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Dr. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Professor · College of Science Director

Carnegie Mellon University · United States
neuroimagingand computational methods to understand auditory processingbinaural and spatial hearingsubcortical and cortical sound processingmulti-sensory attention networks

About

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham became the Director of the Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute in 2018. Before joining Carnegie Mellon, she spent over twenty years on the faculty of Boston University (first in Cognitive and Neural Systems, and later in Biomedical Engineering). Her innovative work in auditory neuroscience has been recognized by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Whitaker Foundation, and the Vannevar Bush Fellows program. She has held numerous elected and appointed leadership positions in professional organizations such as the Association for Research in Otolaryngology and the Acoustical Society of America, and serves as on numerous advisory boards within both academia and industry.

Selected publications

  • Baker Hall 335A
  • bgsc(through)andrew.cmu.edu
  • Publications

Data verified 9/6/2026Source

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