Our research faculty is engaged in cutting-edge basic research into the structure and function of the auditory and vestibular systems.

Alfred Nuttall, Ph.D.
Director, Oregon Hearing Research Center

John Brigande, Ph.D.
Cell Lineage Relationships
Cell Fate Specification
Patterning of the Mouse Inner Ear

Robert Folmer, Ph.D.
Mechanisms and Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus
Investigating Different Mechanisms of Tinnitus and Various Treatments

Peter Gillespie, Ph.D.
Molecular Basis of Hair-Cell Transduction

Susan Griest, M.P.H.
Hearing conservation programs
Occupational hearing loss and prevention
Tinnitus Data Registry

Zhi-Gen Jiang, M.D.
Cellular Physiology of Inner-ear Arteries
Pacemaking Channels of Circadian Clock Cells

Shi-Long Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
Head and Neck Cancer Genetics
Animal model of and translational research of HNSCC
TGF and PI3K/AKT signaling

William Hal Martin, Ph.D.
Director, Tinnitus Clinic
Tinnitus Research Program
Hearing Conservation
Auditory Neurophysiology
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
Pediatric Audiology

Teresa Nicolson, Ph.D.
Developmental Genetics

Alfred Nuttall, Ph.D.
Cochlear sensory physiology
Physiology of Inner-ear Blood Flow

Tianying Ren, M.D.
Otoacoustic Emissions
Physiology of Cochlear Blood Flow

Yong Bing Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
Tinnitus Pathophysiology and Treatment
Otoacoustic Emissions
Intraoperative Neuromonitoring

Xiao-Rui Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
Noise-induced Hearing Loss
Physiology of Cochlear Blood Flow

Peter Steyger, Ph.D.
Ototoxicity
Hair Cell Functional Anatomy
Public Outreach

Dennis Trune, Ph.D.
Autoimmune hearing loss
Otitis media
Steroid responsive mechanisms of the ear

Laurence Trussell, Ph.D.
Synapse physiology of the auditory system
Ion channel biophysics
Developmental neuroscience

Richard Walker, Ph.D.
Biophysics of Sensory Cell Transduction
Molecular Genetics of Mechanosensation

Xiao-Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Studying the functions of TGFβ (transforming growth factor signaling in carcinogenesis, wound healing, skin/appendage development and diseases
The functions of Smads in carcinogenesis and skin development