Ola Ozernov-Palchik, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Translational Research in the AI and Education Initiative at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and the Hariri Institute for Computing. She is also a Research Scientist at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Her research examines the brain and cognitive mechanisms that support language and literacy development, with a focus on reading comprehension and dyslexia. More recently, she has investigated how artificial intelligence can be used to implement evidence-based approaches for early literacy assessment and intervention. Dr. Ozernov-Palchik is committed to advancing translational research that promotes educational equity and improves learning outcomes for all students.

Dr. Laura Steacy is an Associate Professor of Special Education in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut, an affiliated scientist at Haskins Laboratories, and affiliated faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research. She earned a Ph.D. in Special Education from Vanderbilt University. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a classroom teacher with experience teaching kindergarten through sixth grade. Her research interests include early reading development, predictors of reading achievement, and interventions for students who have or are at-risk for reading disabilities, including dyslexia.

Phil Capin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on individual differences in reading development and the design and evaluation of instructional practices for students at risk for reading difficulties. He directs the BRIDGES Lab, which partners with educators to translate research into effective classroom practice. His work, supported by IES, NIH, and OSEP, has been published in journals including Scientific Studies of Reading, Reading Research Quarterly, and the Journal of Educational Psychology. Before joining academia, he was a K–12 teacher in El Centro, California.

Tyler Perrachione is an Associate Professor at Boston University, where he leads the Communication Neuroscience Research Laboratory in the Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering and the Hearing Research Center in Sargent College. His research examines the neural foundations of human communication, how they are disrupted in communication disorders, and how they can be enhanced for learning and rehabilitation. His work on dyslexia has been published in Science, Neuron, and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, among other major journals, and has been supported by grants from the NIH and private foundations.

William Baker (The Dyslexia Foundation, deceased)

Albert Galaburda (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Harvard Medical School, retired)