Upcoming Research Webinar

Birds Show the Way to Hair Cell Regeneration with Stefan Heller, Ph.D.

Monday, April 28 | 5pm ET, 2pm PT

We are still learning a lot from birds about sensory hair cell regeneration. The discovery that birds can regenerate their auditory hair cells and naturally restore their hearing sparked an ongoing investigation into the mechanisms behind this remarkable ability, leading to the creation of HHF's Hearing Restoration Project.

In this research webinar, HRP member Stefan Heller, Ph.D., will discuss how innovative technologies bring us closer to the understanding of the molecular signals that regulate the production of new hair cells in the inner ear of chickens. These insights open up new avenues for research that can be tested in mammals, which lack the ability to regenerate their hair cells. Heller is a professor of otolaryngology–head & neck surgery at Stanford University. He is also a 2001–2002 Emerging Research Grants scientist.

HHF research webinars highlight the significant findings by Emerging Research Grants scientists. Our ERG program provides seed funding to early stage investigators, including in underfunded areas of otology, and these Zoom presentations underscore the critical impact this funding has had on both research advances as well as the scientists themselves.

The series is moderated by Anil K. Lalwani, M.D., a member of HHF's Board of Directors and the head of HHF's Council of Scientific Trustees, which oversees the ERG program. He is a professor and the vice chair for research in the department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, the associate dean for student research at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a co-director at the Columbia Cochlear Implant Program.

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Please note that HHF does not offer continuing education units, or CEUs, for participation in our webinars.