Lafayette, IN - After a thorough review process, the Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) has chosen Skyler Jennings, Au.D., as the 2008 recipient of its Leo Doerfler, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship Award. The $5,000 scholarship honors Dr. Doerfler's leadership in audiology's development, as well as his commitment to understanding audiology's scientific underpinnings. This scholarship is awarded to a Ph.D. student who already holds the Au.D. degree.Dr. Jennings earned his Au.D. in 2008 from Purdue University, and is currently enrolled there as a Ph.D. student in psychoacoustics. His research interest surrounds the behavioral manifestations of the medial olivo-cochlear reflex (MOCR). According to Purdue program director Robert E. Novak, Ph.D., Dr. Jennings has "a unique blend of intelligence, broad academic knowledge and skills, clinical skill and sensitivity to the broad age range of clients and their families, an inquisitiveness and research proclivity to address important questions related to the basic sciences and practice issues essential to the future development of our profession, and the work ethic and personality qualities that will enable him to make great research and clinical contributions in the future."
The AFA is an educational foundation whose mission is to empower audiologists to be independent and autonomous practitioners by supporting their educational preparation, professional practice and leadership development. For more information on the AFA, please visit www.audfound.org.
