Current Research & Grants
| Faculty | Awarded Project |
|---|---|
| Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD | Opto-Electrical Cochlear Implants Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
| Kazuaki Homma, PhD | Transdifferentiation in the Cochlea Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
| Jing Zheng, PhD | Investigating functions of a cilium protein in vestibular system Sponsor: American Hearing Research Foundation |
| Faculty | Awarded Project |
|---|---|
| Kazuaki Homma, PhD | Hearing Protection in Cisplatin Chemotherapy Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
| Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD | Validating Photobiomodulation Light Dosing Regimen for Preventing and Reducing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Sponsor: RayBalance, Inc. |
| Donna S Whitlon, PhD | Screening For and Preclinical Evaluation of Drugs for Hearing Loss Sponsor: Office of Naval Research |
| Jing Zheng, PhD | Investigating functions of a cilium protein in vestibular system Sponsor: American Hearing Research Foundation |
| Kazuaki Homma, PhD | Outer and Inner Hair Cell Development Sponsor: American Hearing Research Foundation |
| Faculty | Awarded Project |
|---|---|
| Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD | Evolutionary Advantage of Heterozygous PAI-1 Deficiency in Humans Sponsor: National Institute on Aging |
| Jing Zheng, PhD | Alzheimer’s disease and a prospective hearing-related serum biomarker Sponsor: Alzheimer's Association |
| Jing Zheng, PhD | A new strategy to detect cochlear damages and promote spiral ganglia neural regeneration Sponsor: Department of the Army |
| Jing Zheng, PhD | Outer hair cells and noise-induced hearing loss Sponsor: NIH/NIDCD |
| Faculty | Awarded Project |
|---|---|
| Donna S Whitlon, PhD | Towards a Self-Administered Hearing Protection Regimen Sponsor: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
| Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD | Design, Development, and Implementation of an Optical System to Preserve Residual Hearing and Evaluate Cochlear Health in Patients Receiving a Cochlear Implant Sponsor: American Hearing Research Foundation |
| Stephanie Shintani Smith, MD, MS | Core B: Clinical, Laboratory and Data Management Core Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| Bruce K Tan, MD | Project 1: Mechanisms of barrier dysfunction and tissue hyperplasia in CRS Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| Bruce K Tan, MD | Type-2 inflammation mediates olfactory loss in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities Sponsor: NIH R01 |
| Kazuaki, PhD | Defining the pathological mechanisms of hereditary hearing loss Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders |
| Faculty | Awarded Project |
|---|---|
| Kazuaki Homma, PhD | Defining molecular mechanisms in the SLC26 family of proteins Sponsor: NIH R03 |