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Education
S.B. Physics, University of Chicago (1968)
Ph.D. Physiology, University of Chicago (1973)
William Brownell
William Brownell
Baylor College of Medicine
Department: Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Communicative Science
Address: Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, NA 505
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-798-8540
Fax: 713-798-8553
Email: brownell@bcm.tmc.edu
Web: public.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/research/cochlea/index.html
Honors

Roche Research Foundation. Travel and research award, 11/31/82- 09/01/83.
Fulbright Scholar, French Fulbright Program 06/01/84 - 08/31/84.
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) visiting scientist research stipend. 06/01/84 -08/31/84.
Claude Pepper Award from NIDCD, 1990-1997.
Kresge/Mirmelstein Award of Scientific Merit, 1994.
SHHH Special Friends of People with Hearing Loss Award, 1995.
Jake and Nina Kamin Chair of Otorhinolaryngology, 1996.
University of Chicago Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Award for Distinguished Service, 1997.
Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award, Baylor College of Medicine 2000-2001.
Honor Award from the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2002.
Carhart Memorial Lecturer, American Auditory Society - 2004.
Research Topic

Cochlear biophysics and the mechanism of outer hair cell electromotility.
Research Description
Selected Publications
  • Brownell, W.E. (2005) The Piezoelectric Outer Hair Cell. In: Vertebrate Hair Cells, edited by R.A. Eatock. In the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, edited by A.N. Popper and R.R. Fay, Springer, NY, pp. 313-347.
  • Qian, F., Ermilov, S., Murdock, D., Brownell, W.E., Anvari, B. (2004) Combining optical tweezers and patch clamp for studies of cell membrane electromechanics. Review of Scientific Instruments 75: 2937-2942.
  • Rabbitt, R.D., Ayliffe, H.E., Christensen, D., Pamarthy, K., Durney, C., Clifford, S., Brownell, W.E. (2005) Evidence of piezoelectric resonance in isolated outer hair cells. Biophysical Journal 88: 2257-65.
  • Spector, A.A., Popel, A.S., Eatock, R.A., Brownell, W.E. (2005) Mechanosensitive channels in the lateral wall can enhance the cochlear outer hair cell frequency response. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 33: 991-1002.
  • Murdock, D.R., Ermilov, S.A., Spector, A.A., Popel, A.S., Brownell, W.E., Anvari, B. (2005)Effects of chlorpromazine on mechanical properties of the outer hair cell plasma membrane. Biophysical Journal 89: 4090-5.
  • Weitzel, E.K., Tasker, R., Brownell, W.E. (2003) Outer hair cell piezoelectricity: frequency response enhancement and resonance behavior. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 114: 1462-1466.
  • Brownell, W.E., Farrell, B., Raphael, R.M. (2003)Membrane electromechanics at hair cell synapes. In: Biophysics of the Cochlea: From Molecule to Model, edited by A.W. Gummer, World Scientific: Singapore, pp. 169-176.

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