Assistant Professor HNS&CS
Duke University
Kristal Riska, AuD, PhD is an Assistant Professor and Director of Residency Research at Duke University in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences. Dr. Riska's research program’s overarching goals are to improve the diagnosis and management of dizziness, falls, and vestibular disorders. Her research focuses in three strategic areas: 1) improving the identification of vestibular dysfunction via improved clinical testing, 2) characterizing the role of vestibular function and rehabilitative strategies in post-concussive/mild traumatic brain injury related dizziness; and 3) identifying and understanding the mechanisms that mediate the association between falls and hearing loss in an effort to develop interventions that will modify falls risk in the hearing impaired population.