People

  • Faculty in Bloedel Laboratories
  • Affiliate Faculty
  • Faculty in Bloedel Laboratories

    Patrick Feeney, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Otolaryngology- HNS
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    Interests: Research focus is on diagnostic audiology with an emphasis on middle-ear assessment

    George Gates, MD
    Emeritus Director, Professor
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

    Interests: Clinical Otology, Cochlear Implants, Presbycusis, Alzheimer's Disease and Hearing, Meniere's Disease

    Cliff Hume, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    Webpage

    Interests: Molecular signalling regulating hair cells and synaptic connections.

    Elizabeth C. Oesterle, PhD
    Research Associate Professor
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Webpage

    Interests: Inner ear hair cell regeneration

    Jim Phillips, PhD
    Research Associate Professor
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
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    Interests: Vestibular/oculomotor neurophysiology, pathology, development and testing

    Edwin Rubel, PhD
    Professor & Founding Director
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Physiology and Biophysics, Psychology (Adjunct)
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    Interests: Development of Auditory System, Hair Cell Regeneration, Hair Death and Survival

    Jay Rubinstein, MD, PhD
    Director of VMBHRC, Professor
    Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, Bioengineering
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    Interests: Clinical otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery

    Jenny Stone, PhD
    Research Associate Professor
    Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery
    Webpage

    Interests: Cellular & Molecular Mechanism of Hair Cell Regeneration

    Valerie Street, PhD
    Research Assistant Professor
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Webpage

    Interests: Identifying and Characterizing Genes Involved in Controlling Hearing and Balance

    Bruce Tempel, PhD
    Professor
    Otolaryngology- HNS
    Webpage

    Interests: Identifying genes causing age-related and noise-induced hearing loss.


    Affiliate Faculty

    Les Atlas, PhD
    Electrical Engineering
    Speech Recognition & Processing
    Andres Barria, PhD
    Physiology & Biophysics
    Michael Beecher, PhD
    Psychology
    Acoustic Communication and Hearing in Birds
    Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh, PhD
    Biological Structure
    Hair Cell Regeneration and Development of Auditory System
    Julie Bierer, PhD
    Speech and Hearing Sciences
    Cochlear implant psychophysics and physiology
    Mark A. Bothwell, PhD
    Physiology & Biophysics
    Growth Factors and Neurodevelopment
    Eliot A. Brenowitz, PhD
    Psychology
    Neural Processing of Communication Signals
    Helen Brew, PhD
    VMBHRC
    Auditory Neurons in the Brainstem
    Edward Burns,
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Psycho & Physiological Acoustics
    Rose Calderon, PhD
    Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Deafness and Well-Being as a Function of Access to Communication Partners and Social Opportunities
    John H. Casseday, PhD
    Psychology
    Signal Processing in Auditory Midbrain and Neuroethology of Hearing
    Vladimir Chaloupka, PhD
    Psychology
    Physical Aspects of Musical Sound
    Marc D. Coltrera, MD
    Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery
    Cell Cycle and Proliferation Control
    Ellen Covey, PhD
    Psychology
    Neural Mechanisms for Analyzing Temporal Patterns of Sound
    Greg Davis,
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Larry Duckert, MD, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Hair Cell Regeneration & Maturation
    Richard Folsom, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Pediatric Audiology & Hearing Development
    Albert Fuchs, PhD
    Physiology & Biophysics
    Neural Control of Eye & Body Movements
    Neal Futran, MD, DMD
    Otolaryngology-HNS
    David M. Harris, PhD
    Otolaryngology-HNS
    Allen Hillel, MD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Laryngeal and Facial Nerves
    Wayne Katon, MD
    Pyschiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    Depression, Anxiety & Chronic Tinnitus
    Mary-Claire King, PhS
    Medical Genetics
    Genetics of Hearing
    Patricia Kuhl, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Speech Perception & Processing of Linguistic Signals
    William Lippe, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Structural & Functional Development of Audiotory System
    Kenneth Maravilla, MD
    Radiology
    Language in Specific Patient Populations
    Andrew Meltzoff, PhD
    Psychology
    Language Acquisition in Infancy
    Albert Merati,
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Robert Miller, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Bulbar Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Impairment
    David Mills, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Mechanisms of Cochlear Function
    Fred Minifie, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Speech Acoustics & Perception
    Neil Nathanson, PhD
    Pharmacology
    Susan Norton, PhD, CCC-A
    Otolaryngology-HNS
    Jaime Olavarria, MD, PhD
    Psychology
    The Development of Organized Neural Circuits in Central Structures of the Nervous System
    Lesley Olswang,
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Language Acquistion
    Lee Osterhout, PhD
    Psychology
    Language Comprehension
    Henry Ou, MD
    Otolaryngology-HNS
    Donald Parker, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Vestibular System Adaption
    David Perkel, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Cellular Mechanisms of Birdsong Learning
    Remy Pujol, MD, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    David Raible, PhD
    Biological Structure
    Genetic and Cellular Process Influencing Neurodevelopment and Injury Responses
    Bruce Ransom, MD, PhD
    Neurology
    Physiology and Function of Glial Cells
    Thomas Rees, PhD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Tinnitus, Cochlear Implant Criteria, Hearing Aid Evaluation
    Thomas Reh, PhD
    Biological Structure
    Hair Cell Regeneration
    Todd Richards, PhD
    Radiology
    NMR Imaging of Human Ear & Central Auditory Pathways
    Robert Rostomily, MD
    Neurological Surgery
    Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Differentiation
    Daniel Rubens, MB, BS
    Anesthesiology, CHRMC
    Noah Seixas, PhD
    Environmental Health
    Exposure Assessment Methods for Occupational and Epidemiologic Studies, Modeling Exposure-Response Relationships
    Anne Shumway-Cook, PhD
    Rehabiliation Medicine
    Neurophysiological Basis for Postural Control
    Kathleen Sie, MD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Developmental Ototoxicity
    Joseph Sisneros, PhD
    Psychology
    Sensory Neurobiology, Animal Physiology, and Behavioral Biology
    Pamela Souza, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Speech Perception & Amplification
    William Spain, PhD
    Medicine
    Membrane Properties of Nuclei
    Francis Spelman, PhD
    Bioengineering
    Cochlear Implant Improvements
    Christopher Stecker, PhD
    Speech and Hearing
    Spatial hearing, neuroimaging (fMRI)
    Carol Stoel-Gammon, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Linguistic Development
    Kelly Tremblay, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Central Auditory Physiology & Aging
    Edward Weaver, MD, MPH
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Surgical Care of Sleep Disordered Breathing
    Lynne Werner, PhD
    Speech & Hearing Sciences
    Psychoacoustic Development & Hearing Assesment
    Ernest Weymuller, Jr., MD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Laryngeal Injury & Quality of Life
    Mark Whipple, MD
    Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Biomedical Informatics
    Rachel Wong, PhD
    Biological Structure

    News

    Community
    Can a tiny fish save your ears? - Researchers use the zebrafish in efforts to find ways to regenerate hearing-essential
    Zebrafish provide useful screening tool for genes, - compounds that protect against hearing loss
    Technology Review - Helping the Deaf Hear Music - A new test measures music perception in cochlear-implant users.
    Dr. Rubinstein on UWTV- - VMBHRC Director, discusses the history and complex nature of cochlear implant device
    Dr. Clifford Hume on UWTV - discusses regeneration of hair cells in the inner ear. Hearing Loss: Molecular Therap
    IFRAHL video about the Hearing Research Initiative - IFRAHL releases video about The Hearing Regeneration Initiative

    Publications
    VMBHRC's Zebrafish research - published in Hearing Health magazine
    Bloedel Sound - Current issue of the VMBHRC's online newsletter.

    Studies
    Genetics of Hearing and Balance Study - follow the link to learn more about the study.
    A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Brain Port Balance Device -

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