Research Committee

Purpose

The RPRC:NCDHR Research Committee is charged with developing research methodologies, carry out research projects and disseminating research findings. This body is also charged with helping to find funding to continue our research goals and fulfilling our commitments to funding agencies as they pertain to research activities.

The Research Committee will also be responsible for maintaining an Academic Publications Plan.

The Translation Work Group (TWG) functions under the Research Committee and is made up of bilingual (ASL and English) individuals who have extensive experience in English-ASL translation and a high degree of Deaf cultural competency. Click here to read more about the TWG.

Membership

Individuals who are on the Research Committee include:

• Committee Chair
• RPRC:NCDHR Health Project Coordinators
• RPRC:NCDHR faculty and staff that are supported under the NCDHR's core grant or other grants (directly or through subcontracts) to contribute to NCDHR research efforts.
• Selected individuals, invited by the Research Committee chair, with expertise and interest in Deaf and hard-of-hearing health issues.

Current Members

Steven Barnett, MD Research Committee Chair Principal Investigator / Program Director Rochester Prevention Research Center National Center for Deaf Health Research Associate Professor Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Public Health University of Rochester Medical Center Steven_Barnett@urmc.rochester.edu     *photo by Mark Benjamin

Tamala David, PhD, MPA, MS, FNP​ Preventive Cardiology Fellow	Lori DeWindt, MA Health Project Coordinator	Kelly Matthews, BSW Health Project Coordinator
Amanda O'Hearn, PhD Researcher	Robert Pollard, PhD Researcher	Jenna Stewardson, BS Health Project Coordinator
Vincent Samar, PhD Researcher at NTID	Riki de la Puente, BFA Communications Coordinator	Erika Sutter, MPH Senior Health Project Coordinator
Meghan Fox, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Psychiatry and RPRC	Hongmei Yang, PhD Statistician at Biostatics and Computational Biology	Janna Luksha, BS Health Project Coordinator
Song-Hoa Choi, MS Data Analyst