DEAF HEALTH EQUITY CENTER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Center Director
B.A. in Psychology at Gallaudet University; M.A. in Psychology at the University of Houston; and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Houston. Postdoctoral training in Public Health Services and Preventive Medicine at the University of Washington and University of Rochester Medical Center.
Dr. Poorna Kushalnagar directs the Center for Deaf Health Equity at Gallaudet University.
She is the principal investigator of National Institute of Health (NIH) and has received awards that total over $4 million dollars. These grants support studies aligned with her primary research interests in deaf patient-reported and health outcomes.