Our projects span from bench to bedside

To improve cochlear implant outcomes by examining the interplay between the genetics of deafness and cochlear implant outcomes with particular focus on the health of the spiral ganglion.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32630-9

To optimize newborn hearing screening by incorporating physiologic (OAE/ABR), genetic, and CMV screening.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-019-0563-5

To advance genetic diagnosis for hearing loss by understanding genetic contributors to hearing loss in under-represented populations.

https://doi.org/10.1002/lio2.1291

 

To gain a better understanding of the molecular physiology of the human auditory system by discovering human deafness genes using exome and genome sequencing techniques.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005137

To identify novel genes associated with genetic hearing loss by studying gene expression at the single-cell level.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-024-02649-2

To translate basic science discoveries into clinical trials using molecular therapies for hearing loss

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi7629