Posts Tagged ‘community’

Could there be heavy metals in your baby food or drinking water? Get common household items tested for metal content at this year’s Metal Ion Core Open House on Friday, May 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. New this year is heavy metal testing on baby formula and food, and dog food. The Ralle Lab will be using their Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, or ICP-MS, to test for metals such as copper, iron and zinc, and … Read More

OHSU researchers are invited to Biologics 2013: Trends, Regulations and Politics, a presentation organized by the Oregon Biosciences Association. Experts in research, marketing, and government policy will address everything from product development trends to the changing political landscape to the economic forces that are driving the progression of this expanding sector. When: March 20, 2013, 7:30 – 9:15 a.m. Where: Moss Adams, 805 SW Broadway, Portland Admission: Members – $30; Non-Members – $40; Student and … Read More

Note: Due to last-minute schedule changes, Governor John Kitzhaber has been forced to cancel his Wednesday, Feb. 13 lecture at OHSU. Governor Kitzhaber sends his regrets to the OHSU community. We will look forward to welcoming Governor Kitzhaber to our campus at another time. More information about all the speakers for the 125th anniversary lecture series can be found in the link in the original post, below. Original post: Next week, you’re invited to a … Read More

Partnership for Scientific Inquiry (PSI), local high school course that gives students real-world research experience, is looking for volunteer mentors from OHSU. What makes this program invaluable to students is the opportunity to work closely with their mentors to create a research proposal and conduct that research in their mentor’s lab. Mentors attend one class to give a brief presentation to the students and then meet periodically with an assigned student to help them read … Read More

Come on down to the Center for Health and Healing on November 27, 28 & 29  for a holiday shopping event benefiting the OHSU Heart Research Center. The Bazaar will feature a rotating selection of handmade crafts from authentic Northwest Artisians. View more information including hours of operation and a list of vendors. This event is open to OHSU students and employees as well as the public.

Every year around this time, OHSU takes two weeks to focus on the Community Giving Campaign, which allows employees to direct contributions to seven community organizations that represent more than 500 local charities. Monthly payroll deductions are a convenient way to give and can add up to a significant gift over the course of the year. This year’s campaign started October 25 and will continue through Thursday, November 15. If giving to our surrounding community … Read More

This month, Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, will be honored at the American Public Health Association’s 140th annual meeting with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Section. The award is meant to recognize an individual who has had a long and distinguished career in the field and has provided a lifetime of significant contributions. Dr. McCarty’s career has focused … Read More

The Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) Oregon Students Learn and Experience Research (OSLER) program is looking for mentors for medical, dental, doctoral nursing, and graduate students for summer research in 2013. The OCTRI OSLER TL1 program can provide a stipend ($4,862 prorated for 12 weeks) and modest research costs of $460 for 6 students for research over 8-12 weeks next summer.  The Dean’s fund provides funding for an additional 8-10 additional summer training slots.  These … Read More

If you’re a faculty member who is part of the Knight Cancer Institute or OHSU Heart Research Center, consider mentoring an undergraduate biology student through the Murdock Undergraduate Collaborative Research Program next summer. Mentors work with a Murdock Scholar for ten weeks during the summer on a project and continue to assist the scholar throughout the following year to prepare a final thesis and give a presentation at a special session of the Oregon Academy … Read More

Give high school teachers an opportunity to work at the cutting edge of science, thereby revitalizing their teaching and helping them appreciate the use of inquiry-based methods in the teaching of science. The Murdock Charitable Trust Partners in Science Program, based locally, supports science teachers in research labs for eight to ten weeks during two consecutive summers. Teachers receive a stipend of $5,000 per summer; hosting mentors receive $1,000 in discretionary funds. If you are … Read More