Dr. Bo Liu advises research staff in her NIH-funded lab. The Department of Surgery ranked #9 in total amount of National Institutes of Health funding for surgery departments in 2017 according to the Blue Ridge …
Research
Dr. Corrine Voils Named Director of ICTR KL2 Scholar Program
Corrine Voils, PhD, was selected as Director of the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research KL2 Scholar program, along with fellow Director Manish Shah, MD, PhD, of the Department of Emergency Medicine. The KL2 Scholar …
NIH R01 Grant awarded to Jack Jiang, MD
Jack Jiang, MD, has been awarded a five-year NIH R01 grant for his project, “Optimization And Therapeutic Translation of Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Techniques,” through the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Jiang …
Studying Communication and Swallowing Disorders in the Ciucci Lab
The research program of Michelle R. Ciucci, PhD., CCC-SLP is dedicated to understanding how aging and neurodegenerative disease contribute to communication and swallowing disorders. Specifically, Parkinson disease has a complex pathology that causes early-onset voice …
Surgery Research Image Contest Winners
With active clinical and basic science research programs, there’s always something cool under the scope in our Department. Check out the winners of our annual Surgery Research Image Contest to get a glimpse into some …
Jonathan Russell receives NIH R01 research grant
Tongue muscles up close Jonathan Russell, PhD, an Associate Scientist collaborating with Nadine Connor, PhD, has received a NIH R01 grant for his project, “Treatment of Functional Deficits In Tongue Muscles Induced by Radiation and …
2017 in Photos
Time moves fast in a surgery department. That’s why we’re taking a moment to celebrate all our team accomplished in 2017 by sharing some of our favorite images from a busy, successful year. 12. Celebrating …
Dr. Angela Gibson awarded 2017 New Investigator Program Grant
Angela Gibson, MD, PhD, FACS, has been awarded a 2017 New Investigator Program grant for her project “Autologous Regeneration in Burn Injured Patients.” Awarded by the Partnership Education and Research Committee of the University of …
Otolaryngology researcher Cynthia Kelm-Nelson receives NIH R21 grant
Cynthia Kelm-Nelson, PhD, received a three-year NIH R21 grant for $153,000 annually, awarded through The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. This grant supports her project “Communication dysfunction in Parkinson disease: Integrated genetic …
Dr. Schwarze honored as National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader
Gretchen Schwarze, MD, MPP, FACS, was selected as an inaugural member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Emerging Leaders Forum. This program honors and supports early-career leaders in health and medicine who are poised to …