Chairman's Message

APPOINTMENTS:
William Clark, Ph.D. was recently elected to a 3-year term as secretary of the Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Council at Washington University. The Faculty Senate consists of more than 1500 voting member of the faculty of all the constitutent schools, and advises the chancellor and the Board of Trustees on matters of major University policy.

AWARDS:
Michael Valente, Ph.D., Director of Adult Audiology, received the Presidential Award from the American Academy of Audiology on April 2, 2009 at their annual convention in Dallas, TX. The Presidential Award recognizes audiologist who have made significant contributions to the profession of audiology and the American Academy of Audiology (AAA). Congratulations Mike!

PRESENTATIONS:
Jianxin Bao, PhD, Research Associate Professor, presented, "A Study of Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Self-renewal and Differentiation" at the Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine World Congress meeting January 20 & 21, 2009 in Palm Springs, CA.

GRANTS:
Eric Slattery, MD, Research Fellow, received a one year, $20,000 grant from the National Organization for Hearing Research titled, "Cisplatin Ototoxicity and Regeneration in the Avian Inner Ear."

Lisa Potts, PhD, Research Instructor, received a one year, $20,000 grant from the American Hearing Research Foundation titled, "Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses in Normal-Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Adults with and without Amplification."

Barbara Bohne, PhD., Gary Harding, received a three year grant from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) titled, "Adverse Effects of Noise on Hearing: Basic Mechanisms"

Keiko Hirose, MD, Associate Professor, received a one year, $55,000 grant from American Otological Society, Inc., titled, "Mononuclear phagocytes in the mammalian cochlea: studies on inhibition and activation of leukocytes in the inner ear."

Brian Nussenbaum, MD, Associate Professor, received a one year grant from AO Foundation, entitled, "Oncologic Considerations for Using BMP-4 in Craniofacial Tissue Engineering."

Pablo Blazquez, PhD, Research Associate Professor, received a three year grant from NIH ,Angelaki PI, entitled, "Neural Organization and Function of the Vestibulo-Cerebellum."; and a five year grant from NIH/NINDS, entitled, "Sensory Motor Processing Carried Out by the Cerebellum During Oculomotor Behavior."

Alec Salt, PhD, Professor, received a two year grant from Glaxo Smith Kline, entitled, "Evaluation of GSK Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of Age-Related Hearing Loss in an Animal Model of Presbyacusisn."

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, received a one year grant from Percy Memorial, entitled, "Contribution of Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 to Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma."

Nancy Tye-Murray,PhD Research Professor, received a five year grant from NIH/NIDCD, entitled, "Auditory Speech Processing in Hearing Impaired Children."

Judith Lieu, MD, Assistant Professor, received one year grant from NIH-ICTS, entitled, "Research Network for Studies of Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss."

Jill Firszt, PhD, Professor, received a one year grant from AAA, entitled, " Effect of Hearing Loss on the Speech-Evoked Auditory Brainstem Responses in the Presence of Noise."


PUBLICATIONS:

Nason R, Lee DH, Jung JY, Chole RA. Radiolgraphic and micro-computed tomographic imaging of lipopolsaccharide-mediated bone resorption. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2009 May;118(5):391-6.

Nason R, Jung JY, Chole RA. Lipopolysaccharide-induced osteoclastogenesis from mononuclear precursors: a mechanism for osteolysis in chronic otitis. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2009 Jun;10(2):151-60 Epub 2009 Jan 15.

Law JH, Whigham AS, Wirth PS, et al. Human-in-mouse modeling of primary head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Laryngoscope 2009 Aug 29 [Epub ahead of print].

Baumann JL, Cohen S, Evjen AN, Law JH, et al. Human papillomavirus in early laryngeal carcinoma. Laryngoscope. 2009 Aug;119(8):1531-7.

Rich JT, Milov S, Lewis JS Jr, Thorstad TL, Adkins Dr, Haughey BH. Transoral laser mirosurgery (TLM) +/- adjuvant therapy for advanced stage oropharyngeal cancer: outcomes and prognostic factors. Laryngoscope. 2009 Sep;119(9):1709-19.

Wang EW, Ghogomu N, Voelker CC, Rich JT, Paniello RC, Nussenbaum, B, Karni RJ, Neely JG. A practical guide for understanding confidence intervals and P values. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jun;140(6):794-9.PMID: 19467392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neely JG, Karni RJ, Wang EW, Rich JT, Paniello RC, Voelker CC, Nussenbaum B. Practical guide to efficient analysis and diagramming articles. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jan; 140(1):4-8. PMID: 19140951 {PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Debnath I, Rich JT, Paniello RC. Intrinsic laryngeal muscle reinnervation using the muscle-nerve-muscle technique. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2008 May; 177(5):382-8. PMID: 18564536 {PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Xu J, Chen S, Hong C, Xiao Q, Hsu C, Drew M, Bao J. STAT5 Mediates Antiapoptotic Effect of Methylprednisolone on Oligodendrocytes. J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 18;29(7)2022-6

Kramper M, Thawley S. Poetry and the Art of Nursing. ORL-Head and Neck Nurs. Spring 2009 27(2) 6-11

Lee SC, Bohne Ba, Harding GW. Cochlear base-apex differences in cell death pathways following exposure to low-frequency noise. The Open Otorhinolaryngology J. 2008;2:29-43.

Torres-Russoto D, Landau WM, Harding GW, Bohne BA, Sun K, Sinatra PM. Calibrated Finger Rub Auditory Screening Test (CALFRAST). J Neurol 2009; 72:1595-1600.

Harding GW, Bohne, BA. Relation of Focal Hair-cell Lesions to Noise-exposure Parameters from a 4- or a .05-kHz Octave Band of Noise. Hear. Res. 2009 Apr 22 [EPub ahead of print].