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Difference Matters AHA

Alliance Health Ambassadors

Difference Matters is an event that provides a platform for individuals to share their stories and engage in meaningful discussions about varied experiences, including those with disabilities, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and others.

Spring 2025 Speakers

Patricia Johnson

 

Dr. Johnson is an associate professor in the 黑料网. She practices as a clinical audiologist at the 黑料网 Hearing and Communication Center (黑料网-HCC), a faculty clinic in Chapel Hill. She can also be found leading clinical services at the 黑料网-HCC satellite office in the Orange County Sportsplex in Hillsborough. She provides adult diagnostic, tinnitus and aural rehabilitative services, with specialization in hearing and assistive technology. With the 黑料网-HCC serving as the formative training site for 黑料网鈥檚 doctoral students, Dr. Johnson provides daily clinical education via one-on-one student supervision. Using her expertise in hearing technology. Dr. Johnson teaches the Au.D. hearing aid courses for first and second year students and a third year course on Occupational Audiology. With a commitment to community service, Dr. Johnson can often be found providing hearing presentations and screenings around the Triangle, with a special focus on the aging population.

Hannah Spitzer

Hannah Spitzer - woman with long brown hair and glasses wearing a purple shirt and a black jacket.Hannah Spitzer is a research assistant at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG). She was diagnosed with autism at the age of 14 and became interested in the field of autism. Hannah began working with聽聽during an internship as part of her Human Development and Family Studies program at 黑料网-Chapel Hill. She has continued as a research assistant at FPG after graduating, collaborating with the Project EXPRESS team.

Jessica Steinbrenner

Jessica Steinbrenner a woman with long brown hair wearing a red shirt and a black jacket.
Jessica Steinbrenner is an Associate Professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, a faculty fellow at FPG, and a certified speech-language pathologist. She has worked with autistic individuals for over two decades and has been part of school- and community-based autism research for 16 years, first as a graduate student and now as a faculty member. This includes her work on聽 with Hannah. 聽Jessica is passionate about bridging the gap between research and practice by supporting implementation of evidence-based practices with all of the complexities in real-world settings.

 

 

Let’s Discuss

Click on the speakers names and watch their videos. Afterwards, give us your input with the survey below!

Difference Matters is aimed to open up dialogue between students, staff and faculty regarding experiences and challenges such as people with disabilities face, the challenges healthcare providers face, and more. This event is critical to our club as it allows students to learn more about what their future patients are going through and learn how to be better providers in accordance.聽

We would love to hear your input about the event. Make comments on the document below! Tell us what stuck with you, what was surprising, or what information you will take to use with your patients in the future? If you just want to tell the speaker that they were great please make a comment. We want this to be an open space. Please use the attached Google doc to write your thoughts under each speaker’s name or give a general response.