'98 Academy Grant Winners Announced

The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Inc. announced the award of 14 research grants for studies in the areas of hearing, sinusitis, voice, head and neck cancer, swallowing disorders, and otolaryngic allergy. The grants, distributed through five funding mechanisms, total more than $130,000. The proposals funded were selected out of 49 extremely high quality applications reviewed by the Foundation's Subcommittee on Research Grants and Prizes (Phillip A. Wackym, MD, Chair).

The recipients, their sponsoring institutions, and the title of their research projects are as follows:

Academy Foundation Resident Research Grants

Jeffrey A. Faulkner, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, for "Growth and Development of Homograft Tracheal Transplant."

Charles J. Limb, MD, Johns Hopkins University, for "Age-Related Development of Synapses in the Cochlear Nuclei of Mice: Effects of Deafness."

Ted A Meyer, MD, PhD, Indiana University, for "Modeling Word Recognition in Adult Cochlear Implant Users."

Brook M. Seeley, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, for "T Cell Homing Mechanisms in Adoptive Immunotherapy."

Charles J. Tseng, MD, Washington University, for "Cells Involved in Cochlear Nerve-Fiber Regeneration."

Earleen Elkins Research Training Award

Kenley W. Chin, MD, University of California Los Angeles, for "Health Status and Radiographic Staging of Rhinosinusitis."

Leila A. Mankarious, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, for "Mechanisms of Growth and Development of the Human Cricoid Cartilage."

Michael F. Spafford, MD, The Johns Hopkins University, for "Detection of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Microsatellite Analysis of Saliva."

Percy Memorial Research Award

Ian N. Jacobs, MD, The Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, for "Gene Therapy in the Prevention of Subglottic Stenosis."

Outcomes Research Small Project Grant

Dory Durr, MD, Hotel-Dieu de Montreal, for "Validity of Quebec French Rhinosinusitis Outcome Measure."

Patti C. Huang, MD, Duke University, for "Development of a New Outcomes Measure for Patients with Dysphagia."

Afshin Parhiscar, MD, Long Island College Hospital, for "Can Patient Satisfication with Decisions Predict Compliance with Surgical Therapy?"

AHNS/AAO-HNSF Young Investigator Research Development Award

Jeffrey Myers, MD, PhD, M D Anderson Cancer Center, for "Biochemotherapy of Pre-Malignant Lesions of the Larynx."

John I. Song, MD, University of Pittsburgh, for "Retinoid Modulation of Autocrine Growth in Squamous Cell Carcinoma."

The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation is a non-profit association representing more than 10,000 physicians who specialize in treating disorders of the ears, nose, throat, face and neck. Its membership is made up of more than 95% of the otolaryngologists-head and neck surgeons practicing in the U.S.

Applications and guidelines for 1999 research grants are available from the Department of Research at AAO-HNSF, One Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. For further information about the grant categories or to discuss research plans, contact Maureen Hannley, PhD, Associate Vice President and Director of Research, at (703) 519-1547. A letter of intent including the title and a brief description of the project's scope must be submitted by December 14, 1998. The deadline for receipt of 1999 applications is January 12, 1999.