This COMMeND program has garnered support from world-class researchers across the globe. Our highly-qualified mentors and staff are committed to helping otitis media researchers from all backgrounds and career stages find success.
Leadership team
Regie Santos-Cortez
Principal Investigator; Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Allen Ryan
Principal Investigator; Director of Research, Professor - Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
University of California San Diego
Diego Preciado
Principal Investigator; Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s National Hospital Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine
Sonja Ziniel
Co-I; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Current Mentors
Sarah Clark
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical campus
Sebahattin Cureoglu
Professor, Paparella Chair for Human Otopathology Department of Otolaryngology
University of Minnesota
Nathaniel Greene
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical campus
Eric Harvill
Professor, University of Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Medical Microbiology
University of Georgia
Joseph Kerschner
Dean of the School of Medicine, Provost and Executive Vice President
Medical college of Wisconsin
Anke Leichtle
Associate Professor (Privatdozentin), Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
Tal Marom
Attending Physician at the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Kevin Mason
Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
The Ohio State University School of Medicine
Gabrielle Merchant
Research Scientist III, Center for Hearing Research
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Aaron Moberly
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stephen Pelton
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology; Director of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases at Boston Medical Center
Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Public Health
Michael Pichichero
Director, Rochester General Hospital Research Institute Research Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology
Maria Reyes-Quintos
Professor & Chair, Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Philippine General Hospital
Scott Rickert
Associate Professor; Department of Pediatrics Chief, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peter Santa Maria
Professor, Otolaryngology Division Chief Otology & Neurotology, Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research
University of Pittsburgh
Sharon Tamir
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery; Faculty of Health Sciences
Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Israel
Ruth Thornton
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Child Health Research
University of Western Australia
Tulio Valdez
Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS) and, by courtesy, of pediatrics
Stanford University
Current Mentees
Brianna Atto
University of Tasmania
Antonio Bon-Nieves
University of Puerto Rico
Kavita Dedhia
University of Pennsylvania
Jonas Fleckner
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Helen Gomez
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Matthew Hill
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Regina Kelmann
Creighton University
Arwa Kurabi
University of California San Diego
Mary Marino
Drexel University
Guillermo Monroy
University of Illinois
Zuzana Penxova
University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Jason Qian
University of California San Diego
Steven Shaw
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Evangeline "Leanie" Williams
Drexel University
Staff
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Landen Mayher
Clinical Research/ Program coordinator
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical campus