Tiffany Panko

Executive Director

NTID Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Science Hub

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

tlpccl@rit.edu

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Please email Krystal Starks at kmsdhb@rit.edu for an appointment.

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Tiffany Panko

Executive Director

NTID Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Science Hub

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Bio

Tiffany L. Panko, MD, MBA is the Executive Director of the Deaf Health Care and Biomedical Science Hub (Deaf Hub). She is also Co-Program Director of teh Mentor Supported Shadowing Program, Co-Program Director of the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (U-RISE) program, and the Lab Director for the Deaf Health Laboratory. More information about the Deaf Hub can be found at rit.edu/ntid/deafhub

tlpccl@rit.edu

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Journal Paper

Ratakonda, Sanjana, et al. "Wait, What? What's Going On?—Pregnancy Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mothers Who Do Not Sign." Birth. (2024): 0. Web.

Chandanabhumma, Paul P., et al. "Examining the Differences of Perceptions and Experience with Online Health Information Accessibility Between Deaf and Hearing Individuals: A Qualitative Study." Patient Education and Counseling 122. (2024): 108169. Print.

Helm, Kaila V.T., et al. "Maternal health experiences of Black deaf and hard of hearing women in the United States." Women's Health Issues 33. 6 (2023): 610-617. Print.

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Book Chapter

Mazique, Rachel, Tiffany L. Panko, and Jess A. Cuculick. "Reproductive and Disability Justice: Deaf Peoples’ Right to be Born." The Palgrave Handbook of Reproductive Justice and Literature. Ed. Beth Widmaier Capo and Laura Lazzari. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2022. 221-246. Print.

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Panko, Tiffany, Jeanne Alhusen, and Kristi Kirschner. "Disability and Pregnancy: Health Care Providers." The Accessibility of Motherhood: A Virtual Workshop on Disability and Pregnancy. NIDILRR Administration for Community Living. Washington, DC. 2 Nov. 2021. Guest Lecture.

Invited Paper

Panko, Tiffany L., Shazia Siddiqi, and Jason Rotoli. "Supporting the deaf community: Do they have access to breastfeeding resources?" Breastfeeding Resiliency, Engagement, and Empowerment Newsletter. (2021). Web.

Uninvited Presentations

Helm, Kaila, et al. "Maternal health experiences of black deaf and hard of hearing women in the United States." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. American Public Health Association. Denver, CO. 24 Oct. 2021. Conference Presentation.

Schecter, Arielle, et al. "Facilitators and barriers to safe sex and effective contraception in deaf women: A mixed methods study." Family Medicine Education Consortium. Family Medicine Education Consortium. Philadelphia, PA. 9 Oct. 2021. Poster Session.

Postl, Daphine, et al. "Deaf women’s contraceptive practices." National Sexual Health Conference. United States National Sexual Health Conference. Washington, DC. 6 Oct. 2021. Poster Session.

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Shows/Exhibits/Installations

Panko, Tiffany. Faces of Science: Ambassadors for Equity. 2021. Museum of Science, Boston, MA. Exhibit.

Panko, Tiffany. #IfThenSheCan The Exhibit. 2021. NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX. Exhibit.

Panko, Tiffany. Contemporary Women in STEM. 2020. International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL. Exhibit.

Published Conference Proceedings

Mussallem, Ashley, et al. "Double Disparity in Deaf and Hard of Hearing College Students’ Health Literacy." Proceedings of the Health Literacy in Action and Health Literacy Annual Research Conference. Virtual Meeting. 20 October 2020. Ed. Michael K. Paasche-Orlow. Thorofare, NJ: n.p., Print.

Postl, Daphine, et al. "Deaf Community’s Experience of COVID-19." Proceedings of the Health Literacy in Action and Health Literacy Annual Research Conference. Virtual Meeting. 20 October 2020. Ed. Michael K. Paasche-Orlow. Thorofare, NJ: n.p., Print.

Dye, Timothy D., et al. "Adherence to COVID-19 Prevention Strategies among Pregnant People and their Partners." Proceedings of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine, January 2021, Las Vegas, NV. Ed. Catherine Bradley and Roberto Romero. New York, NY: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2021. Print.

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In the News

February 25, 2022

RIT STEM educator included in Smithsonian exhibit

Rochester Business Journal highlights Tiffany Panko, director of the Deaf Health Laboratory in the Center for Culture and Language at NTID.
February 17, 2022

RIT/NTID laboratory director has life-size statue on display for If/Then She Can national exhibit

Tiffany Panko, director of the Deaf Health Laboratory in the Center for Culture and Language at NTID, will be among 120 women in STEM personified in life-sized statues that will be on display in Smithsonian gardens and in select Smithsonian museums March 5-27 for the #IfThenSheCan — The Exhibit.
May 28, 2021

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.

February 3, 2025

Panko, committee works on disability inclusion and anti-ableism in STEMM
July 17, 2024

Panko publishes study on online health information accessibility
September 26, 2023

Panko and team publish article on maternal health experiences
April 28, 2023

Panko and team publishes article

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