Posts Tagged ‘OHSU faculty’

How can good nutrition play a part in reducing the prevalence of chronic diseases? On Thursday, May 30 at 5 p.m. in Vollum Institute room M1441, David Barker, M.D., Ph.D., director of international collaborations at the OHSU Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness, and Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., interim director of the Moore Institute will discuss the vital relationships between maternal prenatal diet, fetal health and adult onset disease. The hour-long lecture will … Read More

New this year at OHSU Research Week, we’ve planned a series of career development panels that are designed to spark conversation between students, fellows, and faculty on topics like developing a good relationship with you mentor, finding a job, and surviving grad school. OHSU Researchers from all disciplines are welcome to attend. How to prepare for the job search and interview process Wednesday, May 22, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., OHSU Auditorium Postdoctoral fellows and … Read More

Time is running out to submit an abstract for OHSU Research Week, our university-wide event celebrating research the week of May 20-24, 2013. If you’d like to give a short oral or poster presentation, be sure to complete the Abstract Submission Form by Friday, March 22, 2013. To submit an abstract: Have your abstract prepared in a Word document. The document should include the title, authors, presenting author email address, and abstract body. Titles should … Read More

The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) has just funded four research awards in the second round of its Catalyst Pilot Projects Program. The program is designed to launch multidisciplinary studies to further translational research and the awards support the collection of data essential to launch compelling applications for sustained national research funding. The funding was available through support from the NIH, the School of Medicine and the Office of the Vice President of … Read More

The Faculty Senate Awards recognize OHSU faculty members for their exceptional effort in support of OHSU’s mission. Awards are made for contributions within the last ten years in one of five categories: research, leadership, teaching, service and collaboration. Up to four nominees will be chosen from each category and each finalist will receive $500. The award winner from the category will receive $3,500 and will have his or her name engraved on the Faculty Senate Awards Memorial Plaque. Award … Read More

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is now accepting applications for Pilot Project funding. The purpose of these $50,000 awards is to cultivate outstanding translational cancer research by assisting in the generation of preliminary data leading to peer-reviewed, national funding. This mechanism is intended to support clinical, basic, or population-based research that is cancer focused. Scientific excellence will be the key review element for all applications. Interdisciplinary research, in which investigators from disparate scientific areas collaborate to … Read More

Students, faculty, research-ranked employees, postdocs, and staff are invited to submit abstracts for an oral or poster presentation at OHSU Research Week. Abstracts that have previously been presented at other meetings can be submitted for Research Week. Scientific programming will take place in the late morning and afternoons of May 20-23, 2013 in the Old Library. Research Week is a university-wide event that celebrates the excellence of research performed across all schools, centers, institutes and … Read More

OHSU Pain Awareness and Investigation Network Day–better known as PAIN Day 2013–is right around the corner. Awards for best posters will be given in the “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” and “Translational Approaches to Pain” categories. So take advantage of this opportunity to meet other researchers and develop collaborations! OSHU PAIN Day starts at noon on Thursday, February 28, 2013 in the Vey Conference Center, 11th floor of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Featured speaker Todd Vanderah, Ph.D., … Read More

OHSU’s Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center (MARC) seeks applications for pilot project research grants. These grants, of up to $30,000, are designed to bring new research directions, approaches, and investigators into the center. Projects are also intended to generate preliminary data for future R-type grant applications. All OHSU and VA faculty interested in methamphetamine research are encouraged to submit proposals. Postdoctoral trainees are not eligible for this award. The MARC will evaluate proposals on their scientific … Read More

OHSU researcher Margo Haygood, Ph.D., and collaborators from the Philippine Mollusk Symbiont International Cooperative Biodiversity Group have recently discovered two unexpected sources for new antibiotics and painkillers. In a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers describe how the bacteria used by shipworms to convert wood into food produce a powerful antibiotic. According to Dr. Haygood, finding new sources of antibiotics is critical because current antibiotics are … Read More