Cheng Lab

Otolaryngology at @StanfordMed

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Another ChengLab strong showing @ Beijing Auditory Symposium, with Sr. scientist Tian Wang & postdoc fellow Lingjun Zhang presenting their vestibular & cochlear regen work. It was a wonderful exchange of ideas & collab with our colleagues. Thx to our hosts Zhiyong Liu & Wei Xiong

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We are also there to celebrate our newly funded RO1 from NIH/NIDCD, titled “Defining population-specific macrophage functions in noise-induced cochlear injury”.

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We are so proud to have Patrick Atkinson from the Chenglab and our collaborator Bahareh Ajami from Cedar Sinai sharing our latest work on defining the role of macrophage subtypes in the mammalian cochlea at the Inner Ear Biology meeting in Amsterdam.

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To view his work, visit https://t.co/aUn7Ap5M75. Congrats Ippei!

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Ippei Kishimoto finished his postdoc fellowship in the Chenglab & now Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology at Kobe U. in Japan. His work delineating the role of Wnt secretion on planar cell polarity in the developing cochlea was recently accepted to Nature Comm.

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Congrats to Tulio Valdez, one of our physician-scientists. Wellcome Leap Foundation is funding his proposal “Topical, sustained delivery and release of antibiotics for treatment of otitis media.". His research focuses on molecular imaging of middle & inner ear diseases.

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The summer exchange program between the National Yao Ming Chiao Tung and Stanford University has finished with a bang this year! We are so proud of our students and mentors from OHNS in the 4th year of this program!

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Dr. Grace S. Kim, graduate of the Chenglab, Stanford clinician scientist training program and pediatric otolaryngology fellowship, has received a K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award. Congratulations and we are so proud of her!

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Team Ear-resistibles wrapped up another successful outing at the 2026 Scamper event, engaging with our community, & raised awareness around hearing loss. Being awarded the “Most Creative Team Name” was a nice bonus.

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We are so pleased to share our latest work in collaboration with the Decibel/Regeneron team. Congratulations to Tian, Leon, Jun, and Ahmad! Bravo!!

https://t.co/INZvI68R3W

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We are excited to share our latest work on the human utricle! Congratulations to our team of scientists and surgeons. It has been a wonderful collaboration.

https://t.co/uoT2TlfPOQ

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Congratulations to Sungwon Choi and Julia Abitbol on publishing this wonderful review paper on hair cell regeneration. https://t.co/iSfWOtRNqo

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Congratulations to Patrick Atkinson, Tian Wang, and Sara Billings for their work anniversary in the Cheng lab and Stanford! 10+ years of dedication, innovation and hard work, we are so fortunate to have you on our team!

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Congratulations to Julia Abitbol and Sungwon Choi for winning a poster award in the 2023 OHNS research day! We are proud of you both!

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Congratulations to Julia Abitbol and Sungwon Choi for winning a poster award in the 2023 OHNS research day! We are proud of you both!

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Congratulations to Ksenia and the rest of the team on getting this across the finish line! Fantastic collaboration with the Kay and Nelson labs. https://t.co/XTcXsASExq

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We are delighted to share this latest work on mouse vestibular regeneration. This has been a fun and longstanding collaboration with the Decibel team. Congratulations to Tian Wang, Joe Burns, Noah Druckenbrod and others!
https://t.co/K9pDd7ssMc

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She was jointly supported by the Hong Kong University, the Stanford Center for Asian Health Reseach and Education, and the Chi-Li Pao Foundation. We will miss you!

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Congratulations to Audrey Ching on completing a successful year in our lab. As a medical student from Hong Kong University, Audrey studied the role of macrophages in noise-induced hearing loss.

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Congratulations to Danial Naseem on completing a wonderful research year! As a medical student from Baylor, Danial studied aminoglycoside ototoxicity and was among the first medical student trainees supported by the NIH R25-funded Stanford clinician scientist training program.