Who We Are
Below are all of the various committees, core personal, and faculty members that are associated with the Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center.
You will find all links to contact information for each member. We currently support 3 Research Projects Leaders (each at $200k per year for up to three years) and 4 Pilot Project Awardees (each at $50k for 1 year).
The Center has 2 specialized Research Cores, the Auditory & Vestibular Technology Core, and the Drug Discovery & Delivery Core, to assist researchers in meeting their research goals.
- Anna Dunaevsky, PhD – University Nebraska Medical Center - Professor – Development Neuroscience - Department of Neurological Sciences (UNMC Site Director)
- Dominic Cosgrove, PhD – Boys Town National Research Hospital – Director, Gene Expression Laboratory (BTNRH Site Director)
- David He, PhD – Creighton University - Professor of Neuroscience – Professor (Core Director Auditory and Vestibular Core)
- Peter S. Steyger, PhD – Creighton University – Professor – School of Medicine – Director Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center – Biomedical Sciences
- Patrick Swanson, PhD – Creighton University – Professor, Program Director, Graduate Program Director Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- Juliane K. Strauss-Soukup, BS, PhD – Creighton University – Professor – Vice Provost, Research and Scholarship – College of Arts and Sciences
- Anna Dunaevsky, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center – Professor – Development Neuroscience - Department of Neurological Science
- Laura Hansen, PhD – Creighton University – Professor – Director, CU Histology Core Facility, Board Membership, Graduate Board Director, Molecular Mechanisms and Cancer Targets Program, Associate Dean, Associate Dean for Research – School of Medicine
- Ryan W. McCreery, PhD - Boys Town National Research Hospital – Director of Research, Director, Audibility, Perception and Cognition Laboratory, Director of the Center of Audiology
- Nicholas Stergiou, PhD - University of Nebraska Omaha – Assistant Dean and Director, Division of Biomechanics and Research Development, College of Education, Distinguished Community Research Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biomechanics, Director, Center for Research in Human Movement Variability (MOVCENTR) Professor, Department of Environmental Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Peter S. Steyger, PhD - Creighton University – Professor - School of Medicine – Director Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center – Biomedical Sciences
Alain Dabdoub, PhD
Senior Scientist
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Amanda Lauer, PhD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Daniel Tollin, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Biophysics, and Otolaryngology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Lisa Hunter, PhD, FAAA
Scientific Director of Research, Division of Audiology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Jason C. Bartz, PhD – Creighton University – Professor, Associate Dean, Academic and Faculty Affairs Vice Chair (Chair, IAC)
- Dominic Cosgrove, PhD – Boys Town National Research Hospital – Director, Gene Expression Laboratory
- Howard S. Fox, MD, PhD – University Nebraska Medical Center – Senior Associate Dean of Research & Development – College of Medicine, Professor – Department of Neurological Sciences Director – Center for Integrative & Translational Neuroscience
- Peter S. Steyger, PhD – Creighton University – Professor – School of Medicine – Director Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center – Biomedical Sciences
- Amy F. Wilson, PharmD - Creighton University - Interim Dean, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions, Associate Professor
Chair: Colleen Le Prell, PhD
Professor of Otology
University of Texas at Dallas
Konstantina Stankovic, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Professor of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery
Stanford University
David Raible, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
University of Washington
John Brigande, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
Professor of Otolaryngology
The Ohio State University
Professor and Chair of Department of Speech and Hearing Science
We are currently recruiting a research audiologist.
- Director: Michael Nichols, PhD - Professor of Physics – Professor – Program Director, M.S. Physics and M.S. Medical Physics Programs – College of Arts and Sciences
- Co-Director: D. David. Smith, PhD - Professor of Biochemistry – Professor, Program Director, M.S. Physics and M.S. Medical Physics Program
- Molly McDevitt, PhD - Auditory & Vestibular Technology Research Scientist (Mass Spectrometry).
- Anthony Stender, PhD
- Director: Dr. Patrick Swanson – Creighton University – Professor, Graduate Program Director in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- Co-Director: Dr. Alekha Dash, PhD – Creighton University – Professor, Endowed Chair, Holder of Gilbert F. Taffe, Jr. Endowed Chair, Department of Pharmacy Sciences
- Sub Core Director: Dr. Gopal Jadhav, MBA, PhD – Creighton University – Assistant Professor – School of Medicine
- Chunkai Wang, PhD – Creighton University – Lab Director
- Peter S. Steyger, PhD – Creighton University – Professor – School of Medicine – Director Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center – Biomedical Sciences
- Anna Dunaevsky, PhD (UNMC Site Director)
- Darren Groh, MD
- Alekha Dash, PhD
- Dominic Cosgrove, PhD
- David He, PhD
- Gopal Jadhav, PhD
- Gwen King, PhD
- Sandor Lovas, PhD
- Ryan McCreery, PhD (BTNRH)
- Brian North, PhD
- Jeffery North, PhD
- Padmashri Ragunathan, PhD (UNMC)
- Annemarie Shibata, PhD
- Derek D. Smith, PhD
- Litao Tao, PhD
- Tal Teitz, PhD
- Wallace B. Thoreson, PhD
- Garrett Soukup, PhD
- Michael Anne Gratton, PhD (BTNRH)
- Michael Nichols, PhD
- Sonia Rocha-Sanchez, PhD
- Barbra Morley, PhD (BTNRH)
- Yunxia Wang Lundberg, PhD (BTNRH)
- Oleg korzyukov, PhD (UNMC)
- Valentina Gumenyuk, PhD (UNMC)
- Steven Fernandes, PhD
- Aurijit Sarkar, PhD
- Peter Steyger, PhD - Director
- Stacy Barney M.Ed. - Program Administrator
- Jacob Walker - Program Manager
