MFA, is the founding director of the Center for Social Design and the Master of Arts in Social Design graduate program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He and his team actively collaborate with members of the Center to design programs to improve the accessibility and affordability of hearing care for older adults. 

Sarah Szanton, PhD, is the Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She collaborates with members of the Center on projects addressing disparities in hearing health care and community-delivered hearing care interventions.

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.