Grants Funded
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Research Abstracts
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Prevention of Radiation-Induced Skin Fibrosis by Topical Gene Therapy
Principal Investigator
Richard Zoumalan
Richard Zoumalan
Year
2009
2009
Institution
New York University School of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Funding Mechanism
PSF/AAO-HHNF Academic Scholar Research Grant
PSF/AAO-HHNF Academic Scholar Research Grant
Focus Area
Abstract
Biography
Richard A. Zoumalan attended medical school at Northwestern University and is currently a chief resident of Otolaryngology at New York University School of Medicine, where he has published numerous first-author papers in peer-reviewed journals. In the basic science realm, he is on the forefront of research into topical gene therapy. He has expanded this project to involve two other residents within his department: Judy W. Lee and Benjamin Roman. Next year, he will do a one year fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery with Drs. Wayne Larrabee and Craig Murakami at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Richard A. Zoumalan attended medical school at Northwestern University and is currently a chief resident of Otolaryngology at New York University School of Medicine, where he has published numerous first-author papers in peer-reviewed journals. In the basic science realm, he is on the forefront of research into topical gene therapy. He has expanded this project to involve two other residents within his department: Judy W. Lee and Benjamin Roman. Next year, he will do a one year fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery with Drs. Wayne Larrabee and Craig Murakami at the University of Washington, Seattle.