Edwin Rubel, PhD
Biography
PhD, Physiological Psychology, Michigan State University, 1969
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Psychobiology, UC Irvine, 1969-1970
Assistant, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and Biology, Yale University, 1971-1978
Professor, Departments of Otolaryngology, Physiology and Psychology, University of Virginia, 1978-1986.
Professor, Departments of Oto-HNS, Physiology and Biophysics, Psychology and Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, 1986-2017.
Founding Director, Virginia Merrill Bloedel hearing Research Center, 1989 -1994
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Professor of Hearing Science, 1989-2017
Founder and CSO of Oricula Therapeutics, LLC, 2013-present
Current CV
Awards and Honors
1985-1992: Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
1991: Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging
1991: International Prize for Brain Dysfunction Research
1989-present: Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
1992-present: Member, Collegium Oto-rhino-laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum
1991-1995: Advisory Council for the NIDCD
1998-1999: President, Association for Research in Otolaryngology
1998-present: Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
2005: “Award of Merit”, Association for Research in Otolaryngology
2010: Guest of Honor, American Otologic Society
2019: American Auditory Society (AAS) Life Achievement Award
2020: William and Christine Hartmann Prize in Auditory Neurosci. (ASA)
Clinical Interests
Hearing loss prevention
Research Areas
Research Focus
Hearing development, hair cell death and regeneration, influence of environment on brain development.