Donna S. Whitlon, Ph.D., serves on the Research Committee of the American Hearing Research Foundation. She also serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Hearing Research.
Dr. Whitlon is currently Research Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and Institute of Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and is a Fellow of the Hugh Knowles Center, Northwestern University.
Dr. Whitlon has served as a Permanent Member of the National Institutes of Health Integrative, Functional, and Cognitive Neuroscience 6 (IFCN-6) Study Section, as an ad hoc member of the Audiology (AUD) study section, and as Chair of the Education Committee of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology; She has published numerous scientific articles, primarily in the area of the cochlea.
Dr. Whitlon holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research interests lie in the area of developmental neurobiology and include cochlear development and regeneration, spiral ganglion neurite growth in vivo and in vitro, growth factors, adhesion and extracellular matrix proteins.