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Research Coordinator - Neil Scharpe

Mr. Neil Scharpe serves as the Principal Investigator for the HRSA funded grant that coordinates the North Dakota Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (NDEHDI) Program under the authority of the North Dakota Department of Health. This project has a mission of screening every baby born in ND by one month of age, diagnosing those infants with congenital hearing loss by three months, and providing intervention services at early but not to exceed six months of age.

 

Mr. Scharpe has also directed a project that established a Technical and Management Protocol and tool kit to diagnose hearing loss in infants 0-6 months of age using the internet and tele-health network.

 

Mr. Scharpe also is the Director of the Great Plains Center for Community Research and Service at MSU. The Center has a mission to engage faculty and student of MSU in assisting communities in northwest ND in identifying and soling community issues. The Center was instrumental in flood related recovery projects as a result of the 2011 Mouse River Flood.

 

Mr. Scharpe holds a Master's of Science degree in Special Education from MSU and has 24 years of experience as an administrator of a community rehabilitation program serving adults with developmental disabilities.

 

Mr. Scharpe's Vita (pdf document)

 

Contact information:
Mr.Neil Scharpe
Minot State University
500 University Avenue West
Minot, ND 58707
(800)233-1737 or (701)858-3596