Sensory Systems

Numerous senses such as seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching hold the key to our interaction with the outside world. Researchers at UTHealth are studying the way sensory stimuli are converted into electrical impulses, along with genetic defects that hinder this process, leading to conditions such as blindness and deafness. Topics in this theme include Sensory Disorders, Somatosensation, Pain and Touch, Olfaction and Taste, Auditory and Vestibular Systems, Vision, Visual Sensory-motor Processing, and Multisensory Integration.

下ing UTHealth NRC faculty conduct research in the theme of Sensory Systems:

Ore-Ofe Adesina, MD

Shazia F. Ali, MD

Andrew Allison, MD

Carlos Artime, MD

Mark Burish, MD, PhD

Robert Butner, MD

Alice Chuang, PhD

Nachum Dafny, PhD

Stephen Daiger, PhD

Garvin Davis, MD, MPH

Carmen Dessauer, PhD

Valentin Dragoi, PhD

Robert M. Feldman, MD

Daniel Felleman, PhD

Lara Ferrario, MD

Layla Ghergherehchi, MD

Ruth Heidelberger, MD, PhD

Ryota Homma, PhD

Bhavani R. Iyer, OD

Stella Kim, MD

David A. Lee, MD, MBA

Grace Lindhorst, MD

Chai-An Mao, PhD

David Marshak, PhD

Steve Massey, PhD

Shin Nagayama, PhD

John O’Brien, PhD

Christophe Ribelayga, PhD

Karina Richani-Reverol, MD

Lori S. Sullivan, PhD

Nitin Tandon, MD

Edgar Walters, PhD