Research
Residents and faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology and in collaboration with adjunct scientists are engaged in all aspects of research, including basic laboratory investigations, human clinical trials and clinical outcomes studies. Current basic research topics include mechanisms of wound healing, genomics of head and neck cancer, mechanisms of cancer invasion and metastasis, tumor angiogenesis and studies of the immunosuppressive properties of head and neck cancer.
Outcomes studies are focused on the efficacy of middle ear perfusion for sudden deafness and incapacitating vertigo, facial function and hearing preservation in skull base surgery, resource utilization and functional outcomes in head and neck cancer, cost-effective treatment of sinusitis and minimally invasive and image guided surrey.
The faculty in the Department of Otolaryngology along with Loyola clinicians in Radiation and Medical Oncology and Dental Medicine participate in multi-institution trials coordinated by the Southwest Oncology Group, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, National Cancer Institute and the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group as well as multiple industry sponsored trials.
Learn about our current Clinical Trials.
Research with Dr. Devyani Lal:
Electrical Stimulation Facilitates
Rat Facial Nerve Recovery
Late Facial Nerve Decompression Surgery: Analysis of 20 Cases and a Brief Literature Review
Facial Nerve Injury and Repair: Development of Treatment Strategies for Clinical Application
Grants
The first grant is an Intramural Funding through Loyola's Research Funding Committee in combination with the Neurscience Institute. This grant is a translational grant to do research in collaboration with the Otolaryngology Department (Eileen Foecking, Sam Marzo).
P.I.: Dr. Kathyrn J. Jones
Title: Facial Nerve Injury and Repair: Development of Treatment Strategies for Clinical Application
Project Type: Translational
Funding from RFC: $30,000
Funding from Neuroscience Institute: $25,000
Funding time: 1 year
The second grant is a pilot study through the VA.
P.I.: Dr. Kathyrn J. Jones
Title: Development of an Intratemporal Compression Model of the Rat Facial Nerve
Funding Total: $50,000
Funding time: 1 year
