Grant Review and Reviewer Training Panel Rosters

The Grant Review and Reviewer Training conference has two aims: 1) to provide specific instruction on how to effectively review research grants, with a special emphasis on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) review process; and 2) to conduct reviews of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) research grant applications. Training covers key components of the written review process, how to address review challenges, and how to prepare written summaries of review panel discussions.

2026 Panel Roster

Hearing

Justin Aronoff, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Theresa Chisolm, University of South Florida
Kelsey Klein, House Institute Foundation
Xin Luo, Arizona State University
Ian Mertes, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yi Shen, University of Washington

Language

Jamie Boster, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Mindy Bridges, University of Kansas Medical Center
Adam Buchwald, New York University
Nichol Castro, University at Buffalo
Jana Iverson, Boston University
Caroline Larson, University of Missouri
Eun Jin Paek, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Audra Sterling, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rachel Theodore, University of Connecticut & The Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer Vannest, University of Cincinnati
Krystal Werfel, Boys Town National Research Hospital

Speech

Kim Bauerly, University of Vermont
Michelle Ciucci, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cara Donohue, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
F. Sayako Earle, University of Delaware
Ashwini Joshi, University of Houston
Suzanne King, University of Louisville
Thea Knowles, Michigan State University
Georgia Malandraki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Katherine Marks, Emory University
Gabriela Meade, Mayo Clinic
Sona Patel, Seton Hall University
Rita Patel, Indiana University
Yan Yu, St. John’s University

2024 Panel Roster

Hearing

Faith Akin, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Sumitrajit Dhar, Northwestern University
Rich Freyman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Karen Helfer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kristen Janky, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Fuh-Cherng Jeng, Ohio University
Xin Luo, Arizona State University
Maureen Shader, Purdue University
Elizabeth Strickland, Purdue University

Language

Mary Alt, The University Arizona
Sudha Arunachalam, New York University
Gayle DeDe, Temple University
Margarita Kaushanskaya, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Swathi Kiran, Boston University
Anthony Pak Hin Kong, The University of Hong Kong
Nidhi Mahendra, San José State University
Nell Maltman, The University of Arizona
Eun Jin Paek, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Elizabeth Schoen Simmons, Sacred Heart University
Rajani Sebastian, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pumpki Lei Su, The University of Texas at Dallas
Amy Vogel-Eyny, Hunter College, CUNY
Paul Yoder, Vanderbilt University
Sofia Vallila Rohter, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Speech

Adam Buchwald, New York University
Michelle Ciucci, University of Wisconsin
Susan Fager, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Yunjung Kim, Florida State University
Maryam Naghibolhosseini, Michigan State University
Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald, McMaster University
Sona Patel, Seton Hall University
Peter Richtsmeier, Oklahoma State University
Nicole Rogus-Pulia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Seth Tichenor, Duquesne University
Kris Tjaden, University at Buffalo
Victoria Tumanova, Syracuse University

2025 Panel Roster

Hearing

Theresa Chisolm, University of South Florida
David Eddins, University of Central Florida
Karen Helfer, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
Xin Luo, Arizona State University
Ryan McCreery, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Gabrielle Merchant, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Yi Shen, University of Washington
Jasleen Singh, University of Massachusetts–Amherst
Elizabeth Strickland, Purdue University
Sarah Yoho Leopold, The Ohio State University

Language

Mindy Bridges, University of Kansas Medical Center
Haley Dresang, University of Wisconsin–Madison
E. Susan Duncan, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Kerry Ebert, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Lizbeth Finestack, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Jean Gordon, University of Rhode Island
Will Hula, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Arianna LaCroix, Purdue University
Nidhi Mahendra, Duke University School of Medicine
Nadine Martin, Temple University
Meaghan McKenna, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Srishti Nayak, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Eun Jin Paek, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Alison Prahl, Baylor University
Cathy Qi, University of New Mexico
Emily Quinn, Oregon Health and Science University
Rachel Reetzke, Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Sarah Wallace, University of Pittsburgh
Oliver Wendt, University of Potsdam, Germany / Purdue University, USA
Paul Yoder, Vanderbilt University