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Andy Groves was born in London, U.K.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.  He received his Doctoral degree in Cellular Neurobiology from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at University College, London.  In 1993, he started postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology.  Dr. Groves was recruited to the House Ear Institute in 1999, where he heads the Section on Molecular Development.

Dr. Groves' research is concerned with understanding how the inner ear forms in the developing embryo.  This understanding may provide clues to the causes of hereditary deafness in infants and progressive hearing loss in old age.

Dr. Groves has received grants and awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Deafness Foundation, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and the Human Frontiers Science Program.  In January 2001, the National Organization for Hearing Research awarded Dr. Groves and his HEI colleague, Dr. Neil Segil, a $1,250,000 grant to study cell regeneration in the ear.

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