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Dr. Christi Miller joined the UW Speech and Hearing Sciences department in 2013. The aim of her research is to improve outcomes for hearing aid users. Specifically she focuses on the interaction between hearing aid processing and distortion from the listener’s auditory system to help explain why a wide range of performance occurs in noisy environments. She also teaches many graduate level courses and supervises graduate student clinicians.

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Lisa Illich joined the UW and Hearing Sciences faculty in the spring of 2006. Her contributions include didactic instruction and clinical supervision.

Lisa received her master’s degree from the University of Montana and moved to Seattle in 1990 for an externship at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Following her externship she provided diagnostic and hearing aid dispensing services at Northwest Hospital and Virginia Mason Medical Center. As she gained clinical experience in those settings she became passionate about providing auditory rehab (AR). Her position at the UW provides the opportunity to share this passion with students and colleagues. Lisa teaches an advanced AR course to first-year AuD students, co-teaches a counseling course for third-year AuD students, and supervises both speech pathology and audiology graduate students in the clinical setting. Whether entering the field of speech pathology or audiology, Lisa’s message to all students is to” LISTEN to how the communication disorder is impacting the life of the person sitting across from you, then provide support and guidance as you help them achieve their communication goals.”

Lisa is licensed to practice in the state of Washington. She is a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), and the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (ARA). Starting in September of 2016 she began serving a three-year term as a member of the Washington State Board of Hearing and Speech. She is also the Clinical Director for Special Olympics Washington (SOWA).

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Jim Rupp is the author of “Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces, from SoDo to South Lake Union,” which was published last year by the University of Washington Press. A Seattle native, long-time lawyer and local historian, Jim has collected information about art in Seattle public spaces for over forty years. His first book, “Art in Seattle’s Public Places, an Illustrated Guide,” was published by the UW Press in 1992.

Charles Bernick, MD, MPH has researched Alzheimer’s disease and treatments for 25 years and most recently served as Associate Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. He has been involved in various state initiatives to improve dementia care and research and studies of medications currently available for Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Bernick now serves as Clinical Professor in UW Department of Neurology/ Co-Investigator at the UW ADRC, and Director of UW MBWC Clinical Trials.

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Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD, is a clinical neuropsychologist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of dementia and neurodegenerative disorders. He currently serves as the primary neuropsychologist for the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center. The specialty of neuropsychology involves the initial evaluation and treatment of people living with memory loss and dementia, with attention to emotional health. In his own twist on care, Dr. Rhoads works with patients and their families long after diagnosis, helping them to live well during big life change by developing new social, physical, and creative or healthy habits, such as mindfulness meditation, with consideration the unique needs of each individual he sees.

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