Faculty Labs
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Lindsay Sobin, MD
Clinical Profile
Research ProfileDr. Sobin's areas of research involve delivery of pediatric otolaryngology care to our patient population in central Massachusetts. Current research areas including improving patient experiences in collaboration with child life specialists, healthcare disparities, Pierre Robin Syndrome interventions, and impact of viruses on upper airway lymphatic tissue.
Dr. Sobin is looking for students to join her lab and can be reached at lindsay.sobin@umassmemorial.org. -
Judith Kempfle, MD
Clinical Profile
Research ProfileDr. Judith Kempfle currently holds a research appointment in the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories at Mass Eye and Ear and a clinical appointment at UMass Memorial Medical Center. In her clinical practice at UMass, Dr. Kempfle treats all otologic disorders in pediatric and adult patients, including sensorineural hearing loss, chronic ear disease, lateral skull base disorders, balance disorders and vestibular schwannomas.
Dr. Kempfle’s research focuses on regenerative approaches to improve inner ear hearing loss, employing innovative techniques of cellular reprogramming, gene therapy and small molecule drug development. She has a special interest in Schwann cells and glia of the inner ear and the auditory system and their role in repair and hearing restoration.
Dr. Kempfle is looking for students to join her lab and can be reached at judith.kempfle@umassmemorial.org. -
Divya Chari, MD
Clinical Profile
Research ProfileThrough her research, Dr. Chari aims to improve the diagnostic prediction of vestibular disorders with vestibular perceptual testing and novel ambulatory technology (e.g. videos and sensors). In addition, she is interested in characterizing the long-term spatial cognitive impairment that occurs in vestibulopathic populations using virtual reality applications. These deficits can be critical to daily activities (e.g. driving, navigating around one’s environment), yet our understanding of the vestibular-cognitive relationship and our ability to evaluate for these problems clinically is still evolving. Dr. Chari also studies patient outcomes in vestibular disorders, including vestibular migraine, superior canal dehiscence, Meniere’s disease and peripheral vestibular hypofunction.
Dr. Chari is looking for students to join her lab and can be reached at divya.chari@umassmemorial.org.
