R. Dale Walker, M.D., director of the One Sky Center and Center for American Indian Health Education & Research at Oregon Health & Science University, has been named the 2009 Indian Physician of the Year. Walker is being honored by the Association of ...

The AAMC is accepting applications for the Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar program, scheduled for December 5-8, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The seminar is designed for women associate or full professors with potential ...

Faculty vitality is essential for the sustained health of OHSU. The School of Medicine Office of the Dean and the Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) are partnering on a multi-year initiative to enhance this vitality by ...

Patrice Eiff, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Director of Faculty Development, Department of Family Medicine, has been appointed Assistant Dean for Faculty Development in the OHSU School of Medicine. Dr. Eiff's immediate focus will ...

The OHSU School of Medicine primary care program was ranked third in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its annual survey of "America's Best Graduate Schools 2010 Edition." In a companion survey of specialty programs, the School of Medicine's ...

This three-year initiative will raise private philanthropic support specifically for OHSU faculty members – not bricks and mortar support – but rather direct faculty support. The initiative will include up to $60 million to endow faculty positions, ...

Despite the high prevalence of migraine in the general population, understanding of the underlying mechanisms remains incomplete. A variety of theories focused on peripheral neural or neurovascular mechanisms have been put forward, but none of these ...

The 26th Annual Student Research Forum provided almost 100 graduate studies students with the opportunity to present oral or poster presentations on a wide range of subjects in May. “Collaboration is an important process in scientific enquiry,” said ...

The MD Admissions Office received 4,578 applications for 120 spots in the entering MD class – an increase of 138 applicants over 2008 and an increase of 1,623 applications from five years ago – and the highest in the history of the School of Medicine. ...

Charles Springer, Ph.D., and multi-disciplinary collaborators are developing a new breast cancer screening method that can reduce or eliminate unnecessary biopsy surgeries. Their findings were published in the November 18 issue of the Proceedings of ...