Research Areas
Airway inflammation and chronic sinusitis
Holly Boyer, MD
Pathophysiology of airway inflammation, chronic sinusitis and allergic diseases, and outcomes in treatment of nasal obstruction
Auditory biochemistry
Steven Juhn, MD
Effect of middle ear inflammation on the inner ear
Clinical Epidemiology
Samir Khariwala, MD
Metabolism of tobacco carcinogens to better understand this risk and susceptibility of oral/head and neck cancer in smokers.
Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH
Treatment outcomes in early laryngeal cancer, treatment outcomes in laryngeal disorders, psychosocial distress in voice disorders.
Cochlear anatomy
Peter A. Santi, PhD
Structural/functional relationships within the normal cochlea and cochleas altered by disease in humans and in animal models
Cochlear pathophysiology
Tina Huang, MD
Cochlear implantation outcomes, tinnitus reduction strategies, cytomegalovirus-induced hearing loss and cochlear lateral wall pathophysiology
Head and neck cancer outcomes
Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH
Quality of life of head and neck cancer patients
Samir Khariwala, MD
Biomarkers and outcomes in head and neck cancer
Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH
Treatment outcomes in early laryngeal cancer
Health Services Research
Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH
Treatment outcomes in early laryngeal cancer, treatment outcomes in laryngeal disorders, psychosocial distress in voice disorders.
Immunotherapy Laboratory
Jizhen Lin, MD
HNC stem cells, animal models, and targeted therapy of HNC
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Lion's Voice Clinic research
Deirdre Michael, PhD
Acoustic correlates of perceptual voice characteristics, unilateral vocal fold paralysis, and normal, disordered, and supranormal vocal and respiratory function
Stephanie Misono, MD, MPH
Treatment outcomes in laryngeal disorders, psychosocial distress in voice disorders
Molecular cytology
Michael Paparella, MD
Molecular oncology
Frank Ondrey, MD, PhD
Activation of the nuclear receptor PPAR gamma in head and neck cancer chemoprevention
Emiro Caicedo-Granados, MD
Head and neck squamous carcinoma treatment and effect of HPV on cell signaling
Neural Prostheses, Auditory Neuroscience, Neural Plasticity
Hubert H. Lim, PhD
Develop and improve implantable neural prostheses for restoring auditory function in deaf or hearing-impaired patients as well as those experiencing severe tinnitus.
SONIC Lab
Otopathology
Sebahattin Cureoglu, MD
Meniere's disease, biofilm formation in chronic otitis media, and electrophysiologic animal studies
Vladimir Tsuprun, PhD
Cochlear anatomy and pathology, structural analysis of biological macromolecules and cell structures, and human temporal bone research
Psychoacoustics
Andrew Oxenham, PhD
Auditory perception, prostheses, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, and robust automatic speech recognition
Temporal bone dissection
Samuel Levine, MD
Development of 3D printed temporal bones and assessment of teaching techniques used in surgery of the temporal bone.
Wound healing
Amy-Anne Lassig, MD
Wound healing in head and neck cancer patients
Harley Dresner, MD
Wound healing in surgical incisions
David Hamlar, MD, DDS
Bone growth and remodeling