Posts Tagged ‘women’s health’

Did you know that the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology requires residents to conduct an independent research project during their third year of training? Watch the residents present their research findings on Resident Research Day, Friday, June 17, from 12:30 to 6 p.m. in University Hospital South room 8B60. Keynote speaker, William Grobman, MD, MBA, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, will be presenting at 1 p.m. For more information, visit OHSU’s Women’s Health Matters … Read More

The Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Research Program accepts applications twice a year, in January and May, to address the growing number of breast cancer cases around the world. Specifically, the Foundation provides up to $300,000 over a two-year period for research in preventive strategies. The Foundation is especially interested in: The causes of breast cancer in women, Changes that lead to cancer, Markers of the diseas, and How breast cancer progresses. Research proposals submitted to … Read More

The NIH-funded K12 program, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), is now accepting applications for 2012 appointment. The goal of the fellowship is to cultivate junior faculty to develop productive investigational careers in women’s health relating to lifespan approach and the importance of sex and gender-based differences in the diagnosis and treatment of illness in women. The BIRCWH program creates a stimulating and nurturing environment for junior faculty to develop into leading scientists … Read More

The OHSU Center for Women’s Health Circle of Giving, established in 2006 to provide seed funding for women’s health research, is now accepting submissions for its 2011 award. This award is intended to support new or established investigators interested in developing innovative directions in women’s health research. Applications may be in the basic sciences, clinical investigations, population health or behavioral research. The Circle will award $125,000 to support to one project for one year. Funds … Read More

Richard L. Stouffer, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Head of the Division of Reproductive Sciences at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC), and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology in the OHSU School of Medicine, has received the 2010 Distinguished Research Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Stouffer is is credited with discoveries in the regulation of the menstrual cycle and reproduction in women. “It’s a great honor to receive this prestigious award … Read More