Dr. Danielle Powell is a dual-trained Audiologist and Epidemiologist. She received her Au.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and practiced in the greater Washington D.C. area for a number of years before pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a focus on epidemiology of aging. She has completed a post-doctoral fellowship in health services and outcomes research in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins as a Health Services and Outcomes Research T32 fellow. Her research is at the intersection of hearing and hearing care, gerontology, epidemiology, caregiving, health services and health systems-level care, consumer-oriented health information technology, and implementation sciences or translation of research to clinical care. 

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                                                    Nasya Tan MPH PhD is a current post-doctoral fellow on the CEBH (Center for Evolutionary Biology of Hearing) T32. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology                                                        in 2026 from the University of Michigan. 

Joy Sharp is an undergraduate student in the School or Public Health working in Dr. Powell's lab. Her research interest include healthcare access for older adults. Her research project investigates Medicare Advantage generosity of coverage for hearing care services for older adults and exploring changes in coverage over time. Her goal is to continue to graduate school for additional health services training. 

Gianna Rodriguez is an audiology graduate student at the University of Maryland. She earned a bachelor's degree from Kean University in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Health. Her research interests include the inequalities in hearing health care, especially as they intersect with diabetes-related health issues and outcomes. 

                                                   Esther Bolarinwa is a junior neuroscience major at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a current REACH student and is excited to be mentored by                                                     Dr. Powell in the Hearing and Health Research Center. Her research interests include solving health disparities and the many health inequalities specific groups                                                       face that impact their way of life.