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. Her current work investigates the effects of hearing loss on older adults and their care partners and explores innovative ways to support those affected by hearing loss.

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Lindsey Hoffman is an audiology graduate student at the University of Maryland. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences with certificates in Gerontology and in Medical Humanities. Her research interests include understanding the intersections of hearing loss and age and issues of access to hearing healthcare. 

Afia Obeng is a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, majoring in Public Health Science with double minors in Black Women Studies and Humanities, Health, and Medicine. Her research interests focus on health disparities in marginalized communities and healthcare utilization. She aims to pursue a master's in Physician Assistant Studies and work at the forefront of healthcare.

Ariella Sapoznick is an audiology graduate student at the University of Maryland. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in Hearing and Speech Sciences with a minor in Disability Studies. Her research interests include the disparities of hearing health care with a specific focus on inequalities within cochlear implantation.