Discovery of the underlying cause of age-related hearing loss
EurekAlert! - 20-Jul-2020It is now known it is due to damage in inner ear hair cells
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Research Fellow in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Peizhe Wu earned her medical degree and PhD from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China under thesis advisor Weiping Wen, MD, PhD. She subsequently completed postdoctoral training under M. Charles Liberman, PhD, at Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard University.
Dr. Wu's research interests include researching how histopathological changes in the inner ear underly otologic diseases. Through her research, Dr. Wu hopes to guide the development of new cell- and drug-based therapies for inner-ear repairs. Dr. Wu also has an interest in developing new computer-based algorithmic approaches to histopathological analysis, including artificial intelligence.
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It is now known it is due to damage in inner ear hair cells