Grants & Awards

Grants

Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST)

2003-2006 - Implantable Hearing System

NIH Grant-Dr. Gan’s Grant

2005-2010 - Ear Biomechanics for Restoration of Hearing

INTEGRIS – Inner Ear Research

2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 - Acute Acoustic Trauma HPN-07 Research Project

Shulsky

2005-2006 - Maximizing Gene Delivery to the Inner Ear for Hair Cell Regeneration

Oklahoma Medical Research (OMRF)/Office of Naval Research ONR)

2005-2008 - Optimized Oral Treatment of Acute Acoustic Trauma

Office of Naval Research, 3 years

2008 - Pre-clinical study of combination oral treatment for acute acoustic trauma

Ototronix Dr. R. Kent Dyer's Temporal Bone Course

2009 - Hough Ear Institute Temporal Bone Dissection Course

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST), 2 years

2008 - Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Nanocomposite

Hough Ear Institute (HEI) Noise Induced Hearing

2008-2010 - Cochlear Therapy through Magnetic Targeted Drug Delivery

National Institutes of Health, 2 years

2008 - Cochlear therapy through magnetic targeted drug delivery

Office of Naval Research, 3 years

2009 - Effects of Intense Noise and Blast on the central auditory pathways

Office of Naval Research, 3 years

2009 - Mechanisms and treatment of ongoing deterioration of cochlear structure and function after acute noise injury

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST), 2 years

2009 - Therapeutic protection from noise-induced hearing loss

Oklahoma Medical Research (OMRF)/Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST)/OARS

2009-2011 - Targeted Delivery of Therapeutics by Magnetic Nanoparticles to the Inner Ear

Cochlear Americas, Inc. 2 years

2010 - Protection from cochlea implant trauma using nanoparticles for drug delivery

Quark

2011-2013 - siRNA targeting Notch pathway

Office of Naval Research, 1 year

2012 - Therapeutic for the Treatment and Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

USA Medical Research ACQ Activity, 2 years

2013 - Phase 1 Clinical Trial for a Novel, Orally Available, Therapeutic that Addresses Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Naval Medical Logistics Command, 2 years

2012 - Development of a FDA-Approved Pharmaceutical to Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

NIH-Gan

2012-2016 - Biomedical measurement and modeling of normal and diseased middle ear

Naval Medical Logistics Command, 1 year

2013 – NHPN-1010 for the treatment of Noise Induced Hearing Loss Toxicology study required for IND

Otologic Pharmaceutics Inc. (OPI)-Cisplatin

2014- Does HPN-07 alone or in combination with NAC block cisplating-induced hearing loss and hair cell dealth (in vivo)

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/OARS

2015-2016 - Novel Therapeutic Treatment for Tinnitus, Hyperacusis and Brain Injury

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/OARS

2015-2017 – Characterization of Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration Through Knockdown of the HES1 Gene Product in Mice After Noise-Induced Deafness

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/HR

2015-2017 – Restoring Synaptic Connections in the Cochlea Using a Novel Brain Metabolite

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/OARS

2017-2019 – Prophylactic Treatment for Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/OARS

2018-2019 – NHPN-1010 treatment of chronic tinnitus

US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)

2018-2021 – Novel Therapeutic for Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration and Hearing Restoration

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/OARS

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)/OARS

2020-2022 – Advancement of a novel therapeutic for reversing clinical indicators of cochlear synaptopathy and tinnitus

Awards

2002

Soundtech top Innovator Award from Journal Record

2022

Oklahoma Innovator of the Year Award in Technology from 405 Business Magazine