The way Shirley Semler remembers it, the story starts when she and her husband, Herb Semler, MD ‘53, MS, met Dean Mark Richardson as guests at an OHSU luncheon. Brian Druker, MD, the Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was speaking. Shirley ...

The School of Medicine has recently launched an OHSU student blog, called StudentSpeak. This blog provides a first-hand experience of the ups and downs of student life, and helps readers understand just what it takes to become tomorrow’s scientist, ...

As required by the School of Medicine’s constitution, each year the Dean calls an all-faculty meeting to present the “State-of-the School.” Held Dec. 6, the event included perspectives from associate deans in the mission areas of education, research ...

Holiday music from fourth-year medical student and council member Jessica Carlson greeted over 200 alumni and guests at the 2010 Alumni Holiday Reception at the Waverley Country Club on Dec. 5. “By any measure, the Association has had a very busy ...

Saying he's arguably the “biggest recruitment in the history of the Oregon Health & Science University,” the Oregonian has published an editorial on internationally renowned cancer and genomic researcher Joe Gray, PhD, who will be the new Chair of the ...

Young women veterans are nearly three times as likely as civilians to commit suicide, according to new research published by researchers at OHSU and Portland State University (PSU). The paper, “Self-Inflicted Deaths Among Women With U.S. Military ...

Internationally renowned cancer and genomic researcher Joe Gray, PhD, of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will be the new Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, holding the Gordon Moore Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering, ...

It may not always happen in a blaze of fireworks, but at some point all students in the MD program have to declare a specialty – ideally one that they will pursue for the rest of their careers. It’s often a decision for which there are many more ...

OHSU and Covidien hosted a Women in Surgery career development seminar in October. The conference was organized by Karen Deveney, MD, Professor, Vice Chair of Education and Program Director, Department of Surgery, and featured a diverse group of ...