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Elizabeth S. Olson

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Elizabeth S. Olson
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
11-452 P&S
630 West 168th Street

Phone: +1 212-305-3993 +1 212-305-4045
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Education

  • 1981: B.A., Physics, Barnard College

  • 1988: Ph.D., Physics, MIT

Professional Experience

  • 2001- : Director, Fowler Memorial Laboratory, and Assistant Professor, Departments of OTO/HNS and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • 1996 - 2001: Research Staff, Physics Department Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  • 1993-95: Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics Department., Rutgers University,Newark, NJ

Professional Activities

  • 2007 - 10: Associate Editor, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
     
  • 2003-present: Organizer, Eastern Auditory Retreat (held in NY, NJ and PA)

  • 1989-present: Member of Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • 2002-06: Regular member of NIH NIDCD study section, presently ad-hoc member

Honors and Awards

  • Phi Beta Kappa, Barnard College chapter. May, 1981
  • Magna Cum Laude, Barnard College. May, 1981
  • Henry A. Boorse Award in Physics, Barnard College, 1980

Grants

  • 2001-2011 : N.I.H. R01 Grant
  • 1996-2001: N.I.H. First Award
  • 1993-95: N.S.F. Visiting Professorship for Women Award
  • 1989-91: N.I.H. Individual National Research Service Award
  • 1986-88: Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellowship

Publications

  • A. Original, Peer Reviewed Articles
  • Olson, E.S. and Smullin, L.D. 1989  "Frequency tuning in the electroreceptive periphery." Biophysical J. 5: 1191 - 1204.
  • Olson, E.S. and Mountain, D.C. 1991 "In vivo measurement of basilar membrane stiffness." J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 89(3) 1262 - 1275.
  • Olson, E.S. and Mountain, D.C. 1994  "Mapping the cochlear partition's stiffness to its cellular architecture." J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 95: 395 - 400.
  • Nakajima, H.H., Olson, E.S., Mountain, D.C. and Hubbard, A.E. 1994  "Electrically evoked otoacoustic emissions from the apical turns of the gerbil cochlea." J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 96: 786 - 794.
  • Lopez, C.A., Olson, E.S., Adams, J.C., Mou, K., Denhardt, D.T. and Davis, R.L. 1995 "Osteopontin epitopes detected in adult cochleae and inner ear fluids."  Hearing Research 85: 210 - 222.  
  • Nakajima, H.H., Olson, E.S., Mountain, D.C., and Hubbard, A.E. 1996 “Acoustic overstimulation enhances low-frequency electrically-evoked otoacoustic emissions and reduces high-freq. emissions.” Auditory Neuroscience 3: 79-99.
  • Olson, E.S. 1998 "Observing middle and inner ear mechanics with novel intracochlear pressure sensors." J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 103: 3445 – 3463.
  • Olson, E.S. 1999 “Direct measurement of intracochlear pressure waves.” Nature 402: 526-529.  
  • Olson, E.S. 2001 “Intracochlear pressure measurements related to cochlear frequency tuning.” J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 110: 349 – 367.
  • Olson, E.S. 2004 “Harmonic distortion in intracochlear pressure and its analysis to explore the cochlear amplifier.”  J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 115: 1230 – 1241.
  • Dong, W. and Olson, E.S. 2005  “Two – tone distortion in intracochlear pressure.”  J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 117: 2999-3015.
  • de La Rochefoucauld, O., Khanna, S.M. and Olson, E.S.  2005  “Recording depth and signal competition in heterodyne interferometry.”  J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 117: 1267 – 1284.
  • Dong, W. and Olson, E.S. 2006 “Middle Ear Forward and Reverse Transmission in Gerbil.” J.Neurophysiol 95: 2951-2961.
  • Olson, E.S. and Dong, W. 2006 “Nonlinearity in intracochlear pressure.” J. Oto-Rhino Laryngology 68: 359 – 364.
  • Decraemer, W.F., de La Rochefoucauld, O., Dong, W., Khanna, S.M., Dirckx, J.J.J. and Olson, E.S. 2007 “Scala vestibuli pressure and 3-D stapes velocity measured in direct succession in gerbil.” J.Acoust.Soc.Am. 121: 2774-2791.
  • de La Rochefoucauld, O. and Olson, E.S. 2007 “The role of organ of Corti mass in cochlear tuning.” Biophysical J. 93: 3434-3450.
  • Ravicz, M.E., Olson, E.S. and Rosowski, J.J. 2007 “Sound pressure distribution and energy flow within the gerbil ear canal from 100 Hz to 80 kHz.” J.Acoust.Soc.Am.122: 2154-2173.
  • Dong, W. and Olson, E.S., 2008 “Supporting evidence for reverse cochlear traveling waves.” J.Acoust.Soc.Am.123: 222-240.
  • de La Rochefoucauld, O., Decraemer, W.F., Khanna, S.M. and Olson, E.S. 2008 “Simultaneous measurements of ossicular velocity and intracochlear pressure leading to the cochlear input impedance in gerbil.” J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryn.
  • Nakajima, H.H., Dong, W., Olson, E.S., Merchant, S.N., Ravicz, M.E. and Rosowski, J.J. 2008 “Differential intracochlear sound pressure measurements in normal human temporal bones.“  In review, J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryn.

 

  • B. Monograph chapters / Meetings Proceedings:

  • Hubbard, A.E., Nakajima, H.H., Olson, E.S. and Mountain, D.C. 1990  "Sound induced changes in electrically evoked cochlear emissions."  In: Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing, pp. 186 - 193.  Eds. P. Dallos, C.D. Geisler, J.W. Matthews, M. Ruggero, C.R.Steele. Springer-Verlag.

  • Olson, E.S. and Mountain, D.C. 1990  "In vivo measurement of basilar membrane stiffness."  In: Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing, pp. 296 - 303.  Eds. P. Dallos, C.D. Geisler, J.W. Matthews, M. Ruggero, C.R. Steele.  Springer-Verlag.

  • Olson, E.S. and Mountain, D.C. 1993 "Probing the cochlear partition's micromechanical      properties with measurements of radial and longitudinal stiffness variations."  In: Biophysics of Hair Cell Sensory Systems, pp. 280 - 287.  Eds. H. Duifhuis, J.W. Horst, P. van Dijk and S.M. van Netten.  World Scientific Publ.Co. 

  • Statler, C.E., Olson, E.S., Farmer, K.R. and Digges, T.G. Jr. 1996 "Design and fabrication of a miniature pressure sensor head using direct bonded ultra-thin silicon wafers." In: Proceedings of the I.E.E.E. Ninth Annual International Workshop on Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems.

  • Olson, E.S. and Borawala, S. 1996 "Design and purpose of an intracochlear pressure sensor." In: Diversity in Auditory Mechanics.  Eds. E.R.Lewis, G.R.Long, R.F.Lyon, P.M.Narins, C.R.Steele, and E.Hecht-Poinar.  World Scientific. 

  • Olson, E.S. 1999 "Probing cochlear mechanics with intracochlear pressure measurements" Sixth Pan-American Congress of Applied  Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Proceedings published jointly by American Academy of Mechanics and Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences 

  • Olson, E.S. 2000 "The use of intracochlear pressure measurements to find the mechanical impedance of the organ of Corti." In: Recent Developments in Auditory Mechanics, Eds. H.Wada, T.Takasaka, K.Ikeda, K.Ohyama and T.Koike.  World Scientific.
  • Olson, E.S. 2003  “Harmonic distortion in intracochlear pressure: Observations and Interpretation,”  In: Biophysics of the Cochlea: From Molecules to Models, Ed. by. A.W. Gummer (World Scientific, Singapore) pp. 228 - 236. 
  • Decraemer, W.F., Khanna, S.M., de La Rochefoucauld, O., Dong, W. and Olson, E.S. 2005  “Is the scala vestibuli pressure influenced by non-piston like stapes motion components?  An experimental approach.” In: Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models, Eds. A.L. Nuttall, T.  Ren, P. Gillespie, K. Grosh and E. deBoer.
  • Dong, W. and Olson, E.S. 2006 “Tuning and timing in two-tone distortion in intracochlear pressure”  In: Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models,” Ed. A. Nuttall, T.  Ren, P. Gillespie, K. Grosh and E. deBoer.
  • de La Rochefoucauld, O., Khanna, S.M. and Olson, E.S. 2006 “Signal competition in heterodyne interferometry”  Proceedings of 7th International Conference on VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS BY LASER TECHNIQUES, Ancona, Italy, 19- 22 June 2006
  • Decraemer, W.F., Khanna, S.M., Olson, E.S., de La Rochefoucauld, O., Dong, W., Dirckx, J.J. 2006 “Estimation of stapes piston motion with uni-directional measurements is prone to error” Proceedings of the Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 27 – 30 July, 2006.
  • Decraemer, W.F., de La Rochefoucauld, O., Dong, W., Khanna, S.M., Dirckx, J.J., Olson, E.S. 2006 “Do non-piston components contribute to scala vestibuli pressure behind the footplate in gerbil?” Proceedings of the Middle Ear Mechanics in Research and Otology Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, 27 – 30 July, 2006.
  • Olson, E.S., deLaRochefoucauld, O. and Dong, W. 2008 “Quantifying the passive substrate for active cochlear tuning” Proceedings of the Mechanics of Hearing Meeting, Keele, England 27 – 31 July, 2008 (paper submitted May 1, 2008).
  • Dong, W. and Olson, E.S. 2008 “The roles of compression and traveling wave pressures in the transmission of sound out of the gerbil cochlea” Proceedings of the Mechanics of Hearing Meeting, Keele, England 27 – 31 July, 2008 (paper submitted May 1, 2008).
  • Nakajima, H.H., Dong, W., Olson, E.S., Ravicz, M.E., Merchant, S.M. and Rosowski, J.J. 2008 ”Trans-cochlear sound pressure measurements in human temporal bones” Proceedings of the Mechanics of Hearing Meeting, Keele, England 27 – 31 July, 2008 (paper submitted May 1, 2008).