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Hearing ResearchPlease note: Words in italics are the official PIBS affiliations of the indicated faculty. Richard A. Altschuler, Ph.D. Neurobiology; auditory neurotransmitters and pathways and structural basis of cochlea function; plasticity in the auditory brain stem. Cell & Developmental Biology. Neuroscience. Kate F. Barald, Ph.D. Developmental neurobiology; molecular neurobiology studies of developing neuronal cells and synapses; gene expression in the neural crest; molecular studies of inner ear development. Cell & Developmental Biology. Neuroscience. Cellular & Molecular Biology. Margit
Burmeister, Ph.D. Gene mapping; genetics of neurological, psychiatric,
and behavioral disorders; mouse models; genome organization. Human
Genetics. Neuroscience. Sally A. Camper, Ph.D. Developmental genetics of the neuroendocrine system; transgenic mice; gene targeting; pituitary dwarfism. Human Genetics. Bioinformatics. Cellular & Molecular Biology. Neuroscience. Thomas Carey, Ph.D. Genetic mechanisms in head and neck cancer progression; genetic mechanisms affecting response to therapy; and mechanisms of autoimmune hearing loss mediated by antibodies to inner ear antigens. Cellular & Molecular Biology. Pharmacology. R.
Keith Duncan, Ph.D. Early stages of signal processing in the
auditory periphery, particularly in the context of hair cell physiology. Neuroscience Thomas M. Glaser, MD, Ph.D. Genetic analysis of mammalian eye development. Human Genetics. Ron Koenig, MD, Ph.D. Gene regulation by thyroid hormone receptors and related proteins. Cellular & Molecular Biology. David Kohrman, Ph.D. Molecular genetics of inner ear structure and function, including analysis of the molecular basis of hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction in mice and humans. Human Genetics. Margaret I. Lomax, Ph.D. Molecular biology of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and recombinant DNA. Cell & Developmental Biology. John Middlebrooks, Ph.D. Psychophysical and cortical physiological studies of directional hearing. Physiological stimulus of cochlear prosthesis. Neuroscience. Yehoash Raphael, Ph.D. Design of biologically modified cochlear implants for combining electrical stimulation with gene therapy in the inner ear. Use of viral vectors for inner ear gene transfer aimed at repair and regeneration of cochlear and vestibular sensory epithelia. The roles of IGF-I and GDNF in protection and rescue of hearing and balance organs.Neuroscience. Jochen
H. Schacht, Ph.D. Neurochemistry; biochemical mechanisms of
hearing processes and drug-induced hearing loss. Biological
Chemistry. Neuroscience. Susan Shore, Ph.D. Auditory physiology. Study of the cochlear nucleus and its interactions with descending auditory information and somatosensory information. Neuroscience. |
