Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is Professor Emerita, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Research Affiliate, Institute of Cognitive Science, and Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Centre for Deaf.  She has over 125 published articles and chapters with a focus on universal newborn hearing screening and predictors of developmental outcomes of children with hearing loss with an emphasis on children and families from multicultural/linguistic backgrounds, and those with socio-economic and linguistic challenges. She received Honors from the American Speech/Language & Hearing Association and was Jerger Career Research Awardee from the American Academy of Audiology.  She is a member of the Audiology committee for the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) and the Audiology committee of the Global Coalition for Hearing Health.