Chenkai Dai

Associate Professor

Email: chenkaidai@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-3234
Office: Engineering Lab 114
Office Hours: M/W 1:30-2:30pm or by appointment

Education
Ph.D, Biomedical Engineering (2008)
University of Oklahoma
M.D., Tongji Medical College
HUST, Wuhan, China

Research Focus

Experience and Awards

Speaker of invited talks
2008, Change of Ear Mechanics in Otitis Media with Effusion, Johns Hopkins University, Lloyd Minor
2011, The Current Status of Implantable Hearing Aid, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Xueling Wang
2013, Restoration of 3D Vestibular Sensation in Rhesus Monkeys Using a Multichannel Vestibular Prosthesis, Weijia Kong
2014, Review of Vestibular Prosthesis Development The 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
2016, Recent Progress Toward a Multichannel Vestibular Implant to Treat
Bilateral Loss of Vestibular Function, 2016, Fudan Medical College symposium, Shanghai
ARO Research & travel Award, 2012, ARO
Roberson Research & Travel Award, 2008, University of Oklahoma
Heritage Scholarship Award, 2007, 2008, University of Oklahoma

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=chenkai+dai
Dai C, Lehar M, Sun DQ, Swarthout L, Carey JP, MacLachlan T, Brough D,Staecker H, Della SantinaAM., Hullar TE, Della Santina CC, Rhesus cochlear and vestibular function are preserved after inner ear injection of saline volume sufficient for gene therapy delivery J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2017Aug;18(4):601-617.
Dai C, Fridman GY, Chiang B, Ahn JH, Davidovics NS, Della Santina CC. Directional plasticity rapidly improves 3D vestibulo-ocular reflex alignment in monkeys using a multichannel vestibular prosthesis. JARO 14(6):863-77.
Dai C, Fridman GY, Davidovics NS, Chiang B, Ahn JH, Della Santina CC. Restoration of 3D vestibular sensation in rhesus monkeys using a multichannel vestibular prosthesis. Hear Res. 2011;281(1-2): 74-83.