Event Details
- Research Symposium at Hearing Loss Association of America's Annual Convention
Thought you knew all there is to know about hair cell regeneration? Think again! Join us at the Hearing Loss Association of America's (HLAA) annual convention, where the Deafness Research Foundation will be sponsoring the Research Symposium on June 19, 2009 from 9:00 a.m - noon. The topic is “An Update on the Latest Hair Cell Regeneration Research." Registration is required, and must be done directly with the HLAA. ; Please visit the HLAA for more information on the symposium and the convention.
Deafness Research Foundation will also have a booth in the convention exhibit hall - please come visit us!
Dr. Douglas A. Cotanche, PhD
Douglas A. Cotanche is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology- Head & Neck Surgery and Anatomy & Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine, a Lecturer in the Department of Otology & Laryngology at Harvard Medical School, and a Member of the Affiliated Faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of North Carolina in 1983 and did a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cell Biology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1983-1985. Dr. Cotanche has served as Secretary/Treasurer and a Council Member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, and has served on the Council of Scientific Trustees of the Deafness Research Foundation, and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Central Institute of the Deaf in St. Louis, MO and on numerous hearing-related NIH Study Sections. Dr. Cotanche’s research has focused on the development and regeneration of hair cells and the tectorial membrane in the avian and mammalian cochlea. In 1985 he co-discovered that birds can regenerate their cochlear hair cells after sound damage and regain their hearing. He has continued his research on regeneration and has been a prominent force in the drive to develop hair cell regeneration as a potential treatment for sensorineural deafness. Currently the work in his lab is also exploring the therapeutic potential of stem cell transplantation into the damaged mammalian cochlea.
Dr. George A. Gates, MD
Dr. Gates is the past director of the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center at the University of Washington, and Emeritus professor in the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in the School of Medicine, and adjunct professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. His research includes work on the biology of presbycusis and Meniere’s disease, and he has conducted clinical trials in otitis media and Meniere’s disease. He is currently the Medical Director of the Deafness Research Foundation and has previously chaired the Noise Subcommittee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and the NIH Consensus Conference on Cochlear Implants in 1995. He also served on the Working Group on Speech Understanding and Aging of the NRC Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics and Biomechanics (CHABA), and more recently, on the Noise in the Military Committee of the Institute of Medicine. He has over 200 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Dr. Neil Segil, PhD 
Neil Segil received his Bachelors degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts and his Doctoral degree in Biochemistry from Columbia University in New York. Following his graduate education, Dr. Segil did a postdoctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University during which he studied the regulation of transcription during the cell cycle. Dr. Segil joined the House Ear Institute in 1996 as Section Chief for Cell Cycle, Growth and Differentiation and is currently Director of the Division of Cell Biology and Genetics. He also holds the position of Research Associate Professor in the Department of Cell and Neurobiology at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Segil’s HEI research is focused on developmental aspects of cell cycle regulation and cellular differentiation as they relate to the inner ear, hearing loss and regeneration.
Hinrich Staecker MD, PhD, completed medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After completing his residency in otolaryngology at Montefiore Medical Center, he went on to a fellowship in Otology and Neurotology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. His clinical interests include cochlear implantation and treatment of sensorineural hearing loss. His research goals focus on developing treatment modalities for sensorineural hearing loss. Current clinical research projects are aimed at improving the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss. PI initiated clinical studies include evaluation of balance function in implant patients and music listening skill of cochlear implant patients with residual hearing. Dr. Staecker’s current basic science research interests are focusing on the application of gene therapy for inner ear disorders. He is currently a tenured associate professor in the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
- General Information
- Date June, 19 2009
- Time 9:00 AM
- End Date June, 19 2009
- End Time 12:00 PM
- Contact Information
- Contact Name Andrea Boidman
- Contact E-mail aboidman@drf.org
- Location (See Map Below)
- Area Name Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
- Address
2800 Opryland Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
