Hearing researcher Robert Fettiplace named a Passano Fellow; 2nd major scientific award

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Robert Fettiplace has been named a 2019 Passano Fellow for his research into the mechanics of hearing, his second prestigious international scientific prize in a year. Fettiplace, a professor of neuroscience at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, won the award for showing how cochlear hair cells sense the tiny mechanical vibrations that sound produces in the inner ear.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news