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ARO NEWS
Winter 1998
Winter 1998 Volume
XIX Number 2
IN THIS ISSUE:
President's
Report
JARO Gets Unanimous
Vote
As we prepare for the
1999 Mid Winter Meeting, a group of our colleagues have concluded
their report on what will be a momentous decision for our members.
At the 1998 MidWinter meeting, I appointed an ad hoc committee
to consider the proposition that ARO should sponsor or publish
a new scholarly journal. This was a large committee (16 members),
representing the breadth of ARO membership with respect to area
of research, seniority and clinical involvement. Art Popper and
Jerry Popelka very ably chaired the committee. Its first charge
was to consider the need for such a journal. If agreement was
reached on this first issue, it was to assess the advantages and
disadvantages of different journal formats, develop a business
plan, and determine the financial impact on the society and its
members. This committee formed a number of subgroups to explore
these and other questions, met several times on conference calls
and had a final meeting in Bethesda in October. The committee
voted unanimously to recommend to the Association the establishment
of a new scientific journal with the name JARO, the Journal of
the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.
What happens next?
Now it's up to all of us to consider this recommendation and the
details for the establishment and administration of JARO. The
Committee report has been forwarded to the Executive Council,
which will discuss it at length by conference call in early December
and again at the Council Meeting on Saturday, February 13, 1999.
The full report will also be published on the World Wide Web and
can be accessed through the ARO web site (www.aro.org). I urge
all members to carefully read this report and its recommendations,
to provide feedback to members of the ARO Council and to come
to the February meeting ready to discuss the report. At the February
meeting, two Open Forums will be held, one on Sunday evening and
one on Wednesday evening. The proposed plan for JARO will be presented
and the members of the committee will be present to answer questions.
Then, after sufficient feedback from the membership has been obtained,
a mail ballot will be sent to all active ARO members. We hope
this will take place in the first quarter of 1999.
The establishment of
a new scientific journal under the auspices of ARO is a major
step in the society's history. It could greatly enhance the visibility
of research in our areas of interest and could be financially
beneficial to ARO. These results will depend entirely on the support
of the membership, and the willingness of each of us to submit
our very best research to this journal. For these reasons, I again
urge each of you to consider this issue, to discuss the pros and
cons, and to vocally present your views. Get involved; this important
decision effects all of us.
Edwin W Rubel
Current
Issues
ARO 1999 Election
Results
The results of the
election of ARO officers for the upcoming year have been tabulated.
Ballots were mailed to all ARO members in the fall which resulted
in a return rate approaching 33%. Congratulations to our new ARO
Officers.
President Elect:
Judy R. Dubno, PhD
Secretary-Treasurer:
Douglas A. Cotanche, PhD
Council Member:
William F. Sewell, PhD
The ballot also included
voting on some minor changes in the ARO bylaws that were published
in the last newsletter. All five of these changes were voted to
be accepted.
Call for Papers
for 1999 Research Forum
The 1999 Research Forum
will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in conjunction with the
annual meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, September
26-29, 1999. The Call for Papers forms have been included with
this newsletter. If you need additional forms, please contact
the ARO office.
NIDCD Work Group
on Grants
The National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) Work Group
on Single and Multiple Project Grants (WGSMPG) was convened under
the leadership of Dr. Donald H. Luecke, Deputy Director, NIDCD.
Drs. Bronya Keats and Thomas Hixon served as co-chairs. This Work
Group was formed to advise the National Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NDCD) Advisory Council about the strengths/weaknesses
of single project grants in contrast to multiple project awards.
The WGSMPG held two teleconferences during the summer of 1998,
met for two days in August, and developed a draft report for consideration
during the October 7th meeting of the NDCD Advisory Council. Based
on discussion among Council members, several additional clarifying
comments were incorporated and the WGSMPG report was finalized
on October 27, 1998. As the final phase in this process the recommendations
of the WGSMPG are available on the NIDCD home page to solicit
comments from the extramural community. All comments should be
received by December 18, 1998, and will serve as guidance to the
Director, NIDCD in this highly important matter. The WGSMPG report
can be accessed at http://www.nih.gov/nidcd/notice.htm. Please
direct comments to the WGSMPG Executive
Editor's
Column
Scientific publishing
continues to transform itself at a rapid pace. The trend clearly
is for scientific societies to take a more active role in publishing.
As you can see from the President's column, our own association
is considering publishing a traditional peer-reviewed scientific
journal, an idea that I and others have been developing for several
years.
Developments surrounding
electronic publishing continue to transform traditional print
publishing. The most common model now and for the future is to
publish a traditional print journal with a complementary electronic
version. However, the implementation of this model is not straightforward.
Some traditional publishers now offer information in their electronic
version prior to the availability of the information in the printed
version and in some cases publish information electronically that
will not be in the printed version at all. Traditionally, when
a paper is submitted to a journal, the assignment of copyright
to that journal was accompanied by few restrictions. In the last
few years however, journals increasingly are requiring a signed
statement that the work has not appeared electronically. Very
recently, some journals are requiring a signed statement that
the work has not appeared electronically even in abstract form.
Unanticipated consequences
of these transformations in publishing continue to arise. For
several years now, the ARO has been placing the meeting abstracts
on the world wide web months before the meeting. Most members
appreciate having this information so early. However, a concern
now has arisen among certain scientists, particularly molecular
biologists and other scientists whose experiments can be performed
fairly quickly. The concern is that their new findings that are
available so early on the web may entice colleagues in another
lab to repeat the experiments and submit a paper to a journal
before the original scientists have published their findings in
any form.
You can be assured
that the ARO is keeping abreast of these developments. We will
continue to be current on all issues related to publishing.
Gerald R. Popelka
New
Members
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Active Membership
Category
Vinod K. Anand,
MD
Fazil N. Ardic, MD
Sally A. Arnold, PhD
Marco Atzori, PhD
Alison Behrman, PhD
Mark A. Bothwell, PhD
Joseph C. Dort, BSc, MD
Laurie Eisenberg, PhD
Judith A. Finkelstein, PhD
Ann E. Geers, PhD
Sten Hellstrom, MD, PhD
Jokay Istvan, MD
Karl Kandler, PhD
Joseph E. Kerschner, MD
Motoi Kudo, MD, PhD
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, PhD
Marci Lesperance, MD
Tomasz Letowski, PhD
Jose M. Manaligod, MD
Spiros Manolidis, MD
Sergio Masetta, PhD
Nicolas Perez, MD
Hironori Sakurai, MD
Lois A. Sutton, PhD
Denise Tucker, PhD
Andrea Vambutas, MD
Ricardo A. Velluti, MD
Susan Whitney, PhD
Takehito Yamamoto, MD, PhD
Ebenezer Yamoah, PhD
Naohiro Yoshida, MD, PhD
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Associate
Membership Category
Dennis Barbour
Henry Butehorn III, MD
George Cannon, BA, MS
Samantha Cicero, BA
Lisa M. Gerlach, BS
Troy Hackett, PhD
Michael J. Holmes, BA
Ilan Kerman, BA, MS
Charles Limb, MD
William Loftus, BS
Andrew McInvale, BS
Kimberly Nelson, BS
Quincy Quick, BS, MS
Elizabeth Redd, MD
Konstantina Stankovic, PhD
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Awards
American Academy
of Otolaryngology 1998 Grant Winners
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, 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.
Otolaryngology Research
Community Recognizes Young Investigators
Six residents in otolaryngology-head
and neck surgery were chosen by a special review committee to
receive cash awards and commemorative plaques donated by Smith
and Nephew Inc., ENT Division. These awards are given for the
best research papers in otolaryngology submitted for the 1998
Resident Research Award Competition. The papers were presented
during the 1998 Research Forum, co-sponsored by the American Academy
of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)
and the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) held
in conjunction with the 102nd Annual Meeting of the AAO-HNSF,
September 13-16, 1998, in San Antonio, TX.
This year's winners
were as follows:
1st Place, Basic Science:
Eben L. Rosenthal, MD, University of Michigan, for "Role of Membrane
Type 1 - Matrix Metalloproteinase and Gelatinase A in Head and
Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasion in vitro."
2nd Place, Basic Science:
Robert F. Labadie, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina, for
"Allergy Increases Susceptibility to Otitis Media with Effusion
in a Rat Model."
3rd Place, Basic Science:
Rick Erickson, MD, University of Oklahoma, for "The Effects of
Glutamine on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma."
1st Place, Clinical
Science: Robin Brody, MD, Long Island College Hospital, for "Parents
Cannot Detect Mild Hearing Loss in Children."
2nd Place, Clinical
Science: Roger J. Wobig, MD, University of Oregon, for "Steroid
Responsive Cochlear Dysfunction in the MRL/1prAutoimmune Mouse."
3rd Place, Clinical
Science: Bradford D. Ress, MD, University of Miami, for "Effects
of Cisplatinum Chemotherapy on Otoacoustic Emissions: The Development
of an Objective Screening Protocol."
Also announced were
recipients of the 1998 Foundation Medical Student Research Prize:
Eric R. Anderson, University of Washington, for "Clinimetric Evaluation
of the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-16," and Nwanmegha Young, University
of California, Davis, for "Cytokine Mediated Bone Resorption is
Cytochrome P-450 Dependent."
Now in its 41st year,
the Research Forum is a joint project of the Foundation's Subcommittee
on Research Grants and Prizes and the ARO. 1998 Co-Chairpersons
for the event were Debara Tucci, MD, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, NC, and Brenda Ryals, PhD, James Madison University, Harrisonburg,
VA.
ARO is a scientific
society of researchers who investigate basic science and clinical
problems associated with hearing, speech, the senses of balance,
smell, taste, and various diseases of the head and neck. 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.
Dr. Murray B. Sachs
Receives the von Bekesy Medal
Professor Murray B.
Sachs received the von Bekesy Silver Medal from the Acoustical
Society of America.
He was recognized "For
contributions to understanding the neural representation of complex
acoustic stimuli." The presentation took place during the Plenary
Session on Wednesday afternoon, October 14, 1998 at Norfolk, Virginia
at the 136th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Dr.
Sachs is Massey Professor and Director of the Department of Biomedical
Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Sachs is also Professor
of Neuroscience and of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at
Johns Hopkins. He has published extensively on the neural physiology
of the auditory periphery, including studies of the auditory nerve
and the cochlear nucleus.
The von Bekesy Medal,
established in 1984, is presented to individuals, irrespective
of nationality, age, or society affiliation, who have made outstanding
contributions to the area of psychological or physiological acoustics,
as evidenced by publication of research results in professional
journals or by other accomplishments in the field. Previous recipients
have been Dr. Joseph Zwislocki in 1985, and Dr. Peter Dallos in
1995.
Dr. Eric Young of Johns
Hopkins University presented the Medal to Dr. Sachs.
1999
MidWinter Meeting Information
Membership
Directory Update
The printed version
of the ARO Membership Directory will be prepared in January for
distribution at the MidWinter Meeting in February. To ensure that
this directory is as accurate as possible, a new function is available
on the ARO home page that allows you to electronically update
your directory listing.
Please look at your
entry in the current directory. If there is any incorrect information,
connect to the ARO web site
http://www.aro.org
In the Members section
you will find the new function that allows you to make the appropriate
changes.
We encourage you to
make corrections at anytime. However, please make any corrections
before January 1, 1999 to ensure that they will be in the printed
version.
Short Course Videotapes Available
A videotapes are available
of short courses
1997-Molecular Biology
Techniques and Applications to Otolaryngology
1998-Techniques Used
in Evaluating Cochlear Function
1999-Anatomical Techniques
for Research in Otolaryngology
The cost of each tape
is $35 (U.S.). An additional $5 will be charged for tapes sent
to non-USA locations. Individuals who registered for the course,
but were unable to attend can obtain this video at a special rate
of $15. To order a videotape, contact:
Meetings
Department
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
19 Mantua Rd.
Mt. Royal, NJ 08601 USA
Phone (609) 423-7222 x350
Fax (609) 423-3420
meetings@aro.org
Advertising
Space
Advertising space is
available for the ARO NEWS and the ARO Directory
Please contact the ARO Office for information concerning prices,
space and deadlines.
Tom Sims
Association for Research in Otolaryngology
19 Mantua Rd.
Mt. Royal, NJ 08601 USA
Phone (609) 423-7222 x350
Fax (609) 423-3420
headquarters@aro.org
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