Research Profile: John Brugge, PhD

The dominant research focus in the UI Department of Neurosurgery is the study of human auditory cortex. Brugge is considered by many as the world's foremost authority in the field of auditory cortex research. He has competed successfully for peer-reviewed NIH funding for more than 30 years without interruption, including the prestigious Jacob Javits Award in Neurosurgery.

His original research publications include the most widely sited scientific articles in the discipline. He has served with distinction for more than a decade as Chairman of the Department of Neurophysiology at the University of Wisconsin.

He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Hearing Research and Audiology and Neurootology and on numerous university committees and has authored many works throughout his career.

In 1996 Brugge and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin began a scientific collaboration with investigators at the University of Iowa which grew into the University of Iowa Human Brain Physiology Research Program.

Since the start of 2002 Brugge has functioned as a Director of Research in the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa.

Research Grants (Principal Investigator):

• 1999-2004 NIH Grant PO1 DC00116 "Research Program on the Neural Bases of Hearing", Total direct costs: $4,490,702
• 1994-1999 NIH Grant PO1 NS12732 (later DC 00116) "Research Program on the Neural Bases of Hearing", Total direct costs: $5,042,092

Research or Training Grants as Co-Principal Investigator or Investigator:

• 2000-2005 NIH Grant RO1 DC04290 M.A. Howard, P.I. "Human Auditory Cortex Physiology"
• 1995-2000 NIH Training Grant (Trainer) D. Oertel, P.I., "Training Program in Hearing"
• 1973- 2005 NIH Grant HD-03352 (Co-PI and Investigator) "Waisman Center on Mental Retardation Core Support Grant".

• Curriculum Vita
• Human Brain Research Lab