Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy
The objective of our research is to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms whereby intracellular membrane lipid composition regulates lipid and glucose metabolism in health and disease...
The Naxerova lab’s research spans a variety of topics in cancer genetics and somatic evolution. We use interdisciplinary approaches to study the origins and consequences of somatic variation. We blend...
Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
The work in the Psychoacoustics Laboratory at Boston University focuses primarily on auditory perception in listeners with normal hearing and with hearing loss, and on the recognition of speech under...
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Our unique perception of the world evolves with experience throughout our lifespan. As neuroscientists we believe that differences in sensory perception, including pathological perturbations of our...
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 sequencing. Her work with speech error...
Dr. Steven Rauch’s primary research interests include the combined disorders of hearing and balance, including Meniere’s disease, autoimmune inner ear disease, sudden deafness, and migraine.
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 cytogenetics to address problems in human...
Chair of Curriculum Committee, Doctoral Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT)
Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Synopsis of Research Interests:
The Amazing Success of Biological Auditory Systems Humans routinely perform tasks with sound that remain impossible for even the most powerful and sophisticated...
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Maison is a Principal Investigator in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School as well as a clinical audiologist. As an auditory physiologist, Dr. Maison...
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 neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of all four...
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 layers of the developing embryo converge to form...
Johnson is the co-editor of two textbooks and numerous peer reviewed articles and chapters. Johnson has continuing clinical and scholarly interests in medical speech-language pathology and the effects...
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 acceleration forces, with a bundle of...
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 understand how information is encoded and...
Mechanisms for normal and disordered voice production Evaluation and development of methods for alaryngeal (laryngectomy) speech rehabilitation Development of objective physiologic and acoustic measures...
Medical School: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences, Israel Internal Medicine Resident Program: University of Arizona, Arizona
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine, Jordan Family Medicine Residency Program: Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Ohio
Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Internal Medicine Residency Program: Cambridge Health Alliance, Massachusetts