Background
Wilson, Blake Shaw was born on March 7, 1948 in Orlando, Florida, United States. Son of Joseph Richard Hoyle and Jacqueline Lucy (Jones) Wilson.
researcher electrical engineer
Wilson, Blake Shaw was born on March 7, 1948 in Orlando, Florida, United States. Son of Joseph Richard Hoyle and Jacqueline Lucy (Jones) Wilson.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Duke University, 1974.
Research engineer Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1974-1978, senior research engineer, 1978-1983, senior research scientist, 1979-1983, head neuroscience program, 1983-1994, director Center for Auditory Prosthesis Research North Carolina, 1994—2002. Senior fellow, 2002—2006. Emeritus senior fellow, since 2007.
Guest scientist Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University California, San Francisco, 1983-1986. Adjunct assistant professor otolaryngology Duke University Medical Center, 1984-1994, associate professor, 1994-2002, professor, since 2002. Science advisory council, International Center Hearing and Speech, Kajetany, Poland, since 2003.
Oversight committee cochlear implants Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University Michigan, since 1987, University Iowa, since 1994. Science advisory council House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, 1990. General chair Conference Implantable Auditory Prostheses, Pacific Grove, California, 1991.
Co-chair Hearing Preservation Workshop, Indianapolis, 2002. Special panel hearing aids NIDCD, 1992, ad hoc advisory committee hearing aid Research and Development, since 1993. Guest of honor numerous international conferences.
Reviewer grant applications National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, VA and Medical Research Council, Canada. Consultant cochlear implants National Institutes of Health. Member faculty various continuing education courses.
Principal investigator numerous projects, chief strategy advisor MED EL Medical Electronics GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria, 2007, co-director Duke Hearing Center, since 2008, chair Hearing Preservation Workshop, Res, Traingle Park, 2005. Presenter in field, expert Marie Curie Project, since 2007.
Member of British Cochlear Implant Group (honorary).
Married Doris Jane Rouse, January 6, 1974. Children: Nadia Jacqueline, Blair Elizabeth.