Paul Cowan

Paul Cowan is an assistant professor in the department of otolaryngology, or head and neck surgery, with subspecialty training and interest in rhinologic conditions which affect the nose and sinuses, the base of the skull and pituitary gland. He is actively involved in research projects including clinical trials comparing biologic drugs for sinonasal inflammatory disease and a grant exploring vitamin D as an inflammatory modulator in olfactory loss. He has completed prior research in the role of inflammatory cytokines in olfactory loss using a murine model and have examined the changes in the sinonasal mucosa over time of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis who have been on dupilumab therapy, using novel spatial transcriptomic technology.