Rate My Professor Jennifer Long

Jennifer L. Long, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor-In-Residence in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where she serves as Vice Chair of Research. She also holds an appointment as Associate Professor-In-Residence in Bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and directs the Laryngeal Tissue Engineering laboratory. Long earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toledo in 1996, followed by her MD in 2004 and PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2003 from the University of Minnesota. She completed an internship in surgery in 2006, residency in otolaryngology in 2010, and fellowship in laryngology and voice disorders in 2011, all at UCLA School of Medicine. Board-certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, she is a fellow of the American Laryngological Association and Triological Society. Her clinical practice focuses on laryngeal lesions, neurologic disorders of the larynx, voice problems, vocal cord paralysis, laryngeal papillomatosis, and tracheal stenosis.

Long's research specializes in tissue engineering to regenerate functional vocal folds after scarring or tissue loss, stem cell therapies, extracellular matrix properties, and mechanisms of voice production. Key publications include 'Cell-Based Outer Vocal Fold Replacement Both Treats and Prevents Vocal Fold Scarring in Rabbits' (Laryngoscope, 2024), 'Tissue-Engineered Vocal Fold Mucosa Implantation in Rabbits' (Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2016), 'Restoring voice' (Science, 2015), and 'Safety and Toxicity Evaluation of Stem Cell-Based Vocal Fold Implant in Swine' (Laryngoscope, 2026). She has received the Super Doctors Southern California award (2023-2026), American Laryngological Association Young Faculty/Practitioner Award (2014), UCLA Head and Neck Surgery Outstanding Research Award (2010), Whitaker Foundation graduate school fellowship, and University of Minnesota Outstanding Medical Student in Otolaryngology award. Long's contributions advance innovative treatments for voice disorders in laryngology.