About the Vestibular-Oriented Research meeting
The Vestibular-Oriented Research Meeting was created to bring together leading and aspiring researchers from around the world to share and build knowledge, unify our diverse transdisciplinary specialty, and transform and improve interactions within our community as well as within independent and parallel disciplines.
2025 Vestibular-Oriented Research Meeting
May 19-22, 2025 at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO
The meeting will take place virtually and in-person. In-person attendance is limited to 150 participants. The program will begin the morning of Monday, May 19, 2025 and conclude around lunchtime Mountain Time on Thursday, May 22, 2025. A formal schedule will be released and posted soon.
Abstract submissions
The Vestibular-Oriented Research Meeting is comprised of keynote speakers, poster presentations and podium presentations. Poster and podium presentation opportunities are open to any in-person attendee; please note that presentations are not open to virtual attendees.
If you would like to present at this year's conference, please submit your abstract during the registration process. Podium presentation and abstract topics are not due at the time of registration, but must be submitted by midnight on February 21, 2025. Abstracts should be 500 words or less (or 3,000 characters or less). View a sample abstract.
Register for the 2025 event
Registration for the 2025 Vestibular-Oriented Research meeting is open.
Our 2025 keynote speakers
Yuri Agrawal, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair of Otolaryngology
University of Colorado Anschutz
Dr. Agrawal is Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Colorado. She is an Otologist-Neurotologist, and has several NIH grants studying vestibular loss and cognition in older adults. She serves as the Education Director of the American Neurotology Society, a Director on the American Academy of Otolaryngology’s Board of Directors, Council Member of the American Board of Otolaryngology, Treasurer-Elect of the Triological Society, and Past-President of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
Martha Bagnall, PhD
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Washington University
Dr. Martha Bagnall received her B.S. from Yale University, after which she worked as a tech in the lab of Dr. Thomas Carew at UC Irvine. She entered graduate school at UC San Diego in 2002, joining the lab of Dr. Sascha du Lac at the Salk Institute. There she studied the properties of vestibular circuits in the brainstem and cerebellum, with a focus on synaptic transmission. After obtaining her Ph.D. in 2008, she carried out a first postdoctoral position with Dr. Massimo Scanziani also at UCSD, researching the structure of thalamocortical inputs to inhibitory neurons. Subsequently, she continued postdoctoral research with Dr. David McLean at Northwestern University, where she investigated spinal and vestibular circuits in the young zebrafish. In 2015 Dr. Bagnall started her lab in the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University, where she continues to explore the structure of vestibular and spinal circuits and their role in motor control.
Ruth Anne Eatock, PhD
Professor or Neurobiology and the Neuroscience Institute
The University of Chicago
Ruth Anne Eatock, Ph.D., trained at McGill and Caltech in physiological and biophysical approaches to the inner ear, and has held faculty positions at University of Rochester, Baylor College of Medicine, and Harvard; since 2014, she has been a Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Chicago. Research in her lab investigates biophysical specializations of mammalian vestibular hair cells and afferents. Here she will focus on the deployment of potassium channels to shape hair cell and afferent timing, gain and noise, and to support a remarkable form of hair cell-to-afferent transmission that is exceptionally fast and linear.
Devin McCaslin, PhD
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery & Director of Audiology
University of Michigan
Devin L. McCaslin, PhD, is the Director of Audiology at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor and a Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan. His academic, clinical, and research interests focus on clinical electrophysiology, galvanic vestibular stimulation, healthcare economics, and using artificial intelligence to manage and treat dizziness in patients. Dr. McCaslin has also served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Academy of Audiology and as a board member for the American Auditory Society, American Balance Society, and American Academy of Audiology. Additionally, he is a past president of the American Balance Society.
Michael Schubert, PT, PhD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins
Michael C. Schubert PT, PhD, FAPTA is Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery with a joint appointment in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins University. He completed his PhD at the University of Miami and a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Dr Schubert is supported by the Department of Defense, the NIH and NASA and has published over 150 manuscripts. His clinical focus is treating gaze and gait instability in people with loss of vestibular sensation.
Scott Wood, PhD
Senior Researcher
Johnson Space Center, SK Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences
Scott Wood is a NASA Scientist for the Human Health and Performance Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. He serves as the Sensorimotor Discipline Lead for the Health and Countermeasures Element with the Human Research Program. He is also the co-lead of Crew Health Countermeasures portfolio for the Mars Campaign Office (MCO) that is charged with developing technologies and countermeasures for exploration missions. As part of the Neuroscience Laboratory, he has participated in numerous flight studies and oversees the pre-/post-flight dynamic posturography used for medical assessments. Dr. Wood began his research career at NASA while completing his doctorate at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. In addition to his spaceflight research, he has also conducted research in clinical and military aerospace laboratories. Dr. Wood’s principal research goal is to understand the mechanisms of multisensory integration and neural plasticity and apply this knowledge to improve rehabilitation strategies and optimize human performance.
Hotel Block
We have secured a room block at the Embassy Suites Boulder. Busing to and from the conference venue will be provided from this hotel. To book, please use the link below. If you call to make your reservation, please ask for the 'VOR Meeting Attendee' room rate.
Need a hotel room at the government rate? Please contact Niki Corrigan directly at niki.corrigan@osumc.edu for more information.
Embassy Suites Boulder
2601 Canyon Blvd | Boulder Colorado
303-443-2600
Book by Friday, April 18, 2025 to receive the special rate of $259/night + tax.
Amenities include:
- Complimentary WIFI for basic needs
- Complimentary Full Breakfast Buffet Daily
- 24-hour fitness center, outdoor pool
- Business center
- Discounted self-parking of $18.00 per night
- Hilton Honors Points
Travel details
Meeting location
University of Colorado Boulder
University Memorial Center, Conference Room 235
1669 Euclid Ave.,
Boulder, CO 80309
Air transportation
The Denver International Airport (DEN) is the main airport hub closest to Boulder, located about 40 miles away, and accommodates all major national and international flights.
Ground transportation
A courtesy shuttle will be available to and from your hotel and the meeting location. Transportation will not be provided to and from the airport. Additional forms of ground transportation include:- Uber
- Lyft
- Car Rental - There are over 10 rental car companies located at the Denver airport. Click here for more details.
- Local Taxi Companies - Boulder is located in Zone C and will have a flat rate fee of $89.03. Broomfield and Louisville Area will have a flat rate fee of $71.03.