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Howard Wayne Francis

Richard Hall Chaney, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology
Otology, Neurotology & Skull Base Surgery
Duke South Yellow Zone 4000, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, DUMC Box 3805, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Developing a Pathway for Preparing Underrepresented Minority Students for a Career in Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

Evaluation of Unilateral vs Bilateral Hearing Aids for the Treatment of Age-related Hearing Loss

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2021 - 2026

Developing a clinical diagnostic tool for age-related cochlear synaptopathy.

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Gateway Biotechnology, Inc. · 2023 - 2025

The role of blink reflex in predicting facial nerve outcomes following vestibular schwannoma resection

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by North American Skull Base Society · 2024 - 2025

Economic Evaluation and Research Prioritization of Adult Hearing Screening in the US

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Addressing Barriers to Adult Hearing Healthcare

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

External Relationships


  • Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
  • Book royalties from Elsevier
  • Ear and Hearing Collaborative, Trinidad and Tobago: Public-Private partnership consisting of University of the West Indies, JAZ Medical Company Limited, Diagnostic Research Education Therapeutic Centre

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