Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Sensory transduction converts stimulus information into electrical information and is at the interface between the world around us and the brain. To...
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Our lab's research focuses on hair cells, which are the sensory cells of the inner ear. Hair cells detect sub-nanometer vibrations, induced by sounds or...
Clinical Director, Doctoral Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT) Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Jung's current research focuses on the development of novel methods for cochlear drug delivery and understanding mechanisms of noise- and age-related...
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Faisal Karmali is the Co-Director of the Jenks Vestibular Physiology Laboratory at Mass. Eye and Ear. His primary research seeks to understand how the...
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Koehler Lab focuses on understanding the development and regeneration of sensory organs. Our primary goal is to elucidate how cells from various...
Sheldon and Dorothea Buckler Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Sharon Kujawa's research is focused on noise-induced and age-related hearing losses, the most common forms of hearing loss seen in adult patients. Her...
Harold F. Schuknecht Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
The cochlea sends signals to the brain by two types of sensory neurons, and is controlled by two neuronal feedback systems. The Liberman lab studies the...
The Megason Lab uses imaging-based systems biology to elucidate the systems level principles of animal development. We are particularly interested in long...
William Lambert Richardson Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Several long-term research projects in human genetics are ongoing in the Morton laboratory. An overall theme is to apply evolving techniques in molecular... Read more about Cynthia Casson Morton
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Doctoral Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT) Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Heidi Nakajima’s primary research interests include human auditory mechanics, middle ear prostheses, acoustical stimulation of the cochlea, and the... Read more about Heidi Nakajima, MD, PhD
Director of Admissions, Doctoral Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT) Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Directing the OtoBiomechanics group in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Dr. Sunil Puria studies fundamental and applied cochlear and middle ear mechanics. His... Read more about Sunil Puria
Dr. Steven Rauch’s primary research interests include the combined disorders of hearing and balance, including Meniere’s disease, autoimmune inner ear disease... Read more about Steven Rauch
Principal Research Scientist in the Research Laboratory of Electronics
Dr. Shattuck-Hufnagel investigates the cognitive structures and processes involved in speech production planning, particularly at the level of speech sound... Read more about Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel
