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Tiffany Panko

  • May 28, 2021

    two women wearing face masks looing at a pamphlet in a doctor's office.

    Researchers show deaf community needs greater guidance on COVID-19 management, care

    A team of researchers, led by NTID, has discovered that improved guidance on COVID-19 management and healthcare navigation accessible to the deaf community is needed. The conclusion is based on studies that show a higher portion of deaf respondents reported challenges with accessing, understanding, and trusting COVID-19 information compared to their hearing peers.

  • August 14, 2020

    Tiffany Panko.

    RIT alumna named director of university’s Deaf Health Laboratory

    Tiffany Panko, M.D., has been named director of the Deaf Health Laboratory in the Research Center on Culture and Language at NTID. Panko, an alumna of RIT who received support from NTID, earned her undergraduate degree in applied arts and sciences, with concentrations in premedical and psychological studies, in 2008. She earned her MBA from Saunders College of Business in 2009, and her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2016.