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Regeneration of Auditory Hair Cells Biosketches
Rebecca M. Lewis studied speech and hearing sciences during her undergraduate training at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is currently enrolled in the dual AuD/PhD program at the University of Washington in speech and hearing sciences and is being mentored by Jennifer Stone in
otolaryngology. She is enrolled in her clinical externship at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and completed her AuD/PhD graduate training in May, 2016. She plans to continue practicing clinical audiology while re- maining engaged in research in further treatments for audi- ology patients with sensorineural hearing loss or vestibular balance disorders.
Edwin W Rubel received PhD in physi- ological psychology from Michigan State University, Lansing. Since 1986, he has been a Professor in the Departments of Otolar- yngology and Physiology and Biophysics and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washing-
ton, Seattle. He is the founding Director of the Virginia Mer- rill Bloedel Hearing Research Center and currently holds an endowed Chair. His research interests include development and plasticity of the central and peripheral auditory system, inner ear hair cell regeneration, and modulation of inner ear hair cell death. His laboratory, along with Dr. Douglas Co- tanche, discovered hair cell regeneration in birds.
Jennifer S. Stone studied biology and studio art at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and then completed PhD grad- uate training in anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University. She performed a post- doctoral fellowship in otolaryngology at the University of Washington School of Medi-
cine, Seattle. Now, she is a Research Professor in Otolaryn- gology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
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