Dear School of Medicine community: In January 2012, the OHSU School of Medicine is scheduled for a site visit by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting authority for all MD degree education programs. Preparations include a ...

This month’s featured paper published in the Annals of Neurology, is titled: “Defective fatty acid hydroxylase leads to a novel form of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation.” In the paper, Michael Kruer, MD, a fellow in neurodevelopment ...

A warm welcome to our newest faculty member. James O. Mudd, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine The School of Medicine lists faculty members in SOM News as documentation for their appointments is fully processed. The listing may not, therefore, reflect ...

This October, during its annual Technology Innovation Awards ceremony, Oregon Health & Science University will honor more than 100 OHSU researchers who have had a discovery licensed, a patent issued, or an invention that led to the creation of a ...

According to new research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University, yoga exercises may have the power to combat fibromyalgia — a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain. The research is being published in the November 10 ...

In mid-November, Dan Dorsa, PhD, Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Research, and David Dilts, PhD, MBA, Professor, Director of Clinical Research at the Knight Cancer Institute, will be speaking at a conference on the management and use of ...

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry have found that a light-detecting biosensor system can quickly and effectively determine whether antibacterial treatments are working in patients with periodontitis, a serious ...

Writing that “the problem with health care is that it doesn't obey the principles of markets,” William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, was a recent guest columnist in the Oregonian. His ...

OCTRI held its second annual awards dinner to bring the research community at OHSU and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (KPCHR) together to celebrate innovation, collaboration, and improved human health. The event included guest ...

Glen Stream, MD, FAAFP, MBI ‘07, a family physician in Spokane, Wash., and graduate of the OHSU Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program, has been selected as president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The AAFP represents ...