Grants

Current grant-funded research projects and programs

North Carolina Children’s Airway Center
Principal Investigator: Carlton J. Zdanski, MD
Duke Endowment, $360,267.00
07/01/2007 - 06/30/2009

Quality of Life Among African-American Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
Principal Investigator: Andrew F. Olshan, PhD
Co-Investigator: Jianwen Cai, PhD
Collaborators: Mark C. Weissler, MD; William Funkhouser, MD, PhD
Lance Armstrong Foundation, $246,760
2007 - 2010

RENCI Fellowship
Principal Investigator: Charles C. Finley, PhD
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) of UNC-Chapel Hill, $50,000.
06/2007 - 05/2008

Center for Acquisition of Spoken language Through Listening Enrichment (CASTLE), Wilmington expansion site
Program Director: Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-A/SLP
Cape Fear Memorial Foundation, $225,000
2007 - 2009

Center for Acquisition of Spoken language Through Listening Enrichment (CASTLE), Statewide Expansion Project
Program Director: Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-A/SLP
The Duke Endowment, $300,000
2006 - 2008

Wake Children’s Hearing Intervention Program
Program Director: Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-A/SLP
The John Rex Endowment, $103,171
2003 - 2008

Children’s Hearing Intervention Program: Center for Acquisition of Spoken language Through Listening Enrichment (CASTLE).
Program Director: Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-A/SLP
The Oberkotter Foundation, $1,512,000
2001 - 2009

The Inferior Colliculus as a Site of Electrical Stimulation
Principal Investigator: Douglas C. Fitzpatrick, PhD
Advanced Bionics Corporation, $307,000
05/01/2005 - 06/30/2007

Physio-Anatomical Factors in Cochlear Implant Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Charles C. Finley, PhD
R21 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $125,000/year
07/2004 – 06/2006

Complex Sound Analysis in Normal and Impaired Ears
Principal Investigator: John H. Grose, PhD
Co-Investigator: Charles C. Finley, PhD
Co-Investigator: Emily Buss, PhD
R01 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $204.750 (current year)
03/2003 - 02/2008

Spectral Profile Cues and Synthetic Listening
Principal Investigator: Emily Buss, PhD
RO1 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $182,500/year
12/15/2005 – 11/30/2010

Development and Plasticity in Normal and Impaired Ears
Principal-Investigator: Joseph W. Hall, PhD
Co-Investigators: Emily Buss, PhD; John H. Grose, PhD; Harold C. Pillsbury, MD
R01 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $227,500/year
09/01/1985 – 08/31/2007

Spectro-Temporal Analysis in Normal and Impaired Ears
Principal Investigator: Joseph W. Hall, PhD
Co-Investigators: Emily Buss, PhD; John H. Grose, PhD; Harold C. Pillsbury, MD
R01 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $227,500/year
09/01/1986 – 07/31/2009

Research Training in Otolaryngology
Program Director and Principal Investigator: Paul B. Manis, PhD
T32 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $596,863
07/01/2003 – 06/30/2008

Physiology of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus Molecular Layer
Principal Investigatory: Paul B. Manis, PhD
Personnel: Yong Wang, PhD; Jaime Mancilla, PhD; Sarah Street, BS (PhD student)
R01 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $900,000
04/2001 – 03/2007

Cellular Mechanisms of Auditory Information Processing
Principal Investigator: Paul B. Manis, PhD
Personnel: Yong Wang, PhD; Eveleen Randall (UNC senior biology major)
R01 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $637,500
09/01/2001 – 03/31/2011

Effect of Noise Induced Hearing Loss on AVCN Principal Neurons
Principal Investigator: Yong Wang, PhD
R03 grant from NIH/NIDCD, $150,000
04/01/2006 – 03/31/2009

Synaptic Organization and Plasticity in the Auditory Cortex Following Cochlear Ablation: Role of Serotonin Neurotransmission
Principal Investigator: Gregory J. Basura, MD, PhD
Mentor: Paul B. Manis, PhD
Deafness Research Foundation, $40,000
07/01/2006 – 06/30/2008

Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation (CDaCI Study)
Coordinating Center: Johns Hopkins University
UNC Principal Investigator: Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-SLP/A
UNC Co-Investigators: Craig A. Buchman, MD; Harold C. Pillsbury, MD; Holly Teagle, AuD (study coordinator)
NIH/NIDCD R01 DC004797, $595,000
05/01/2002 - 04/30/2007

Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation (CDaCI Study)
Coordinating Center: Johns Hopkins University
UNC Principal Investigator: Holly Teagle, AuD
UNC Co-Investigators: Carolyn J. Brown, MS, CCC-SLP/A; Craig A. Buchman, MD; Harold C. Pillsbury, MD; Carlton J. Zdanski, MD; Jennifer Woodard, MA; and Hannah Eskridge, MSP
NIH/NIDCD R01 DC004797, $523,541
08/01/2007 – 07/30/2012

Allogeneic Genetically-Engineered Tumor Vaccine
Principal Investigator: Marion E. Couch, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina Program in Translational Science, $266,000
07/2006 – 06/2008

Chronic Cough and Reflux Disease: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo Controlled Trial of High Dose Proton Pump Inhibition
Principal Investigator: Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH
Co-Investigator: Marion E. Couch, MD, PhD
Astra-Zeneca Pilot Grant, $195,000
01/2005 – 12/2007

Visualization of the Airway During Percutaneous Tracheostomies Using Ultrasound
Principal Investigator: Marion E. Couch, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator: Paul C. Bryson, MD
Cook Critical Care Pilot Grant, $3,500
06/2006 – 07/2008

Microarray Analysis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma as a Predictor of Treatment
Principal Investigator: Carol G. Shores, MD, PhD
Scholar Development and Faculty Transition Award, $125,000/year
09/01/2002 - 09/01/2006