Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
https://depts.washington.edu/hearing/
Mission
The Center’s missions are the discovery of new fundamental knowledge about hearing and balance and disorders of hearing and balance, and the application of these findings toward improved diagnostic methods and therapies.
The Center envisions the University of Washington as a premiere institution in the quest to conquer deafness and disequilibrium by prevention and by restoring hearing and balance through repair and regeneration. This vision is based on past performance, work in progress, and long range planning for research in the molecular and genetic mechanisms that control the development, function, and regeneration of the audiovestibular systems.
The Center values the innovative pursuit of knowledge, rigorous scientific integrity, and classical scholarship in a collegial environment characterized by teamwork, information sharing, and mutual respect.
The Center’s mission is carried out through multidisciplinary fundamental and clinical research, research training, information dissemination to the professions, and public education.
Core Services Offered
Confocal Imaging
Funding Information
| Autism Speaks | Foundation | Bonnie K. Lau, PhD | 01-Sep-21 | 31-Aug-22 |
| American Otological Society | Foundation | Gavriel K. Kohlberg, MD | 05-Jul-20 | 30-Jun-22 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH R00 Career Development Award | Bonnie K. Lau, PhD | 01-Aug-20 | 31-Jul-23 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH R99 Supplement | Bonnie K. Lau, PhD | 01-Aug-20 | 31-Jul-23 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH/NIDCD R01 | David L. Horn, MD | 01-Apr-21 | 31-Mar-26 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH/NIDCD T32 Training Grant | Jennifer S. Stone, PhD | 01-Jul-83 | 30-Jun-24 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | NIH/NIDCD R01 | Jennifer S. Stone, PhD | 01-Jul-14 | 30-Jun-24 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | National Science Foundation | Jennifer S. Stone, PhD | 01-May-20 | 30-Apr-24 |
| University of Rochester | NIH/NIDCD R21 | James O. Phillips | 01-Apr-20 | 31-Mar-22 |
| Washington University in St. Louis | NIH/NIDCD R01 | Edwin W. Rubel, PhD | 05-Jul-17 | 30-Jun-22 |
| Washington University in St. Louis | NIH/NIDCD R01 Supplement | Edwin W. Rubel, PhD | 01-Jul-20 | 30-Jun-22 |
| Various Endowments, Industry Contracts and Planned Gifts | ||||
Reporting Structure
The VMBHRC is affiliated with the Department of Otolaryngology; as such the director reports to the department chair of this department.
Related UW Entities
The Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center is a multidisciplinary center incorporating faculty in the School of Medicine, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. seventeen University of Washington departments are represented here.
Applied Mathematics, Bioengineering, Biology, Biological Structure, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Health, Genome Sciences, I-Labs, Linguistics, Medical Genetics, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology-HNS, Physiology & Biophysics, Psychology, Radiology, Speech & Hearing Sciences