Peter M. Scheifele, PhD LCDR USN (Ret.), is an Assistant Professor of Bioacoustics, Neuroscience and Hearing/Speech Science at the University of Cincinnati. With degrees in Physics, Oceanography, Physical Acoustics and Animal Bioacoustics with a medical elective (MDr.) in head and neck anatomy and an elective in mechanical engineering, Dr. Scheifele has been involved with human neuroaudiology research for 10 years and animal/marine mammal bioacoustic research and training for 30 years. A recipient of a presidential award from George Herbert Walker Bush for pioneering work in dolphin bioacoustic research he specializes in neuroaudiology and electrophysiology primarily through integrated research into animal hearing and specifically canine deafness.

David K. Brown, Ph.D., is the Director of Audiological Research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. He is interested in the development of screening and diagnostic tools such as Otoacoustic Emissions, Evoked Potentials and Auditory Processing Tests. Dr. Brown has lectured across North America, published numerous articles and book chapters.

John Greer Clark, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. A Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association he has served on both the Ohio Academy of Audiology and the American Academy of Audiology Boards of Directors and as Chair of the American Board of Audiology. He continues to serve on a large variety of committees and task forces for professional audiology societies. Dr. Clark is a recipient of the Honors of the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the author of a number of professional and academic texts on hearing loss and hearing rehabilitation.

R. Scott Dunn, RT (MR), is an Advanced Imaging Research Technologist in the Department of Radiology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. With a solid background in clinical adult and advanced pediatric MR imaging techniques, he has over the past 15 years gained animal imaging and anesthesia experience with mice, rats, cats, rabbits and dogs. He is currently the principal investigator on the “Diagnostic MR Imaging of Companion Animals” IACUC protocol investigating the efficacy of MR imaging of pets in the private sector in collaboration with the CARE Center, Inc. Veterinary Medical Center. Most recently, he has received national Certification in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

John Greinwald MD Capt USN (Ret.) is the Director of the Auditory Genetics Laboratory at Children’s hospital and is the FETCH~LAB genetics expert working on genetic deafness and Waardenberg Syndrome in canines.

Scott K. Holland, Ph.D., is the McLaurin Scholar in Pediatric Neurosurgery and Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience and Physics at University of Cincinnati, and Director of the Pediatric Brain Imaging Research Center at Children’s Hospital Research Foundation. A physicist by training, he received his BS degree (1980) in Physics from Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. and MS (1982) and PhD (1985) degrees in Applied Physics from Yale University.

Lisa L. Hunter, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Director of the Audiology Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center. She has clinical and research experience in physiologic measures of hearing, particularly in middle ear diagnostic measures and otitis media. She has authored numerous research and clinical publications on the topic of physiologic measures of hearing. She has chaired numerous committees for national professional organizations, is a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Audiology, and received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Robert W. Keith, PhD., is a professor emeritus of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the College of Medicine and adjunct Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Keith has a long history of teaching, research, and clinical experience in electrophysiology with both animals and humans. Some of his early research was conducted on the development of the auditory and visual system in the fetal lamb; using techniques that included both auditory and visual evoked potentials. For many years he taught the electrophysiology courses in CSD. He has several publications including peer reviewed articles and book chapters on the topic of evoked potentials.

Debbie Kemper, DVM, received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Indiana University in 1993. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Purdue University in 1997. She has been working in small animal medicine for 8 years. For the last six years, Debbie has focused mainly in small animal emergency and critical care. While she still works for local veterinarians on a part time basis, she is currently the staff veterinarian with Laboratory Animal Medical at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Kemper is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, and the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners. She has served as a volunteer for animal shelters in Indiana and Florida.

Laura Kretschmer, Ed.D., is a doctoral graduate of Teacher's College, Columbia University. An Honors recipient of the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Fellow of both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Dr. Kretschmer is a frequently invited conference speaker and author or co-author of two academic texts and numerous book chapters, journal articles and conference papers/posters. She maintains active participation within a variety of professional societies. Dr. Kretschmer has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in audiology at the University of Cincinnati for a number of years, with special emphasis on basic hearing diagnostic assessment, auditory diseases and pediatric assessment and intervention.

Maureen McDaniel, M.Ed., graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kettering College of Medical Arts with an Associate of Science Degree in Medical Sonography. She then completed her Bachelor of Science in Health Professions also at Kettering maintaining the Summa Cum Laude status. Maureen received her Master’s in Education through the University of Rio Grande. She is registered in Abdomen, OB/gyn, Adult Cardiac, and Vascular ultrasound through the American Registry of Diagnostic Sonography, ARDMS and has published in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Maureen is an active member of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, SDMS, where she serves on the Education Committee. She also co-founded the Ohio Medical Ultrasound Society in 2007. Maureen is the Program Coordinator for the Sonography Program at the University of Cincinnati housed within the Advanced Medical Imaging Technology Program in the College of Allied Health Sciences.

Lesa Scheifele holds an Associate of Science degree in Exotic Animal Training and Management from Moorpark College in California. The EATM degree is the premier degree for animal trainers and zookeepers worldwide. Having worked at zoos with animal training and husbandry, and as an emergency veterinary technician, she brings a well-rounded background that includes hands-on experience with domestic and exotic animals, including marine mammals. Founder of the “The Lost Ark”, an environmental education company that brought trained exotic animals to schools in New England for over 20 years, she is also an animal behavior consultant and wildlife rehabilitator. Lesa’s highly trained dog “Otter” has been featured on “The Late Show with David Letterman”, and on Animal Planet. Lesa taught “Introduction to Companion Animal Management” for the University of Connecticut’s Animal Science Department for 7 years before moving to the Cincinnati area.

Janet Stein, M.A., Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, obtained an M.A. in audiology from San Diego State University and a B.A. from UCLA, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She is certified in Audiology by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. She practiced as a clinical audiologist from 1975-2003, first as originator and Chief of the Audiology Department at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Diego which served over 200,000 subscribers in San Diego County and later as Director of Audiology for the Hearing and Balance Laboratory of Otology Associates in Cincinnati. Since 1997 she has been an Assistant Clinical Professor and Audiology Practicum Supervisor/Coordinator at UC. Each fall she supervises the screening of 1500 children for hearing, speech, and language disorders by graduate students as well as doing clinical teaching, practicum placements for the Au.D. students, and performing site visits.

Fawen Zhang M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. She received her medical degree in China and Ph.D. in Audiology from the University of South Alabama. After graduation, she continued her postdoctoral training in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Iowa until August 2007 when she started her faculty position at University of Cincinnati. Her interest is in the neural mechanisms of normal and abnormal hearing using Electrophysiological techniques.