College of Medicine
Rhinology and Smell Disorders Research (Mulligan Lab)
Led by Jennifer K Mulligan · Otolaryngology
What we study
The lab studies why people with chronic sinus disease lose their sense of smell and how to treat it. It uses nasal mucus samples to look for biomarkers of inflammation and tests treatments such as vitamin D in mice and in patients.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Clinical
- Mice
- Human participants
- No coding
- Projects
- 3
Current projects
Vitamin D nasal spray
Tested a vitamin D nasal spray that reduced nasal inflammation and improved smell in mice.
Dupilumab and smell improvement
Studies the mechanisms by which the drug dupilumab improves smell.
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Nasal mucus biomarkers
Uses nasal mucus markers to predict which treatments will work for chronic sinusitis.
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