I am always looking for students, post-docs, research and clinical fellows with an interest in otolaryngology, vestibular physiology, biomedical engineering, aging, and epidemiology to join my research group. Please contact me at yagrawa1 at jhmi dot edu if you have ideas for research projects.
Current members
Current members
Priyal Gandhi, Medical Student
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Priyal received her BA in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia in 2017, where she spent three years in the field of inner ear regeneration research. Priyal is excited to explore the intersections of neurology, geriatrics, and otolaryngology in both research and clinical settings. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, trying new recipes, and art.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Priyal received her BA in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia in 2017, where she spent three years in the field of inner ear regeneration research. Priyal is excited to explore the intersections of neurology, geriatrics, and otolaryngology in both research and clinical settings. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, trying new recipes, and art.
Jin Huang, Senior Biostatistician
Johns Hopkins University
Jin started working as a Senior Biostatistician at Johns Hopkins in 2012. She provides analytical support to research in gerontology and aging, epidemiology, public health, and medicine. The scope of her work includes survey studies, administrative claims analysis, and casual inference. Her research interests include statistical application in the health sciences, adaptive processes in aging, dementia research, and family caregiving.
Johns Hopkins University
Jin started working as a Senior Biostatistician at Johns Hopkins in 2012. She provides analytical support to research in gerontology and aging, epidemiology, public health, and medicine. The scope of her work includes survey studies, administrative claims analysis, and casual inference. Her research interests include statistical application in the health sciences, adaptive processes in aging, dementia research, and family caregiving.
Elliott Rebello, Research Assistant
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Elliott received a BS in Physiology and Neurobiology, and a BA in Classical Languages and Literatures from the University of Maryland. As a research assistant at Hopkins, Elliott is interested in exploring all the field of otolaryngology has to offer through clinical vestibular research. He currently works on a clinical trial of smart insole technology in collaboration with AARP, as well as a study on spatial navigation in vestibular patients incorporating a virtual reality paradigm. Outside of lab, Elliott likes to cook, read classic literature, and play violin.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Elliott received a BS in Physiology and Neurobiology, and a BA in Classical Languages and Literatures from the University of Maryland. As a research assistant at Hopkins, Elliott is interested in exploring all the field of otolaryngology has to offer through clinical vestibular research. He currently works on a clinical trial of smart insole technology in collaboration with AARP, as well as a study on spatial navigation in vestibular patients incorporating a virtual reality paradigm. Outside of lab, Elliott likes to cook, read classic literature, and play violin.
Jessica Roat, Research Coordinator
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Jessica received her BA in Psychology from Salisbury University, and her MS in Neuroscience from King's College London, in England. As a coordinator at Hopkins, she is involved in several vestibular studies, but spends most of her time on a study looking at falls and vestibular function in Alzheimer's disease. Her research interests include Alzheimer's disease, and changes of the brain associated with aging. In her free time, Jessica enjoys traveling, going to concerts, and being outdoors.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Jessica received her BA in Psychology from Salisbury University, and her MS in Neuroscience from King's College London, in England. As a coordinator at Hopkins, she is involved in several vestibular studies, but spends most of her time on a study looking at falls and vestibular function in Alzheimer's disease. Her research interests include Alzheimer's disease, and changes of the brain associated with aging. In her free time, Jessica enjoys traveling, going to concerts, and being outdoors.
Eric Wei, Medical Student
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Eric is a current medical student at Johns Hopkins. He received his B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia University in 2016. Eric is passionate about understanding how vestibular function changes with age and improving the quality of life of older adults with vestibular impairments. He is also interested in how vestibular loss affects and contributes to disease progression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Eric is a current medical student at Johns Hopkins. He received his B.A. in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia University in 2016. Eric is passionate about understanding how vestibular function changes with age and improving the quality of life of older adults with vestibular impairments. He is also interested in how vestibular loss affects and contributes to disease progression in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Ashley Cevallos, Research Assistant
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ashley received a BS in Biology with a minor in Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her time is divided between working at the vestibular clinic as a technician and at the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging as a research assistant. She is interested in the effects vestibular loss has on daily life and its pattern of decline associated with aging. In her free time, Ashley enjoys boxing, reading and hiking.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ashley received a BS in Biology with a minor in Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her time is divided between working at the vestibular clinic as a technician and at the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging as a research assistant. She is interested in the effects vestibular loss has on daily life and its pattern of decline associated with aging. In her free time, Ashley enjoys boxing, reading and hiking.
Dominic Padova, Research Technologist
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dominic received a Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering with a Mathematics minor in 2017 from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. In 2019, he received an M.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, where he focused on computational anatomy, helping to develop deformable 3D animal brain models under the supervision of Dr. J. Tilak Ratnanather. Dominic is interested in studying the links between vestibular function and the effects of neuropsychiatric disorders on anatomy, and he loves to train Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Dominic received a Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering with a Mathematics minor in 2017 from The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. In 2019, he received an M.S. in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, where he focused on computational anatomy, helping to develop deformable 3D animal brain models under the supervision of Dr. J. Tilak Ratnanather. Dominic is interested in studying the links between vestibular function and the effects of neuropsychiatric disorders on anatomy, and he loves to train Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Collaborators
John Carey, MD
Professor Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Esther Oh, MD PhD
Assistant Professor Geriatric Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Michael Schubert, PT PhD
Associate Professor Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
David Zee, MD
Professor Neurology, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Alumni
Eric Anson, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Robin Bigelow BS, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Marcela Davalos-Bichara MD, Research Fellow
Sinai Hospital, Baltimore
Eric Fong, Medical Student
Cairns Clinical School, James Cook University
Scott Frankenthaler, Undergraduate Student
Johns Hopkins University
Aisha Harun MD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Brooke Klatt, PhD, Post-Doctorate Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Olympia Kremmyda MD, Neurology Resident
Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Andrew Layman BS, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Carol Li MD, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Georgios Mantokoudis MD, Research Fellow
Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Eugene Semenov MD, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Daniel Sun MD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bryan Ward MD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johnny Xie, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
M. Geraldine Zuniga MD, Research Fellow
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
John Carey, MD
Professor Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Esther Oh, MD PhD
Assistant Professor Geriatric Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Michael Schubert, PT PhD
Associate Professor Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
David Zee, MD
Professor Neurology, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Alumni
Eric Anson, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Robin Bigelow BS, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Marcela Davalos-Bichara MD, Research Fellow
Sinai Hospital, Baltimore
Eric Fong, Medical Student
Cairns Clinical School, James Cook University
Scott Frankenthaler, Undergraduate Student
Johns Hopkins University
Aisha Harun MD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Brooke Klatt, PhD, Post-Doctorate Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Olympia Kremmyda MD, Neurology Resident
Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Andrew Layman BS, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Carol Li MD, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Georgios Mantokoudis MD, Research Fellow
Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
Eugene Semenov MD, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Daniel Sun MD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bryan Ward MD, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johnny Xie, Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
M. Geraldine Zuniga MD, Research Fellow
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
