Rate My Professor Sally Dawson

Professor Sally Dawson is the Professor in Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss at the UCL Ear Institute, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London. She leads a research group dedicated to investigating the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying different forms of hearing loss using advanced genetic and molecular biology techniques. Her research encompasses genetic susceptibility to hearing loss, molecular mechanisms of age-related hearing loss, and the genetic basis of noise-induced hearing loss. Dawson completed her PhD in cardiovascular genetics. Post-PhD, she studied the role of a group of genes in development and attended the Woods Hole Neurobiology course, which she describes as a pivotal moment in her career. In 2001, she was one of nine co-applicants on a Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF) award that supported the construction of the UCL Ear Institute. In 2005, she moved her research group to the newly opened facility. She serves as Subtheme Lead for Molecular Genetics of Hearing Loss within the Hearing Health theme of the UCLH Biomedical Research Centre.