Mylia Christensen, Director, Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project for the OHSU Center for Evidence-based Policy, has been elected to the Board of Directors of CareOregon, one of Oregon’s largest Medicaid managed care health plans. “I am honored ...

Three Behavioral Neuroscience PhD graduate students have received NIH NRSA awards. Megan Herting, James Stafford, and Allison Anacker are now independently-funded researchers. They recently received notification of grant award for the following ...

Fifty-nine members of the OHSU School of Medicine faculty were recommended by the Promotion and Tenure Committee for promotion, appointment or tenure during the 2009-2010 academic year. Speaking at a reception, Dean Mark Richardson congratulated them ...

A 1984 graduate of the PhD program, Susan B. Olson, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, was unsure how she would use her undergraduate biology degree. While studying at Lewis & Clark College in Portland she took an embryology ...

After 34 years on the OHSU School of Medicine faculty, Kenneth Burry, MD R'74, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, has decided it’s time to retire. Dr. Burry, who previously retired from his practice in 2008, plans to do volunteer ...

This month’s featured paper was published in the August 6, 2010 edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and is entitled “Soluble repulsive guidance molecule c/hemojuvelin is a broad spectrum bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonist and ...

Jamie Tuchscherer clearly remembers the date when she found out that she had been accepted into the Physician Assistant program in the OHSU School of Medicine. “December 19th,” she said. “I could probably tell you what time it was as well. I was ...

Born and raised in the city of Quetzaltenango in a mountainous region of Guatemala, Carlos Siekavizza moved to Guatemala City at age 11. He attended and completed high school there, and was encouraged by family and friends to apply for further ...

A family situation she describes as “just not functional” presented Jeannie Hunnicutt with some unique challenges in her early schooling. "My home life was exceptionally unstable until sixth grade," she said. "I switched elementary schools at least 12 ...

Clues to Ariela Brodsky’s career path started to appear as early as age 11, when she was diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes. “I always thought having diabetes was kind of cool. I loved showing my friends how I pricked my finger and how I used ...