Three second-year medical students will bicycle a thousand miles around Oregon to help raise awareness of the health care challenges facing rural Oregon. Matthew Sperry, Wes Fuhrum and Nathan Defrees will team with community physicians and leaders to ...

Discovery underscores how understanding the abnormalities that develop in the beginning stages of cancer can identify the root causes of the disease. Zeroing in on the early cell mutations that enable a cancer to grow is one of the best ways to find a ...

The cause of MS, which affects about 400,000 people in the United States, is unknown. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered a naturally occurring disease in monkeys that is very much like multiple sclerosis in humans — a ...

The OHSU diversity story wall was unveiled before a crowded Kohler Pavilion in late June. The wall chronicles the personal stories, recollections and lived experiences of those who walked the corridors of OHSU, while at the same time highlighting the ...

Seven awards for outstanding contributions were given during the June 27 Professional Staff annual meeting. Congratulations to the following clinicians and care teams: Miles Ellenby, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Outstanding ...

Several current students and program alumni from the Partnership for Scientific Inquiry (PSI) outreach program at OHSU competed at the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, held in May in Los Angeles, Calif. The following three ...

Dr. Habecker: "The personal stories of my students were deeply moving. Many of them had lost family members and friends to both genocide and HIV/AIDS." What struck Beth Habecker, PhD, immediately was their commitment to helping their country. “I heard ...

Nicole Deiorio, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been named one of the 2011 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) National Faculty Teaching Award recipients. "I feel very honored to be selected for this award,” ...

HIGHLIGHTS LCME Medical Student Committee survey of medical students now available Survey addressed faculty-student relationships, student services, curriculum, facilities and student well-being Results provide valuable data for administrators and ...

Congratuations to Stephen Magill on the 2011 Outstanding Journal Article Award Also a huge congratulations to our 2011 Graduates : Ilya Buldyrev, PhD Forrest Davis, PhD DeAunne Denmark, MD, PhD Wilmon Grant, PhD Melissa Kelley, PhD Sidney Kuo, PhD ...