Past CORE Grant Recipients

2023 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF Resident Research Award

  • Tracy Zong Cheng, MD: Gene Therapy for Hearing Rescue in Tomt Knockout Mice
  • Chelsea Gelboin-Burkhart, MD: Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Wound Healing in an Inhalational Tobacco Model
  • Claudia N. Gutierrez, MD: Nanoscale Mechanical and Molecular Characterization of Augmented Vocal Folds
  • Nadine Ibrahim, MD: Impact of Compensatory Head Movement on Acoustical Cues in Single-Sided Deafness
  • Zaroug Jaleel, MD: Effects of Aging on Superior Laryngeal Nerve Sensory and Motor Function in Rats
  • Sarah Kim, MD, PhD: Role for Local Immune Signaling in Modulating Post-viral Olfactory Repair
  • Michelle Pei, MD: Effects of Radiation on Perineural Invasion in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Krish Suresh, MD: Automated Segmentation of Vestibular Schwannoma MRI for Volumetric Measurement
  • Solymar Torres Maldonado, MD: Diagnosing Vocal Fold Scarring Using Dynamic Optical Contrast Imaging
  • Douglas J. Totten, MD, MBA: Mechanisms of TMPRSS3-Related Hearing Loss
  • Wenda Ye, MD: Characterizing Antigen-Specific T Cell Activation in GPA Airway Scar
  • Phoebe Yu, MD, MPH: Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Measures Following Otolaryngologic Procedures

AAO-HNSF Resident Research Award Sponsored by AHNS

  • Jaclyn Lee, MD: Antibody-labeled PET for Head and Neck Carcinomas of Unknown Primary

AAO-HNSF Health Services Research Grant

  • Nicholas R. Lenze, MD: Quantifying Out-of-Pockets Costs and Surprise Billing within Otolaryngology

AAO-HNSF Bobby R. Alford Endowed Research Grant

  • Abel P. David, MD: Characterizing Cellular Changes Associated with Cochlear Synaptopathy

GSK Research Grant: Social Determinants of Health, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, and the intersection of patient care with workforce culture

  • Kevin J. Sykes, PhD, MPH: Consortium to Link Social Determinants of Health to Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS Pilot Grant

  • Farhoud Faraji, MD, PhD: Targeting Novel YAP-driven Oncogenic and Immune Evasive Networks in HNSC

AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Long-Term and Late Toxicities of Treatment in Head and Neck Cancer

  • David Lee, MD: Screening Protocol for Late and Long-Term Ototoxicity in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer

  • Kevin Brown Chandler, PhD: Tumor-Derived Immunoglobulin Driven Resistance to Anti-PD1/PDL1 Axis Therapy

AHNS Presidential Award: Head and Neck Cancer in Underserved Populations

  • Samantha H. Tam, MD: Increasing Equity in Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Completion in Cancer

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Combined Award

  • Michael Topf, MD: Mixed Reality Surgery to Guide Head and Neck Cancer Re-Resection
  • Katherine Wai, MD: Deciphering the Immune Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors in Head and Neck Cancer

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS Sue Ann and John L. Weinberg Foundation Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Rhinosinusitis Grant

  • Daniel M. Beswick, MD: Sinus Disease in Young Children with Cystic Fibrosis

ARS Resident Research Grant

  • Ido Badash, MD: Quantifying Eosinophils in Sinonasal Polyps Using Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Rory Lubner, MD: Linking CRS Cytokines with Pollution Using Geospatial Models and Metabolomics
  • Tom Maxim, MD: Development of a Novel RT-qPCR Assay for Diagnosis of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis
  • Kush Panara, MD: The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-11 in Progression of Inverted Papilloma

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO Research Grant

  • Kelsey Loy, MD: Spatial Heterogeneity in Lymphatic Malformations

2022 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF Resident Research Grant

  • Ilana Fischer, MD: The Role of the Trigeminal Nerve in the Development of Facial Nerve Synkinesis
  • Nicholas Fung, MD: TIL Density and Mutation Burden on ICI Response in Head & Neck Mucosal Melanoma
  • Jordan Garcia, MD: The Role of Regulatory T Cells in A Mouse Model of Facial Nerve Injury
  • Jeffrey Hyzer, MD: Effects of Cochlear Implantation & Steroids on the Aging Cochlea
  • Benjamin Laitman, MD, PhD: Epithelialization Kinetics and Immunophenotype of the Human Tracheal Transplant
  • Rolvix Patterson III, MD, MPH: Environmental Risk Factors for Ear Infections in Alaska Native Children
  • Sarek Shen, MD: Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery Across Human Round Window Membranes
  • Tian Yue Song, MD: Salivary Calcium Flux Functional Assay for Radioprotective Drug Screening
  • Michael Pei-hong Wu, MD: Development of Patient Reported Outcomes After Total Laryngectomy
  • Michelle Yu, MD, MS: Intracochlear Microneedle Injection of siRNA Targeting the NOX3 Pathway
  • Victoria Yu, MD: Impact and Regulation of Partial Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in HNSCC
  • Peiran Zhou, MD, PhD: Pre-Clinical Test of HNSCC Targeted Gene Therapy Via Cell Renewal Inhibition

AAO-HNSF Health Services Research Grant

  • Allison Ikeda, MD: Validation of Proxy Measure for CPAP Use Among Patients with Sleep Apnea

AAO-HNSF Bobby R. Alford Endowed Research Grant

  • Andrea Park, MD: Characterizing Microbiome Alterations During Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

AAO-HNSF Maureen Hannley Research Award

  • Lisa Caulley, MD, MPH: Supplementation of Vitamin D for Termination of Recurrent bpPV (STOP Vertigo)

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS Pilot Grant

  • Luana Guimaraes de Sousa, MD: Oral Cavity Carcinoma Immune Microenvironment and its Impact on Clinical Outcome
  • Brennan Olson, PhD: Elucidating Catabolic Mechanisms of LCN2 in Head and Neck Cancer Cachexia
  • Robert Saddawi-Konefka, MD, PhD: Interaction-Dependent Identification Of TSA-T Cells for Adoptive Therapy in HNC
  • Danielle Trakimas, MD, MSE: Open-Label Trial of Conditioning Therapy in Head & Neck Cancer Patients

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant

  • Emily Miller, MD: Gut Microbiome: A Biomarker of Readiness for Major Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
  • Laith Mukdad, MD: Intraoperative DOCI-Guided Detection of Oral and Head and Neck Cancer

AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Long-Term and Late Toxicities of Treatment in Head and Neck Cancer

  • Jacqueline Tucker, BS: Dysgeusia and Anosmia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Long Term Outcomes

AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer

  • Joshua Smith, MD: Exosomes Mediate Resistance To PD-1/PDL1 Inhibition in Head and Neck Cancer

AHNS Presidential Award: Head and Neck Cancer in Underserved Populations

  • David Hernandez, MD: Tumor Immune Microenvironment in an Underserved Hispanic HN Cancer Population

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Combined Award

  • Richard Harbison, MD: Polyamine Transport and Anti-Tumor Immunity in Head and Neck Cancer

Association Of Migraine Disorders (AMD)

AMD Resident Research Grant

  • Omid Moshtaghi, MD: Migraine in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma and the Impact of Treatment

American Neurotology Society (ANS)/ American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

ANS/AAO-HNSF Herbert Silverstein Otology and Neurotology Research Award

  • Lindsay Scott Moore, MD: Panitumumab-IRDye800 to Fluorescently Detect Cholesteatoma in Surgical Resection

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS Resident Research Grant

  • Neil Patel, MD: Role of Chemosensory Tuft Cells in the Pathogenesis of CRSwNP
  • Neel Sangal, MD: NLRP3 Inflammasome Activating Mutations on Bone Erosion in AFRS

ARS New Investigator Award

  • Nyssa Farrell, MD: Safety of Simvastatin Nasal Rinse for COVID-Mediated Olfactory Dysfunction

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO Research Grant

  • Jacqueline Harris, MD: Improving Genetic Testing in Underrepresented Minority Children with SNHL
  • David Lee, MD: Cellular Mechanisms of Cisplatin Ototoxicity in The Zebrafish Lateral Line

ASPO Research Career Development Award

  • Prasanth Pattisapu, MD, MPH: Pediatric Aspiration: Foundational Research for Decision Analyses

ASPO Dustin Micah Harper Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis-Airway Research Grant

  • Alexandra McMillan, MD, PhD: Chondrogenic Differentiation of 3D Bioprinted Stem Cell Constructs for LTR

2021 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF Resident Research Grant

  • Maxwell Bergman, MD: The Impact of Chondrocyte Viability on Tissue Engineered Tracheal Grafts
  • Allison Ikeda, MD: Decision Making Among Adults Considering Sleep Surgery
  • Sarah Nyirjesy, MD: Listening Effort in Cochlear Implant Users – Benefits from Bimodal Listening
  • Nithin Peddireddy, MD: Exploration of Netrin-1 during Facial Nerve Regeneration
  • Joshua Smith, MD: FGF Signaling Promotes PD-L1 Expression in Head & Neck Cancer
  • Amit Walia, MD: Characterization of Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology in the human inner ear
  • Roy Xiao, MD: Visualizing the Mechanism of End-to-Side Motor Neurorrhaphy

AAO-HNSF Health Services Research Grant

  • Antoine Eskander, MD, ScM, FRCSC: Gaps in Management of System-Wide Depression Screening in Patients with HNC

AAO-HNSF Bobby R. Alford Endowed Research Grant

  • Myriam Loyo, MD: Measurements of Unilateral Peak Nasal Inspiratory Flow in Nasal Obstruction

AAO-HNSF Maureen Hannley Research Award

  • Derek Lam, MD: Outcomes of Surgery for Persistent Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea

 

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant

  • Sarah Dermody, MD: Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) Urine Kinetics in HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant sponsored by AHNS Endocrine Section and EISAI Pharmaceuticals

  • Tom Barrett, MD: Spatial Architecture of Immune Evasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant sponsored by AHNS Presidential Request for Application Pilot Award on Basic and Translational Research

  • Rebecca Gao, MD: Nanopore Sequencing for the Real-Time Detection of Melanoma-Involved Lymph Nodes

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Combined Award

  • Theresa Guo, MD: Establishing immunogenicity of splice variant derived neoantigens in HNSCC

AHNS Presidential Request for Application Pilot Award on Mucosal Head and Neck Cancer Research

  • Albert Han, MD, PhD: The microbiome of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in young patients

AHNS Pilot Grant

  • Ryan Carey, MD: Targeting T2Rs to activate apoptosis in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

 

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS Resident Research Grant

  • Eve Champaloux, MD, PhD: Olfactory Stimulation of Dopaminergic Reward Pathways in the Rat Brain
  • Jackson Vuncannon, MD: Impact of Corticosteroids on Sinonasal Wound Healing

ARS Consortium Award

  • Jose Mattos, MD, MPH: Cloud-based Patient Outcome Platform (CPOP) for Chronic Rhinosinusitis

ARS Women in Rhinology Research Grant sponsored by Xoran Technologies, LLC

  • Amber Luong, MD, PhD: Predicting Sinonasal Inverted Papilloma Attachment Using Artificial Intelligence

ARS New Investigator Award

  • Carol Yan, MD: Olfactory Stem Cells in Post-viral Olfactory Dysfunction

 

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO Research Grant

  • Amber Shaffer, PhD: Breast milk feeding and the middle ear microbiome of children with cleft palate
  • Osama Tarabichi, MD: Development of Novel Viral vectors for Inner Ear Gene Therapy

ASPO Research Career Development Award

  • Christian Hochstim, MD, PhD: The role of mTORC1 in the development of acquired airway stenosis

2020 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF Resident Research Grant

  • Michael Bobian, MD: Central memory T cells in oral cavity cancer for enhanced antitumor immunity
  • Elizabeth Boscoe, MD: Laser Stapedotomy Trauma: Intracochlear Pressures and Effects on Hearing
  • Virginia Drake, MD: Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: Risk Factors and HPV Immune Response
  • Susan Ellsperman, MD: E2 and DNA Repair Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of HPV+ Oropharynx SCC
  • Shekhar Gadkaree, MD: Geographic and Socioeconomic Barriers To Access to Care in Otolaryngology
  • Carlos Green, MD: TrkB Inhibition and Perineural Invasion in HNSCC
  • Ioan Lina, MD: Defining fibroblasts in diabetic patients with laryngotracheal stenosis
  • Michael Sylvester, MD: Post-Transcriptional Regulation by HuR in CRSwNP
  • Yanjun Xie, MD: Investigation of SARM1 in Facial Nerve Degeneration

AAO-HNSF Health Services Research Grant

  • Phayvanh Pecha, MD: Determining Rural Health Disparities in Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing

AAO-HNSF Bobby R. Alford Endowed Research Grant

  • Sidharth Puram, MD, PhD: A partial epithelial-to-mesenchymal signature for predicting nodal metastas

AAO-HNSF Maureen Hannley Research Award

  • Matthew Naunheim, MD, MBA: False Vocal Fold Tracking Using a Machine Learning Algorithm

AAO-HNSF Rande H. Lazar Health Services Research Grant

  • Sherise Epstein, MD, MPH: Predicting disability declassification in deaf children: a population study

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant

  • Janice Farlow, MD, PhD: Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis of Immune Biomarkers in Oral Cancer
  • Albert Han, MD, PhD: Tumor immune microenvironment in HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Combined Award

  • Daniel Faden, MD: Blood Based Monitoring of Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Combined Award

  • Carissa Thomas, MD, PhD: Understanding Oral Cavity Microbiome and Tumor Microenvironment Cross-Talk

AHNS Endocrine Surgery Section Eisai Research Grant

  • Robert Saadi, MD: Sleep Parameters in Patients with Hyperparathyroidism
  • Katie Spielbauer, MD: Thyroid Organoid Development from Autologous Adipose Derived Stem Cells

 

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS Resident Research Grant

  • Thad Vickery, MD: Role of resolvins in S. aureus induced inflammation in chronic sinusitis
  • Alan Workman, MD, MTR: Murine Model of Cystatin-Induced Coagulation Pathway Derangements in CRSwNP

ARS Friends in Research Young Investigator Award

  • Mohamad Chaaban, MD: Cellular and Immunologic Profile of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
  • Jivianne Lee, MD: The effect of inhalant pollutants and contaminants on sinonasal epithelia

 

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO Research Grant

  • Joseph Bellairs, MD: Mechanism of ORC-13661 Otoprotection
  • Albert Park, MD: What Role Do Gamma Delta T Cells Play in CMV Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss?

ASPO Dustin Micah Harper RRP Research Grant

  • Jonas Miller, MD: New horizons in RRP: VEGF and novel immune checkpoint inhibitors

ASPO Research Career Development Award

  • Graham Strub, MD, PhD: Identification of microRNA networks driving vascular malformation growth

 

Association of Migraine Disorders (AMD)

AMD Resident Research Grant

  • Janet Choi, MD, MPH: Clinical Utility of Multifrequency VEMP in Vestibular Migraine Diagnosis

2019 CORE Grant Recipients

AAO-HNSF Research Grant sponsored by Xoran Technologies, LLC

  • Conner Massey, MD: Using automated machine learning to volumetrically analyze sinus CT

AAO-HNSF Resident Research Grants

  • Ruth Davis, MD: Defining the role of PD1+ CD4 T-cells in laryngotracheal stenosis
  • William DeBusk, MD: Implications of Electronic Cigarettes on Postoperative Wound Healing
  • Allen Feng, MD: Biomechanical Analysis of Force Loadings During Suspension Microlaryngoscopy
  • Molly Heft Neal, MD: Molecular and Immune Biomarkers in Advanced Larynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Joshua Horton, MD: The Central Memory Response to Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Oral Cancer
  • Emmanuel Jauregui, MD: Role of Sox2 in regulating murine vestibular hair cell fate during regeneration
  • William Kennedy, MD: The Role of Biogenic Amines in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
  • Ronit Malka, MD: Quantitative Model of Decompression Surgery for Bell’s Palsy
  • Eric Nisenbaum, MD, MSc: Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Hearing Loss in Vestibular Schwannoma
  • Anisha Noble, MD: Spectrotemporal Modulation Discrimination in Cochlear Implanted Children
  • Kaylee Purpura, MD: Surgical management of non-severe pediatric sleep apnea
  • Grace Wandell, MD: Validating a voice screening tool for laryngeal mass using machine learning
  • James Wang, MD, PhD: Microbial Diversity and Biofilm Presence on Pediatric Airway Stents

AAO-HNSF Health Services Research Grant

  • Eric Kezirian, MD, MPH: Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy and Upper Airway Stimulation Outcomes
  • Leila Mady, MD, PhD, MPH: The Cost of Cure: Financial Toxicity in Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship

AAO-HNSF Bobby R. Alford Endowed Research Grant

  • Dunia Abdul-Aziz, MD: Regulation of hair cell differentiation by histone demethylase Lsd1

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS Pilot Grant

  • Hannah Knochelmann, BS: Defining the role of CD26 in checkpoint blockade induced tumor immunity
  • Alok R. Khandelwal, PhD: Targeting CXCL17/GPR35 axis in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

AHNS Alando J. Ballantyne Resident Research Pilot Grant

  • Emily Marchiano, MD: Analysis of Novel Technologies to Assess Worst Pattern of Invasion

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Combined Award

  • Vlad Sandulache, MD: Mitochondrial regulation of tumor immune microenvironment

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Combined Award

  • Marietta Tan, MD: Intramuscular prime-intratumoral boost vaccination for HPV-positive cancer

AHNS Endocrine Section Eisai Research Award

  • Sina Dadafarin, BS: Mechanisms of Androgen-Mediated PD-L1 Attenuation in Thyroid Cancer
  • Jennifer Wherley, MD: Thyroid tumor microenvironment in nodules with indeterminate FNA

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS Resident Research Grant

  • Jake Lee, MD: Intranasal Theophylline Irrigation for Post-Viral Olfactory Dysfunction
  • Sei Chung, MD: Exercise capacity and septoplasty with inferior turbinate reduction

ARS New Investigator Award

  • Waleed Abuzeid, MD: Nitric oxide release microparticles as a therapeutic strategy for CRS

ARS Friends in Research Young Investigator Award

  • Adam Kimple, MD, PhD: A novel thiol based mucolytic for treatment of sinus disease
  • Michael Kohanski, MD, PhD: Cytokine Profiling of Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO Research Grant

  • Douglas von Allmen, MD: A Novel Method of Assessing the Abnormal Pediatric Airway with Ultrasound
  • Kaitlyn Zenner, MD: Mapping genetic heterogeneity in lymphatic malformations
  • Riccardo Gottardi, PhD: Posterior Cricoid Split Augmentation with Engineered Cartilage

Association of Migraine Disorders (AMD)

AMD Resident Research Grant

  • Eric Formeister, MD, MS: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the Treatment of Vestibular Migraine

The Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)

AAFPRS Leslie Bernstein Resident Research Grant

  • Adeeb Derakhshan, MD: The Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Schwann Cell States Along Nerve Grafts

AAFPRS Research Scholar Award

  • Nathan Jowett, MD: Facial EMG for neuroprosthetic device control in facial palsy

No Meritorious Applications Received

AAO-HNSF Maureen Hannley Research Grant

AAFPRS Leslie Bernstein Investigator Development Grant

AAFPRS Leslie Bernstein Grant

ASPO Research Career Development Award

AHNS Endocrine Section Stryker Research Award

2018 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORED BY XORAN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

  • William G. Morrel, MD: Optimization of CI electrode array insertion using micro-CT-based models

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

  • Andrew B. Baker, MD: Cochlear implant electrode insertion: effect on stria vascularis blood flow
  • Carla V. Valenzuela, MD: Quantifying cochlear synapses in the early stages of endolymphatic hydrops
  • Yew Song Cheng, BM, BCh: The Neural Basis of Cortical Adaptions in Cochlear Implant Use
  • Jenna Devare, MD: Mechanisms of Cochlear Implant Function in Chronically Implanted Mice
  • Pawina Jiramongkolchai, MD: Olfactory training and functional connectivity in post-viral olfactory loss
  • Adam Kaufman, MD, PhD: The Role of Bitter Taste Receptors in Middle Ear Innate Immunity
  • Leila J. Mady, MD, MPH, PhD: Biodegradable Stents: Novel Treatment Approach for Laryngotracheal Stenosis
  • Patrick M. Morgan, MD: Candidate genes of the oncogenic phenotype in high-risk p53 mutations
  • Rula Mualla, MD: Validating Sleep Questionnaires in Children with Down Syndrome
  • Zhen J. Qian, MD: Cognitive Decline in Mouse Models of Age-Related Hearing Loss
  • Jesse R. Qualliotine, MD: Nanorobotics in HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
  • Jared Shenson, MD: Multispectral digital 3D operative imaging in otolaryngology
  • Matthew Shew, MD: Meniere’s: Evaluation of microRNA profiles of human inner ear perilymph

AAO-HNSF MAUREEN HANNLEY RESEARCH GRANT

  • Amy Anne Lassig, MD: The effect of Vitamin C on wound healing after mandibular fracture

AAO-HNSF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH GRANT

  • Mark Ellis, MD: Creation and validation of a head and neck cancer body image disturbance scale

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS PILOT GRANT

  • Shethal Bearelly, MD: The Role of Oral Tactile Sensation in Dysphagia

AHNS ALANDO J. BALLANTYNE RESIDENT RESEARCH PILOT GRANT

  • Andrey Finegersh, MD, PhD: Epigenetic reprogramming of HPV related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

AHNS EDDIE MENDEZ MEMORIAL RESIDENT RESEARCH PILOT GRANT

  • Hannan A. Qureshi, MD: Functional analysis of the immune microenvironment in head and neck cancer

AHNS/AAO-HNSF TRANSLATIONAL INNOVATOR COMBINED AWARD

  • Travis P. Schrank, MD, PhD: NRF2 Mediated Radiation Resistance in HNSCC

American Neurotology Society (ANS)

ANS/AAO-HNSF HERBERT SILVERSTEIN OTOLOGY AND NEUROTOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD

  • Elliot Kozin, MD: Otopathologic Changes Following Head Injury

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Pawina Jiramongkolchai, MD: Efficacy of Mometasone furoate nasal irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis
  • Justin Morse, MD: Inflammatory and Microbial Derivation of CRS Endotypes

ARS NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD

  • Charles Tong, MD: Pathogenesis of Inverted Papilloma: viral influence and somatic mutations

ARS FRIENDS IN RESEARCH YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

  • Adam Kimple, MD, PhD: Targeting Regulator of G-Protein Signaling 22 to Enhance Mucociliary Clearance

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

  • Nikhila Raol, MD: Screening for vocal fold motion impairment in infants after heart surgery

ASPO RESEARCH GRANT

  • Ksenia Aaron, MD: Inner ear gene therapy for genetic hearing loss
  • David Smith, MD, PhD: Development of a Non-invasive Genomic Test to Identify Pediatric OSA

The Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Vivek Kanumuri, MD: Optogenetic Stimulation of the Facial Nerve
  • Syed Ali, MD: Inhibition of Facial Nerve Regeneration in the Thy1-GFP Rat
  • Suresh Mohan, MD: Enhancement of Axonal Penetration through Cross-Facial Nerve Grafts

No Meritorious Applications Received

AAFPRS Leslie Bernstein Investigator Development Grant
No applications received

AAFPRS Research Scholar Award
No meritorious applications received.

AAFPRS Leslie Bernstein Grant
No meritorious applications received.

AMD Resident Research Grant
No meritorious applications received

ASPO Dustin Micah Harper Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) Research Grant
No applications received.

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Combined Award
No meritorious applications received

AAO-HNSF Rande H. Lazar Health Services Research Grant
No meritorious applications received

AAO-HNSF Bobby R. Alford Endowed Research Grant
No meritorious applications received

2017 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORED BY COOK MEDICAL

  • Vandra Harris, MD: Ethnic & socioeconomic influence in pediatric sleep disordered breathing treatment 

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

  • Farshad N. Chowdhury, MD: Cancer Stem Cells at the Surgical Margin: Location and Immune Interaction
  • Andrew B. Davis, MD: Cancer Stem Cells at the Surgical Margin: Location and Immune Interaction
  • Nyssa Farrel, MD: Bilateral bone conduction and binaural cues in intracochlear pressures
  • Stefania Goncalves, MD: Modeling neuronal differentiation from olfactory basal stem cells in vitro
  • James M. Hamilton, MD: Effects of synthetic triterpenoids on immune and tumor cells in human SCC
  • Molly Heft Neal, MD: In vitro screening of novel PI3-Kinase pathway inhibitors for chordoma
  • Grace Kim, MD: Structure and function of the regenerating mammalian vestibular system
  • Hossein Mahboubi, MD, MPH: Primary auditory neural degeneration in traumatic brian injury
  • Conor W. McLaughlin, MD: Unfolded protein response effectors mitigate noise-induced hearing loss
  • Vanessa C. Stubbs, MD: Alteration in the microbiome and innate immunity receptors in isolated sinusitis
  • Michael Topf, MD: Defining the role of CD169 macrophages in lymph node metastasis
  • Jenny X. Chen, MD: Smartphone Technology to Improve Intraoperative Feedback
  • Wee Tin Kao, MD: Transcriptome analysis of the Persister State of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

AAO-HNSF MAUREEN HANNLEY RESEARCH GRANT

  • Jennifer J. Shin, MD, SM: Should we be avid about patient-reported outcomes? A CHEER Network Study

AAO-HNSF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH GRANT

  • Vasu Divi, MD: Evaluation of the CMS Oncology Care Model for Head and Neck Cancer

AAO-HNSF BOBBY R. ALFORD ENDOWED RESEARCH GRANT

  • Ameya Asarkar, MD, SM: Comparing radiosensitizers in HPV positive PIK3CA mutant HNSCC

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS PILOT GRANT

  • Daniel L. Faden, MD: NK cell mediated immune evasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

AHNS ALANDO J. BALLANTYNE RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Zain H. Rizvi, MD: HPV regulation of microRNA in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 

AHNS/AAO-HNSF YOUNG INVESTIGATOR COMBINED AWARD

  • Andrew G. Shuman, MD: Patient and provider perspectives on personalized Head & Neck Cancer Care
  • Marcus M. Monroe, MD: Late effects in Head and Neck Survivors: A population-based analysis.

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Ashton E. Lehmann, MD: Perisotin as a biomarker for chronic rhinosinusitis
  • Robert J. Taylor, MD: Steroid-resistance in chronic sinusitis peripheral blood mononuclear cells

ARS NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD

  • Do-Yeon Cho, MD: Controlled ciprofloxacin and ivacaftor delivery via sinus stent
  • Adam DeConde, MD: Group 2 innate lymphocytes in aspirin exacerbate chronic rhinosinusitis 

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

  • David A. Zopf, MD: Patient specific 3D printed scaffolds for pediatric ear tissue engineering 

ASPO RESEARCH GRANT

  • Taha A. Jan, MD: Single cell RNA-sqequence analysis of inner ear progenitor cells
  • David R. Lee, MD: Genetic susceptibility of RRP to adjuvant therapy

The Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Joanna Kam, MD: Effects of keloid derived exosomes on normal fibroblast function
  • Chelsea A. Troiano, MD: Effects of electronic cigarette vaping on random flap viability in rats

Association of Migraine Disorders (AMD)

AMD RESIDENT RESEARCH AWARD

  • Hossein Mahboubi, MD, MPH: Randomized clinical trial of nortriptyline in treatment of vestibular migraine 

No Meritorious Applications Received

AAFPRS Research Scholor Award

AAFPRS Leslie Bernstein Grant

AAO-HNSF Percy Memorial Research Award

AHNS/ AAO-HNSF Translational Innovator Award

2016 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORED BY COOK MEDICAL

  • William Thomas, MD: Growing stable cartilage autografts with 3D tissue engineering and FGF-18

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

  • Edward C. Kuan, MD: Laser generated shockwave treatment of biofilms
  • Kevin M. Motz, MD: Defining the role of Th2 CH4 T-Helper lymphocytes in laryngotracheal stenosis
  • Yin Ren, MD, PhD: Tumor-penetrating delivery of nanoparticles to human vestibular schwannomas
  • Margaret L. Naunheim, MD: Hearing consequences of voice impairment
  • Renee M. Banakis-Hartl, MD: Brainstem plasticity: Effects on cohlear implants for unilateral deafness
  • Ashley Kita, MD: Brainstem plasticity: Effects on cohlear implants for unilateral deafness
  • Patrick Tassone, MD: A mouse model of tumor metabolism in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
  • Phillip Lee, MD: Assessing the effectiveness of private surgical performance feedback
  • Tiffany Peng, MD: Music perception and music enjoyment in cochlear implantation 

AAO-HNSF MAUREEN HANNLEY RESEARCH GRANT

  • Harrison W. Lin, MD: Objective and subjective measures of auditory neurodegeneration in humans

AAO-HNSF PERCY MEMORIAL RESEARCH GRANT

  • Tanya K. Meyer, MD: Work productivity in voice disorders; spasmodic dysphonia 

AAO-HNSF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH GRANT

  • Victoria A. Jordan, MD: Mental health and dysphonia: Associations in a large healthcare system 

AAO-HNSF RANDE H. LAZAR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH GRANT

  • Sebastian M. Jara, MD: The association between obstructive sleep apnea and cancer in VA patients

AAO-HNSF BOBBY R. ALFORD ENDOWED RESEARCH GRANT

  • Alexander Gelbard, MD: Elevated IL-17A Drives mucosal fibrosis in idiopathic subglottic stenosis 

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS PILOT GRANT

  • Sufi Thomas, PhD: Role of tumor-associated fibroblasts in head and neck cancer metabolism 

AHNS ALANDO J. BALLANTYNE RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Paul A. Zolkind, MD: Preclinical model for a genomics- driven personalized vaccine in oral cavity 

AHNS/AAO-HNSF YOUNG INVESTIGATOR COMBINED AWARD

  • Jessica M. Moskovitz, MD: Enhancing cetuximab efficacy by checkpoint inhibition in HNSCC

AHNS TRANSLATIONAL INNOVATOR COMBINED AWARD

  • Matthew E. Spector, MD: Predictive biomarkers and targeted therapy in recurrent laryngeal cancer

American Neurotology Society (ANS)

ANS/AAO-HNSF HERBERT SILVERSTEIN OTOLOGY AND NEUROTOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD

  • David H. Jung, MD, PhD: Novel neurotrophin- bisphosphonate conjugates to promote cochlear synaptogensis

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Richard Alexander Harbison, MD: Skills transfer to sinus surgery via a low-cost simulation-based curriculum

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

  • Emily F. Boss, MD, MPH: Nothing about me without me: Shared decision-making for tonsillectomy in children 

ASPO RESEACH GRANT

  • Rosa B. Lipin, MD: Palate bone formation and the role of the hypoxia pathway
  • John D. Prosser, MD: Characterizing xenograft models of recurrent resiratory papillomatosis

The Educational and Research Foundation of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN GRANT

  • Matthew Q. Miller, MD: Bone regeneration in craniofacial skeleton using growth factors and stem cells 

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Joshua K. Au, MD: Artificial hair implantation on a rat model
  • Weitao Wang, MD: Optimizing bone allograft in craniofacial defect reconstruction

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN INVESTIGATOR DEVELOPMENT GRANT

  • John J. Chi, MD: Shared decision making in complex nasal reconstruction 

No meritorious applications received for the following grants:

ARS New Investigator Award

AMD Resident Research Grant

AAFPRS Research Scholar Award

2015 CORE Grant Recipients

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORED BY THE ALCON FOUNDATION

  • Patricia L. Purcell, MD: Functional assessment instrument for children with unilateral hearing loss

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORED BY COOK MEDICAL

  • Kyle VanKoevering, MD: Customized 3D-Printed CPAP maskes for children with craniofacial anomalies

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT SPONSORED BY THE OTICON FOUNDATION

  • Jameson Mattingly, MD: Examination of factors that limit performance of bone conduction implants

AAO-HNSF RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANTS

  • Misha Amoils, MD: PD-1/PD-L1 expression patterns in aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
  • Phi C. Doan, MD: Production of a cost-effective 3D temporal bone model
  • Kara S. Davis, MD: Cotargeting of PI3K and HER3 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
  • Theresa Guo, MD: Discovery of novel alternative splicing in HPV-related oropharynngeal cancer
  • Aisha Harun, MD: Assessment of vestibular function in individuals with dementia
  • Taha Jan, MD: Effects of secreted factors from human vestibular schwannomas on hearing
  • Dane J. Genther, MD: Upper eyelid loading thresholds and blink efficiency in facial paralysis
  • Ashok R. Jethwa, MD: Video self assessment may improve competency in resident mastoidectomy
  • Eamon McLaughlin, MD: Modulation of airway taste receptors for the treatment of sinusitis
  • Sidharth V. Puram, MD, PhD: Identification of intratumoral subpopulations in oral cavity SCC
  • Benjamin Rubinstein, MD: The association between seconhand smoke exposure and pediatric sleep apnea
  • Phayvanh Sjogren, MD: Reactive oxygen species and cytomegalovirus labyrinthitis
  • Justin Sowder, MD: Determining and improving the flow dynamics of rigid bronchoscopes
  • Matthew Tyler, MD: Molecular pathways underlying disease burden in CRSwNP and AFRS

AAO-HNSF PERCY MEMORIAL RESEARCH AWARD

  • Judith E. C. Lieu, MD: Development of preschool hearing-related quality-of-life measures

AAO-HNSF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH GRANT

  • Marion B. Gillespie, MS: The effect of patient phenotype on sleep surgery outcomes

AAO-HNSF BOBBY R. ALFORD ENDOWED RESEARCH GRANT

  • Nithin D. Adappa, MD: Bitter taste of receptor genetics and sinonasal microbiome

AAO-HNSF RESEARCH GRANT

  • Rick F. Nelson, MD, PhD: Modeling hair cell degeneration in 3D inner ear organoids

American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)

AHNS PILOT GRANT

  • Narasimhan Rajaram, PhD: Optical biomarkers of radiation resistance in head and neck cancers

AHNS ALANDO J. BALLANTYNE RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Michael Kao, MD: G2/M cell cycle check point inhibitors as targeted therapy for HNSCC

AHNS/AAO-HNSF YOUNG INVESTIGATOR COMBINED AWARD

  • Clint T. Allen, MD: Combination targeted and immunotherapy in head and neck cancer

AHNS TRANSLATIONAL INNOVATOR COMBINED AWARD

  • Jose P. Zevallos, MD, MPH: Targeted sequencing of HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer treatment failures

American Rhinologic Society (ARS)

ARS RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Arjun Parasher, MD: The role of doxycycline in severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
  • Carol H. Yan, MD: Elucidating gram-positive factors stimulating T2R sinonasal innate defense

American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)

ASPO RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD

  • Dylan K. Chan, MD, PhD: AAV-mediated genetic rescue of Cx26-associated hearing loss

ASPO RESEARCH GRANT

  • Victoria Lee, MD: Objective imaging measures to guide Robin Sequence airway management
  • David Smith, PhD, MD: Inflammation and cardiovascular disease in pediatric OSA

ASPO DUSTIN MICAH HARPER RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS RESEARCH GRANT

  • Ryan Branski, PhD: Oral papilloma virus colonization and clearance in patients with RRP

The Educational and Research Foundation for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN GRANT

  • Jacqueline Greene, MD: Facial nerve nanoengineering and regeneration

AAFPRS LESLIE BERNSTEIN RESIDENT RESEARCH GRANT

  • Joseph B. Vella, MD, PhD: Craniofacial reconstruction via 3D printing and mesenchymal
  • Robert Brody, MD: Optimizing cartilage autografts in septorhinoplasty

AAFPRS RESEARCH SCHOLAR AWARD

  • Lamont K. Jones, MD: Assessing the role of AHNAK methylation in keloid pathogenesis

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