# Research Training Program in Otolaryngology

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · 2022 · $315,585

## Abstract

This application requests continued support for a research training program in Otolaryngology to
provide two-year translational and clinical research training opportunities for physicians pursuing
an academic career in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Research training in
neurosciences, molecular genetics, molecular biology, bioengineering, and epidemiology
promotes the long-term goal of increasing the number and quality of Otolaryngology surgeons
capable of being key members of research teams that studying the underlying mechanisms,
diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic approaches of the impaired auditory and other
communicative systems. A multidisciplinary educational environment is created through the
interaction of twenty-four clinicians and basic scientists from the departments and programs of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hearing Sciences, Speech Science, Neuroscience,
Internal Medicine, Pediatric Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Radiation
Oncology and Free Radical Biology, and The Colleges of Pharmacy, Engineering, Public
Health, and Business. A wide assortment of research training opportunities are available,
ranging from basic research in electrophysiology and molecular biology of the auditory system,
neuroanatomy, molecular genetics of deafness, free radical biology, biomaterial engineering,
and molecular biology of craniofacial deformities to clinical investigations involving
epidemiologic study of hearing loss, head and neck cancer, speech disorders, and clinical trials
study of hearing loss, head and neck cancer, speech disorders and clinical trials methodology.
Trainees will be enrolled in didactic courses in their area of interest throughout the two-year
training period. The application requests two postgraduate training positions a year (ten over
five years) for physicians completing at least one year of clinical training. Emphasis is placed on
multi-disciplinary research teams and training. Trainees will devote 100% of their effort to
research training for two consecutive years, to be followed by completion of a four-year clinical
residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Trainees will have two additional 3-month
research blocks during the PGY3 and PGY4 years, supported by the Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, providing at least 2.5 years of an intensive research
training experience. The proposed research training program will expand the research training
opportunities available to future academic otolaryngologists, foster interaction among clinical
and basic scientists, and provide physicians with tools to become function as key members of
research teams that translate basic discovery into improved clinical care.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10437751
- **Project number:** 5T32DC000040-27
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
- **Principal Investigator:** Marlan R Hansen
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $315,585
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1993-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10437751

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10437751, Research Training Program in Otolaryngology (5T32DC000040-27). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10437751. Licensed CC0.

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