Contact Information

(267) 519-4755

Beverly Cowart

Member

Education

Ph.D., Psychology; The George Washington University

Research Summary

For the past 20 years, the overall goal of my research program has been to understand chemosensory dysfunction as a disease entity, developing appropriate clinical measures of chemosensory function, identifying etiologies of dysfunction, and investigating such issues as the impact of chemosensory dysfunctions on patients, the demographic characteristics of individuals with chemosensory dysfunctions, and the prognoses for chemosensory dysfunctions. Most recently the focus of our studies has been on the role of inflammatory pathology in chemosensory dysfunction, particularly in smell loss secondary to chronic rhinosinusitis.

Keywords

smell, taste, chemical irritation, psychophysics, aging, taste & smell disorders

Recent Publications

Cowart, B. J. (2011) “Smell and taste in aging.” Perfumer and Flavorist. 36.1, 34-36.

Cowart, B. J. (2010) “Taste dysfunction: a practical guide for oral medicine.” Oral Diseases. 17, 2-6.

Yee, K. K.; Pribitkin, E. A.; Cowart, B. J.; Vainius, A. A.; Klock, C. T.; Rosen, D.; Feng, P.; McLean, J.; Hahn, C. G. and Rawson, N. E. (2010) “Neuropathology of the olfactory mucosa in chronic rhinosinusitis.” American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy. 24, 110-20.

Cowart, B. J. (2009) “Aging and chemical senses.” Encyclopedia of Perception. Ed. B. Goldstein. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 17-19.

Cowart, B. J. (2009) “Olfaction: Disorders.” Encyclopedia of Perception. Ed. B. Goldstein. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 661-64.

Dalton, P.; Mennella, J. A.; Cowart, B. J.; Maute, C.; Pribitkin, E. A. and Reilly, J. S. (2009) “Evaluating the prevalence of olfactory dysfunction in a pediatric population.” Annals of the New York Academy of Science. 1170, 537-42.

Huque, T.; Cowart, B. J.; Dankulich-Nagrudny, L.; Pribitkin, E. A.; Bayley, D. L.; Spielman, A. I.; Feldman, R. S.; Mackler, S. A. and Brand, J. G. (2009) “Sour ageusia in two individuals implicates ion channels of the ASIC and PKD families in human sour taste perception at the anterior tongue.” PLoS One. 4.10, e7347.

Ozdener, M. H.; Yee, K. K.; McDermott, R.; Cowart, B. J.; Vainius, A. A.; Dalton, P. and Rawson, N. (2009) “Assessment of smoking status based on cotinine levels in nasal lavage fluid.” Tobacco Induced Diseases. 5.1, 11.

Yee, K. K.; Pribitkin, E. A.; Cowart, B. J.; Rosen, D.; Feng, P. and Rawson, N. E. (2009) “Analysis of the olfactory mucosa in chronic rhinosinusitis.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1170.590, 595.

Yee, K. K.; Pribitkin, E. A.; Cowart, B. J.; Vainius, A. A.; Klock, C. T.; Rosen, D.; Hahn, C. G and Rawson, N. E. (2009) “Smoking-associated squamous metaplasia in olfactory mucosa of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.” Toxicologic Pathology. 37.5, 594-98.