Clinical Research
The Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery's clinical research is focused on applying scientific advancements to address and solve clinical challenges. Our efforts are based at the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus, Children's Medical Center, and Parkland Memorial Hospital.
The following faculty are actively involved in collaborative projects with both internal and external investigators.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Voice disorders; occupational voice users; vocal demands; laryngeal muscle biophysiology; vocal subsystem biomechanics; exercise-induced paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder.
Associate Professor
Primary research areas: Early detection of HPV-mediated oropharyngeal cancer; head and neck cancer outcomes; head and neck cancer survivorship. head and neck cancer outcomes; head and neck cancer survivorship
Professor
Primary research areas: AI enhanced surgery; cancer imaging; cancer immunology; cancer metabolism; image guided surgery; molecular imaging; optical imaging; precision surgery.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Vestibular schwannoma; endoscopic ear surgery.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Auditory hypersensitivity; otologic disorders; molecular mechanisms of auditory stimuli processing.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Obstructive Sleep Apnea; salivary gland surgery; sialoendoscopy; surgical informatics.
Professor
Primary research areas: Cochlear implantation; sensorineural hearing loss; spiral ganglion cell axon guidance; spiral ganglion cell synaptogenesis.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Improving therapeutic outcomes; individual differences; personality and voice connections; phonotrauma; vocal behavior.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Healthcare economics; quality of care; big data.
Professor
Primary research areas: Pediatric tracheostomy outcomes and quality improvement; sleep-disordered breathing and health equity; social determinants of health in pediatric otolaryngology; health services research and causal inference methodology.
Professor
Primary research areas: Obstructive sleep apnea; obstructive sleep apnea’s impact on quality of life; surgical outcomes of obstructive sleep apnea.
Professor
Primary research areas: Obstructive sleep apnea; airway and swallowing disorders; otitis media; outcomes analysis for pediatric otolaryngologic disorders; safety and quality improvement; clinic operations and management; resource utilization; efficiency and access to care.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Pediatric and adult chronic rhinosinusitis; sinonasal tumors and malignancies; skull base surgery.
Associate Professor
Primary research areas: Dysphagia; voice; early laryngeal cancer; endoscopic airway surgery.
Professor
Primary research areas: Vestibular schwannoma; NF2 associated schwannomatosis; endoscopic ear surgery; spontaneous CSF leaks; cochlear implants.
Assistant Professor
Primary research areas: Health services research focusing on social determinants of health and their influence on cancer care; cancer prevention; HPV Vaccine epidemiology, HPV vaccine implementation for head and neck cancer.