*NOTE* DUE TO ONGOING CHANGE OF OUR FOUNDATION'S STRUCTURE, WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING CFAR GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR 2024

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2022

• Pelin Koçdor, MD | Başkent University, Koç University, Istanbul, TURKEY | Project: "An attempt to show endolymphatic hydrops and its treatment in a nitroglycerin-induced animal model of migraine"
• Alessia Paglialonga, Ph.D. | National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering | Project: "Widespread Hearing Impairment Screening and Prevention of Risk" (WHISPER) | Continued Funding from 2020
• Christopher Waterworth, Ph.D. | University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA | Project: "Global Audiology Baseline Needs Assessment"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2021

• Brian M. McDermott Jr., Ph.D. | Case Western Reserve University | Project: "Understanding and implementing the self-healing capacity of the auditory hair bundle for the treatment of hearing-impaired children in the US"
• Vibhuti Agrahari, Ph.D. | University of Oklahoma | Project: "ROS-responsive NanoSensoGel for Prevention of Cisplatin-Induced Ototoxicity and Hearing Loss"
• Saad Bhamla, Ph.D. | Georgia Tech University | Project: (LoCHAid) "A low-cost, open-source and self-fitting hearing aid”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2020

• Alessia Paglialonga, Ph.D. | National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering | Project: "Widespread Hearing Impairment Screening and Prevention of Risk" (WHISPER)
• Daniel Q. Sun, M.D. | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | Project: "Treatment of hearing loss using a novel magnetic nanoparticle gene delivery platform.
• Mridula Sharma, Ph.D. | Macquarie University, NSW, AUSTRALIA | Project: "Effect of age and background noise on cortical EEG entrainment to natural conversation: a preliminary study in adults with hearing loss."
• Soroush Sadeghi, M.D., Ph.D. | State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo | Project: "Improving the vestibular nerve function by pharmacological manipulation of the inner ear."
• Valerio Magnaghi, Ph.D. | University of Milan, ITALY | Project: "Unrevealing mechanisms of Schwann cell in vestibular schwannoma and their impact on hearing loss: follow on study."

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2019

• Dr Amineh Koravand | University of Ottawa | Project: “Investigating the Temporal Resolution Capacity in School Aged Children via Neurophysiological Measurement. Pilot Study.”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2018

• Daniel A. Llano, Ph.D. | University of Illinois at Urbana & Champaign | Project: “An exercise intervention to prevent aging-related hearing loss in a mouse model.”
• Josée Lagacé, Ph.D. and Benoît Jutras, Ph.D. | University of Ottawa | Project: “Virtual Reality For Auditory Training Therapy: A Pilot Study.”
• Madhu Sundarrajan, Ph.D. | University of the Pacific | Project: “Audiological and Communication Outcomes in Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study.”
• Matthew J. Wilson, Ph.D. | Northern Illinois University | Project: “Relationship Between Cognitive Changes and Speech-in-Noise Deficits in Individuals with a History of Concussion: An Efferent System Study.”
• Philippe Vincent, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University | Project: “Investigating mechanisms of degeneration of ribbon synapses between auditory inner hair cells and type 1 afferent nerve fibers after noise trauma in mammals.”
• Valerio Magnaghi, Ph.D. | University of Milan | Project: “Unrevealing mechanisms of Schwann cell in vestibular schwannoma and their impact on hearing loss.”
• Saad M. Bhamla, Ph.D. | Georgia Tech | Project: "Development of accessible hearing aid technologies"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2017

• Alisha L. Jones, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A | Auburn University | Project: “The effects of auditory training on acceptable noise levels”
• Jacopo M. Fontana, Ph.D. | Karolinska Institutet - Sweden | Project: “Gender Differences to Noise Trauma in the Mouse Cochlea Abstract”
• Victor Wong, Ph.D. | Burke Medical Research Institute | Project: “Microtubule Dynamics and Microtubule-Based Transport in Spiral Ganglion Neurons”
• Dunia Abdul-Aziz, M.D. | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute | Project: “Generation of Inner Ear Organoids and ATOH1 – Reporter to Study Hair Cell Differentiation”
• Dr. Andrew Wise | Bionics Institute - Australia | Project: “Drug delivery to the cochlea for synaptic repair”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2016

• Clas Linnman, Ph.D. | Boston Children's Hospital | Project: “Pilot evaluation of auditory mirror therapy for tinnitus”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2015

• Amanda Lauer, Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University | Project: “Optimixing hearing with top-down brain control of the ear”
• Sanjee Abeytunge | The Rockefeller University, New York | Project: “A Novel Micro-probe for Direct Stimulation of Cochlear Hair Cells”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2014

• Didier A. Depireux, Ph.D | University of Maryland | Project: “Optimizing delivery of drugs to the middle ear without tympanostomy”
• Jason Beyea, M.D., Ph.D. | Ohio State University | Project: “Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration using Adipose Stem Cells in NIHL”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2013

• Alain Dabdaub, Ph.D. | Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto | Project: “Induction of cochlear neurons by defined transcription factors”
• Daniel Bendor, Ph.D. | University College London | Project: “Optimizing the encoding of temporal information in an auditory cortical prosthetic”
• James Simmons, Ph.D. | Brown University | Project: “A Novel Biological Model for Protection from Noise-Induced Hearing Loss”
• Kazuaki Homma, Ph.D. | Northwestern University | Project: “Investigating Prestin’s Role in Outer Hair Cell Survival”
• Lina Reiss, Ph.D. | Oregon Health & Sciences University | Project: “Effects of Changing Frequency-to-Electrode Maps on Electrode Pitch Plasticity and Discrimination with Cochlear Implants”
• Mark Bassim, Ph.D. | American University of Beirut | Project: “Congenital Hearing Loss in the Middle East Area: Generating Patient-Specific iPS Cells to Model the Disease”
• Jason Beyea, M.D., Ph.D. | Ohio State University | Project: “Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration using Adipose Stem Cells in NIHL”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2012

• Allison Coffin, Ph.D. | Washington State University, Vancouver | Project: “The effects of estrogen on hair cell survival and efficient hearing: A next - generation mRNA - sequencing approach”
• Claus-Peter Richter, M.D., Ph.D. | Northwestern University | Project: “Non-auditory cortical centers help speech processing”
• Fuxin Shi, Ph.D. | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School | Project: “A Molecular Signaling Approach To Treatment of Deafness in Infants”
• Joe C. Adams, Ph.D. | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School | Project: “Inner Ear Lymphatics and Cochlear Inflammatory Responses”
• Ruth Van Nispen, Ph.D. | VU University Medical Center Amsterdam | Project: “Evaluating cost-effectiveness of a Dual-Sensory Loss treatment protocol in vision and hearing impaired older adults”
• Sabrina Yum, Ph.D. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The University of Pennsylvania | Project: “Defining the role of ER stress associated with deafness GJB2/Cx26 mutations”
• Valeriy Shafiro, Ph.D. | Rush University Medical Center | Project: “Environmental sound and speech perception in relation to language development in children with cochlear implants”
• Andrew Sabin, PhD | Ear Machine | Project: Hearing Aid Genome Project”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2011

• Adrian Fuente, Ph. D. | The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | Project: "Age-Related Changes in the Central Auditory Nervous System and Hearing Aid Benefit in Older Adults"
• Carol De Filippo, Ph.D. and Catherine Clark, Au.D. | Rochester Institute of Technology | Project: "Improving Speech Perception in Prelingually Deaf Listeners: Exploring a Novel Training Concept"
• Daniel J. Guillaume, M.D., M.Sc. | Oregon Health Science University |Project: "Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Children After Two Different Treatments for Hydrocephalus"
• Ikaro Silva, Ph.D. and Leo Celi, Ph.D. | Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology |Project: "Hearing Loss Screening Through Cell Phones"
• John Ramcharitar, Ph.D | St. Mary's College of Maryland | Project: "Physiological Assessment of Ototoxicity and Octoprotection In New Zealand"
• Jonah Kohn | San Diego 8th Grade Student | Project: "Music Through Multi-Frequency Tactile Sound"
• Martin Schwander, Ph.D | Rutgers University | Project: "Role of Gasdermins in Auditory Function and Hearing Loss"
• Michelle Hastings, Ph.D | Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences | Project: Development of Antisense Oligonucleotides as a therapy for Usher Syndrome"
• Radha Kalluri, Ph.D. | House Research Institute | Project: “Improving Methods for Assessing Inner Ear Health in Infants”
• Seth Horowitz, Ph.D. | Oregon State University | Project: "Music and Sleep Study"
• Yang Zhang, Ph.D | University of Minnesota | Project: "Investigating Neural Mechanisms for Listening Through Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2010

• Alan Robinson, Ph.D. | Northwestern University | Project: “Evaluation of minocycline action for the protection of hearing following ototoxic antibiotic treatment and noise exposure”
• Amir Lahav, Sc.D., Ph.D. | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Project: "Auditory Brain Development and Hearing Outcomes in Preterm Newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"
• Derek J. Stiles, Ph.D., CCC-A | Rush University Medical Center | Project: "Assessment of Hearing Aid Benefit for Infants with Hearing Loss by Analyzing Changes in Cry Spectra"
• Henry Ou, Ph.D | Seattle Children’s Hospital and University of Washington | Project: "Use of fluorescently-conjugated cisplatin to study the uptake of cisplatin into hair cells"
• Kiriaki Domenica Karavitaki, Ph.D. | Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology | Project: "Investigating the consequences of deafness mutations on hair bundle nanomechanics"
• Lauren Calandruccio, Ph.D., CCC | Queens College - City University New York | Project: "Normative data for new sentence-recognition materials developed specifically for non-native speakers of English
• Peter Torre III, Ph.D., M.S. | San Diego State University | Project: "The Effects of Personal Music System Use on Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions"
• Ruth van Nispen, Ph.D. | VU University Medical Center Amsterdam | Project: "Development of a Duel Sensory Loss-protocol in vision and hearing impaired older adults"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2009

• Zheng-Yi Chen, D. Phil. | Harvard medical School | Project: (2nd year funding) "Identification and analysis of inner ear stem cell genes"
• Derron Herr, Ph.D. | Scripps Research institute | Project: (2nd year funding) "Exploring new modalities for the treatment of hearing loss thru the study of SIP signaling"
• Karen A. Doherty, Ph.D. CCC-A | Syracuse University | Project: "Improving communication for older hospital patents with assistive listening devices"
• Avril Genene Holt, Ph.D. | Wayne State University School of medicine | Project: "Control of Auditory Neurons via Light Gated Channels following Deafness"
• Monika Kordus, Ph.D. | University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics | Project: "Improving Binaural Fitting Procedures of Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant through Loudness Judgments throughout the Dynamic Range"
• Lisa Goodrich, Ph.D. | Harvard Medical School | Project: "Rewiring the Cochlea: A Genetic Screen for Regulators of Auditory Circuit Assembly"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2008

• Alan Robinson, Ph.D. | Northwestern University | Project: “Inhibition of apoptosis as a means to mitigate hearing loss in mice”
• Peter A. Santi, Ph.D. | University of Minnesota | Project: “Thin-Sheet Laseer Imaging Mocroscope (Phase II T-SLIM)”
• Zheng-Yi Chen, D. Phil. | Harvard medical School | Project: "Identification and analysis of inner ear stem cell genes"
• Michael J. Epstein, Ph.D. | Northeastern University | Project: "Automated procedures for the estimation of individual loudness-growth functions for improved hearing-aid fitting"
• Derron Herr, Ph.D. | Scripps Research institute | Project: "Exploring new modalities for the treatment of hearing loss thru the study of SIP signaling"
• Victor Pikov, Ph.D. | Huntington Medical Research Institute | Project: "Tinnitus - related pathophysiology in the cochlear nucleus"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS 2007

• Peter A Santi, Ph.D. | University of Minnesota | Project: “High Resolution Imaging of the Cochlea in an x-Linked Alport Mouse Model”
• Paul Webster, Ph.D. | House Ear Institute | Project: “Identifying and Treating Biofilm Infections Associated with Otitis Media”

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2006

• Joseph Donaher, Ph.D. and Kevin Frank, Ph.D. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Project: “SANDBOX" (Simulated Activities of Naturalistic Disclosure)
• Peter A Santi, Ph.D. | University of Minnesota | Project: “Thin-Sheet Laser Imaging Illuminatotr”
• Clause-Peter Richter, Ph.D. | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Project: "The current distribution in the cochlea and coding of acoustic information"

CAPITA FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR 2005

• Kevin Frank, Ph.D. | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Project: "Testing the perceptual limits of acoustic and electric hearing in children using cochlear implants"
• Clause-Peteter Richtetr, Ph.D. | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Project: "Optical stimulation a novel principle for neural interfaces"

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS SUPPORTED BY THE CAPITA FOUNDATION

• Analysis of parameters for the estimation of loudness from toneburst otoacoustic emissions - Michael Epstein, Ph.D. and Ikaro Silvaa Estimation of Postaverage SNR from Evoked Responses Under Nonstationary Noise – Ikaro Silva (medline)
• Optical Stimulation of the Facial Nerve: A New Monitoring Technique? - Ingo Ulrik Teudt, MD; Adam E. Nevel, BS; Agnella D. Izzo, PhD; Joseph T. Walsh, Jr, PhD; Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhDD (medline)
• Laser Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve - Agnella D. Izzo, MS, Claus-Peter Richter, MD, PhD, E. Duco Jansen, PhD, and Joseph T. Walsh, Jr., Ph.D. (medline)
• Selectivity of optical stimulation in the auditory system - Agnella D. Izzo, Jyoti Pathria, Eul Suh, Joseph T. Walsh, Jr., Donna S. Whitlon, E. Duco Jansen, and Claus-Peter Richterr (medline)
• Laser stimulation of auditory neurons at high repetition rate - Agnella D. Izzo,, Philip Littlefield, Joseph T. Walsh, Jr., Jim Webb, Heather Ralph, Mark Bendett, E. Duco Jansen, and Claus-Peter Richter
• Optical Parameter Variability in Laser Nerve Stimulation: a study of pulse duration, repetition rate, and wavelength - Agnella D. Izzo, Joseph T. Walsh, Jr., E. Duco Jansen, Mark Bendett, Jim Webb, Heather Ralph, and Claus-Peter Richter (medline)
• Optical stimulation of the auditory system – Richter, C.-P., Izzo, A. D., Pathria, J., Suh, E., Jansen, E. D., Walsh Jr., J.T. (ARO Conference 2006) • Selectivity of optical stimulation in the auditory system - Izzo, A. D., Pathria, J., Jansen, E. D., Richter, C.-P.
• Development of a thin-sheet laser illuminator for optical sectioning – Peter Santi, Tiffany Glass, Dave Hultman, James Leger, and Dauda Mawanda (ARO Conference 2007) (medline)