Ed Walsh is a neuroscientist whose work centers on questions related to how the brain encodes sound information, the exploration of developmental and molecular processes associated with auditory function and dysfunction, and pathological consequences of noise over-exposure and genetic mutations on sensory and neural information processing. His most recent biomedical research focus is on the development of a non-human animal model of blast-elicited traumatic brain injury (TBI) that will serve as a platform for the development of TBI treatment protocols.

Ed received his Bachelor of Science degree from the Western Illinois University, his Master of Science degree from the University of Illinois (Springfield), and his Doctor of Philosophy degree was earned at Creighton University.

He was the director of the Developmental Auditory Physiology Lab at the Boys Town National Research Hospital for nearly 30 years and was affiliated with Creighton University Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dept. of Otolaryngology, and the University of Nebraska Lincoln in the Dept. of Special Education and Communication Disorders. Ed has contributed to the medical education program at Creighton’s Medical School and taught in a number of courses including Medical Physiology, Neurobiology, and Auditory Neuroscience. He has over 80 scientific publications and book chapters, numerous magazine articles and lay-language papers, and well over 190 abstracts in scientific journals.

Ed is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System and is also affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities in the Center for Translational and Applied Sensory Science and the Dept. of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. He has been an Investigator on numerous grants from agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense.

In addition to ongoing biomedical research, conservation research is a second scientific area of interest where he has studied hearing, vocal production and vocalization acoustics in tigers, lions and other large and not so large cats, and is currently studying hearing and vocalization acoustics in bald and golden eagles.

Ed has lived in Omaha since 1990 with his spouse, JoAnn McGee, who is also a neuroscientist. They have two daughters and a son and a growing number of grandchildren. When not working he spends a substantial amount of time participating in philanthropic efforts and enjoying the great outdoors, with hiking sitting at the top of a long list of activities