Erin Picou is an associate professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She currently directs the Hearing and Affect Perception Interest (HAPI) laboratory, which is funded through a variety of industry and federal sources. Her research interests are related to hearing aid technologies for adults and children, with a specific focus on speech recognition, listening effort, and emotion perception. Erin is currently serving as the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Audiology. In addition to her research activities, Erin is involved with teaching and mentoring clinical and research doctoral students