Gabrielle Saunders is Associate Director of the National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, both in Portland, OR. Her primary research interests focus on approaches to audiologic rehabilitation for older individuals, and application of health behavior theory to the understanding of hearing health behaviors. She has ongoing funded research studies examining improved approaches to hearing aid orientation, attitudes and beliefs underlying hearing aid acquisition, auditory complaints among blast-exposed Veterans, and innovative approaches to automated hearing screening.