Dr. Lauer is an Associate Professor in Otolaryngology-HNS and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins. Research in the Lauer Lab focuses on understanding how abnormal auditory input from the ear affects the brain, how the brain in turn affects activity in the ear through top-down feedback loops, and comparative models of hearing. Dr. Lauer is also active in mentoring programs aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion in science and supporting early career scientists.
PI: Amanda Lauer (Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Neuroscience
Co-Is: Bryan K. Ward, John Patrick Carey, and John Ratnanather
Hearing and balance disorders affect people of every demographic worldwide, interfering with quality of life and potentially leading to an array of negative health outcomes. Work from colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have demonstrated strong links between hearing and balance dysfunction and dementia, depression, and reduced physical function. This project will establish proof-of-concept for building a searchable database of digitized human temporal bone (inner ear) specimens that can be accessed by any scientist with an interest in hearing and balance research. Our long-term goal is to ‘democratize’ human temporal bone research to accelerate the pace of discovery of the causes of human inner ear diseases.
