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Two Receive ARO Travel Grant Award

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Congratulations to award recipients Nnenna Ezeilo, M.D., a fourth-year resident in Otolaryngology working in the lab of Dr. Brandon Cox (Pharmacology) and Sri Kommajosyula, Ph.D., a first-year postdoc working in the lab of Dr. Donald Caspary (Pharmacology).  The two trainees were awarded a travel grant to attend the Association for Research in Otolaryngology annual meeting held February 9-14 in San Diego, Calif.  Grants were awarded based on a competitive application process and judged by the ARO Travel Award Committee.  The Association for Research in Otolaryngology was founded in 1973 and aims to encourage and promote research related to hearing loss, tinnitus, balance dysfunction and basic science of the middle and inner ear.

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