THRIVE Grant Will Address Barriers to Care in HNC

The hands of two radiation therapists are shown fitting a short face mask to a patient model to steady the head during radiation therapy.

Jessica H. Maxwell, MD, MPH, FACS, received a $50,000 Telehealth Research and Innovation for Veterans with Cancer (THRIVE) grant from the Office of Rural Health to address barriers like distance […]

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Restoring Hearing and Regenerating Hair Cells

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Dr. Peter Santa Maria, MD, PhD, opened the Eye & Ear Foundation’s September 13th webinar, “Restoring Hearing and Regenerating Hair Cells” with a quote from Helen Keller: “Blindness separates people […]

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Bridging the Gap Between Voice and Swallow

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Voice and swallow are interwoven, Dr. Sandra Stinnett, laryngologist and Director of the UPMC Swallowing Disorders Center, said in the Eye & Ear Foundation’s August 27th webinar, “Bridging the Gap […]

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Survivorship Symposium 2024

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The Survivorship Clinic hosted its sixth Survivorship After Cancer of the Head and Neck Multidisciplinary Symposium, with its best turnout yet. “What [was] outstanding was the multidisciplinary aspect of it […]

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Community Hires Bolster Access Efforts

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The Departments of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology have three new hires to bolster efforts in the community. Postdoc research fellows Paula A. Sepulveda-Beltran, MD, and Valeria Villabona-Martinez, MD, are the Community […]

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Published Study on Cortical Neuron Firing Patterns

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In July, Michele Insanally, PhD, had a paper published in Nature Communications. The significant study is titled “Contributions of cortical neuron firing patterns, synaptic connectivity, and plasticity to task performance.” […]

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The Who and Where of Head and Neck Cancer

A schematic cross-section of the head and neck, with a rainbow of colored sticks emanating from a star image in the center of the head and radiating out to various pink and purple colored globes depicting viruses associated with head and neck cancers.

Angela L. Mazul, PhD, MPH, joined the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery a year and a half ago as a dedicated cancer epidemiologist specializing in head and neck and […]

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Decreased Sound Tolerance: Managing Reactions to Bothersome Sounds

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Noises are everywhere, but the average listener may not notice them, Dr. Lori Zitelli, Aud, CH-TM, Managing Audiologist, UPMC Department of Otolaryngology, said in the Eye & Ear Foundation’s July […]

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