This month's featured paper was published in the April edition of the journal Science, and is titled: "Evasion of CD8+ T cells is critical for superinfection by cytomegalovirus."In the paper, Klaus Früh, PhD, Louis Picker, MD, and colleagues in the ...

Dean Richardson has appointed Alfons L. Krol, MD, FRCPC, to the position of interim chair of the Department of Dermatology. This appointment is effective July 1, 2010. In making this appointment, Dean Richardson sought the input of dermatology faculty ...

A new grant from the HEDCO Foundation (Danville, Calif.) will advance Oregon Health & Science University’s effort to help diabetes patients safely control their condition with an automated insulin delivery device controlled by a continuous glucose ...

We learned this past month that a new survey published by the Annals of Internal Medicine recognized the OHSU School of Medicine as one of the best in the nation for training the most needed physicians. The study, titled "The Social Mission of Medical ...

At U.S. medical schools, physicians-in-training are battling the realities of rising tuition and staggering student loan debt. But some relief is in sight at Oregon’s only medical school, at Oregon Health & Science University. OHSU’s prescription: a ...

A terrible photograph. Grainy, blurry, overexposed. One of two (and the better of two) snapshots of people in a scrapbook labeled "Japan 1977." Seated at left is OHSU biochemist Howard S. Mason, PhD, mason_japan1977notebook_079meeting with Japanese ...

Kathryn Zerbe, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, recently responded to readers' questions about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and related problems, in The New York Times. Dr. Zerbe is a longtime expert on eating disorders. Read the Q&A at ...

Three Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing scholars have been named Fellows to one of the most prominent and influential nursing professional organizations in the nation — the American Academy of Nursing. The nursing faculty will be ...

The Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute's commitment to clinical and translational research includes support for the next generation of researchers. Each year, OCTRI awards OHSU students scholarships that allow them to design and ...

Four OHSU MD/PhD candidates have been awarded coveted Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service (NRSA) fellowships by the National Institutes of Health. The awards – known as “F” awards based on the coding NIH assigns them – provide stipends to ...