Elkins Park, PA – Martin Pienkowski, PhD, assistant professor at Salus University George S. Osborne College of Audiology has received a $20,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation. The grant will be used to research potential risks to the hearing of people working or living in moderately noisy environments that are presently considered safe by occupational noise exposure standards.
The Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation was designed to provide research for the hearing impaired. Grants are provided for researchers in the state of Pennsylvania and are awarded by the Foundation based on critiques from its Medical Advisory Board.
According to Dr. Victor Bray, Jr., dean of Salus University George S. Osborne College of Audiology, “We commend Dr. Pienkowski on the important research he is doing. Salus University has a strong commitment to research in basic and clinical sciences and we thank the Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation for their generous support.”
About Salus University
Salus University, founded as the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1919, today is a diversified, globally recognized professional academic center of learning that offers a wide range of degree programs in the professions of Optometry, Audiology, Physician Assistant, Public Health, Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Biomedicine and Occupational Therapy. The University has more than 1,000 students, including PhD candidates, and more than 10,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, please visit www.salus.edu.
