Ongoing Research
If you are a medical student interested in this subspecialty, please visit the ENT Medical Student Interest Group page.
- Molecular characterization of Head and Neck Cancers
- Biomarker discovery
- Health outcomes and quality of life research in cystic fibrosis
- Characterizing the inflammatory profile of chronic rhinosinusitis
- Novel therapies for the treatment of bacterial biofilm
-Drug safety and pharmacodynamics - Safety and efficacy of novel surgical devices
- Developing predictive models to mitigate the risk of medical/surgical complications and optimize treatment
- dontchoke.ubc.ca/ : a global choking prevention strategy (in translation and distribution phases; long-term analysis pending)
- UBC Pediatric Trachestomy App: version for Health Care Students (pertinent information being added to the version for Patients and Families; educational effectiveness to be studied)
- Cytokine Profiling in Children with Severe Laryngomalacia or Subglottic Stenosis (pilot study; future collaboration planned with McGill University)
- LearnENT apps: Upper Aerodigestive Foreign Bodies; Endoscopic Ear Anatomy (in collaboration with the University of Ottawa)
- Randomized control trials in acute otitis media
- Cellular and clinical studies on the pathogenesis of and treatments for sensory neural hearing loss
- Robotic surgery
- Use of paramagnetic stem cells for restoration of hearing
- Conversion of olfactory cells for inner hair cell restoration
- Use of an Ear Trainer (ear model) for development of surgical skills
- Novel treatment strategies for tinnitus
- Assessment and prevalence of post-traumatic dizziness