June 16 Beyond the Lab speaker series: The promise of gene therapy for hearing and balance disorders

All NIH staff and the public are welcome to view online

On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in an online lecture open to the public, Wade Chien, M.D., will discuss gene therapy research for hearing and balance disorders. The lecture is part of the Beyond the Lab, Understanding Communication Disorders speaker series, developed and hosted by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). Dr. Chien is an otolaryngology surgeon-scientist in the NIDCD Inner Ear Gene Therapy Program. His lab is using gene therapy techniques in mice to try to stop the symptoms of hearing and balance disorders—and to treat or reverse damage to the inner ear caused by gene mutations.

Speaker: Wade Chien, M.D., otolaryngology surgeon-scientist in the NIDCD Inner Ear Gene Therapy Program
When: Tuesday, June 16, 2020, noon-1p.m.
Where: NIH videocast

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