Susan Griest, MPH
Susan Griest, M.P.H. is a Research Scientist for the Veterans Administration (VA), National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research and the Oregon Hearing Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She received her Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington in 1989.  For the past 26 years, Ms. Griest has been a researcher and educator in the area of tinnitus and noise-induced hearing loss. For the past 10 years, she has been involved with the development and evaluation of the Dangerous Decibels program and the VA Hearing Loss Prevention Program (HLPP).  Ms. Griest has been a member of the NHCA since 1996. During that time she has served on the executive council as an associate and member delegate, has been a member of the task force, Hearing Conservation Education for Children & Adolescents, and was Program Chair for the 33rd NHCA conference held in Portland, Oregon (2008).