A Dean's Research Fellow studying age effects
on human hearing, including frequency tuning and interactions with
age-related medical disorders, such as cardiovascular disease.
Research Advisors: Drs. D. Robert Frisina
and Robert D. Frisina
2003 - Present
David Tuttle
A Dean's Summer Research Fellow studying age
effects on auditory evoked potentials in different mouse strains.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
2002
Joshua Romney
(M.D. 2003)
Investigated age effects on the outer hair
cell system of the inner ear.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
2001 - 2002
Christo Fender
Studied age effects on
the brainstem circuitry of the mammalian auditory system and presence
of calcium-binding proteins.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1998 - 2000
Lee-Lynn Chen (M.D. 2001)
Investigated neuroanatomy of age-related hearing
loss utilizing advanced neuroimaging techniques.
Research Advisor:
Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1999 - 2000
Scott Thompson (M.D. 2000)
Utilized image processing procedures for investigating
the neural underpinnings of presbycusis.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1999 - 2000
Tung Trang (M.D. 2000)
Conducted image processing procedures for
investigating the neural underpinnings of presbycusis.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1994 - 1997
Kenneth Whittemore (M.D. 1997)
A Dean's Summer Research Fellow studying the
neurophysiological bases of presbycusis.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1995
Diana Antonovich (M.D. 1996)
A Dean’s Summer Research Fellow studying
temporal processing in the auditory system.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1994 - 1996
Charles Shih (M.D. 1996)
A Dean's Summer Research Fellow investigating
temporal processing deficits in the elderly.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1992 - 1996
Todd Tracy (M.D. 1996)
A Dean's Summer Research Fellow studying effects
of background noise on neural processing in the cochlear nucleus.
Research Advisors: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
and Joseph Walton
1994 - 1995
Darrell Klotz (M.D. 1995),
Investigated the anatomy and physiology of
the auditory midbrain.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1992 - 1994
Daniel Sullivan (M.D. 1995)
A Dean’s Summer Research Fellow investigating
the effects of age on the neuronal circuitry of the auditory brainstem.
Research Advisors: Drs. Robert D. Frisina
and Joseph Walton
Pre-Doctoral
Research Trainees - Underrepresented Minority
2002
Trinitia Ash-Cannon
A medical student interested in pursuing a
career in Otolaryngology, who studied sex differences in age-related
changes in the auditory system using otoacoustic emissions neurophysiological
paradigms.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
2002
Alyson McNeal
A pre-medical student sponsored by an NIH/Howard
Hughes Summer Fellowship, who investigated age-related changes in
the central auditory system using contralateral suppression of otoacoustic
emissions neurophysiological paradigms.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
2001
Taiwo Adeloye
A pre-medical student sponsored by an NIH/Howard
Hughes Summer Fellowship, who investigated age-related changes in
the central auditory system using immunocytochemical and neuroimaging
techniques.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1999 - 2000
Thomas "Chip" Fugate
A high school student
sponsored by our STEP program to introduce minority students to
biomedical research. Chip investigated age-related anatomical changes
in the parts of the brain used for hearing.
Research Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Frisina
1999
Nadya Davis
A H.S. student sponsored by an NIH/Howard
Hughes Fellowship, who investigated age-related changes in the central
auditory system using advanced neuroimaging analysis techniques.
