Sue Kinnamon, PhD
Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

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Gender: Female
Languages: English
Department, Section/Division: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Cell & Developmental Biology

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Education & Training

Graduate Schools:
  • MS, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • PhD, Kansas State University

Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado, Physiology & Anatomy

Recognition & Awards

  • Outstanding Achievement Award, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (2001)

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Member
  • Physiological Society, Member
  • Society for Neuroscience, Member

Research & Grants

Research interests for Patients:
Sue C. Kinnamon, PhD, joined the Department of Otolaryngology as a tenured Professor in 2009 following a previous faculty tenure at Colorado State University in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. She currently serves as Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Otolaryngology and has joint appointments in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Cell and Developmental Biology. She has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1987 and currently has an R01 from NIDCD to study mechanisms of “Neurotransmission in Taste Buds” and also is Co-PI (with Dr. Jenkins) of an NIDCD-funded T32 training program on “Institutional Training in Otolaryngology Research”. She has served on NIH and NSF study sections and is currently a member of the NIDCD Advisory Council. For her full research activities, visit https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/otolaryngology/research/research-faculty/sue-kinnamon-research