The American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF), together with the Northwestern Memorial Foundation (NMF) gave the Georgia Birtman Grant, named in honor of long-time supporter of the AHRF Georgia Birtman. Birtman, a school teacher with a hearing impairment, left the AHRF $2.1 million in 1991.
Previous Birtman Grant Recipients
2007 - Timothy C. Hain, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
“Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP)”
2007 – Donna S. Whitlon, Ph.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
“Role of Intracellular Signal Transduction Mechanisms on the Regeneration of Spiral Ganglion Neuronal Morphology In Vitro”
2006 – Claus-Peter Richter, M.D., Ph.D. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
“Electrical Stimulation of Spiral Ganglion Cells”
2003/2004 – Alastair Lynn-Macrae, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
“Signal Transduction Pathways and Gene Expression in Cholesteatoma”