Author: Dr. Margaret Jastreboff

Dr. Margaret M. Jastreboff received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Polish Academy of Sciences (1982), and postdoctoral training in pharmacology and molecular biology at Yale University School of Medicine. She has been involved in tinnitus research since 1984 and full-time since 1991 while working at University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her experimental work encompassed the study of the mechanisms of tinnitus using molecular biology, pharmacology, and behavioral techniques, including testing drugs for their effectiveness for tinnitus attenuation. She has been involved in clinical work for number of years as well, while working first as an Associate Professor at Emory University and later as a Visiting Research Professor at Towson University. In 1993 she shared with Dr. Pawel J. Jastreboff Robert W. Hocks an award for her contribution to the field of tinnitus. After over 35 years in academia where she was involved in basic science and clinical research, teaching Audiology Doctor students and treating patients, she became President of JHDF, Inc., a non-profit foundation dedicated to research in the field of tinnitus and decreased sound tolerance, treating patients and providing education for health care providers. She has organized 37 courses on Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in the USA and 73 courses abroad. She is a co-author of over 65 papers and 100 abstracts. Please check out the Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Center website. If you would like more information or have further questions please send an email to Dr. Jastreboff.