Research Week Abstracts

Deadline extended! The new deadline to submit your abstracts is Friday, April 3, 11:59 p.m. Submit your abstracts to be presented in poster or oral sessions here. 

If you are affiliated with the School of Nursing, please use the following link to submit your abstract to the SoN Research Day Planning Committee. This link is intended exclusively for School of Nursing students and faculty presenting posters at SoN Research Day on Wednesday, May 6. Please note, this does not restrict abstract submissions from nurses to only this day. The deadline to submit is Friday, March 20.

Research Week Keynote

Monica Bertagnolli

The Evolving Practice of Personalized Medicine

Monday, May 4
Noon
OHSU Auditorium and live-stream

Monica Bertagnolli, M.D.
17th Director of the National Institutes of Health
Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery Emerita, Harvard Medical School
Senior Fellow in Healthcare Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

In this talk, Dr. Bertagnolli will discuss how providing the "right care to the right patient at the right time” is changing rapidly due to better understanding of disease, improved methods of diagnosis, and more specific treatment approaches - all of this aided by advances in information technology and data science that allow us to develop approaches based on very large and diverse patient populations.

Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D., is a surgical oncologist and cancer researcher currently serving as the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery Emerita at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Fellow in Healthcare Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.  Dr. Bertagnolli was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021 and in 2025 she was chosen to be the Academy’s 11th President, a position she will assume in July, 2026.  From November 2023 - January 2025 she was the 17th director of the National Institutes of Health. Prior to this, she was the director of the National Cancer Institute and Chief of Surgical Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. 

Throughout her career, Dr. Bertagnolli has been at the forefront of the field of translational oncology.  Her clinical practice of surgery focused on caring for people with hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes, particularly those involving gastrointestinal cancers and soft tissue sarcomas.  Her research laboratory examined the relationship between tissue inflammation and tumorigenesis, leading her to pursue clinical trials demonstrating the effects of anti-inflammatory drugs for cancer prevention and treatment. 

From 2011-2022 she served as the Group Chair of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, a nationwide network addressing the needs of people with cancer by conducting clinical and translational research across many cancer types. Over the past decade, she has championed collaborative initiatives to enable a learning healthcare system by transforming the data infrastructure for clinical research, and currently serves as CEO of GHDE, a nonprofit foundation engaging health systems in collaborative research using data obtained from clinical care settings. 

She is a past President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Cancer Society, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Natera, and Friends of Cancer Research.  Dr. Bertagnolli is a member of the Accademia Nazionale de Lincei and the American Adacemy of Achievement, and in 2023 she was awarded the title of Cavaliere, Ordine al Merito Della Repubblica Italiana. 

She graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree and attended medical school at the University of Utah. Dr. Bertagnolli trained in surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital and was a research fellow in tumor immunology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

2026 Agenda

SATURDAY, MAY 2

MONDAY, MAY 4

  • Research Week Online Keynote
  • Pathology Keynote
  • Post Doctoral Scholars Special Events
  • Oral Presentations
  • Opening Reception and remarks from Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D.
  • Poster Sessions

TUESDAY, MAY 5

  • Students' Choice Keynote
  • Students Professional Development Special Events
  • Clinical Research and Career Development Resource Fairs
  • Oral Presentations

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

THURSDAY, MAY 7

  • Innovation Day

FRIDAY, MAY 8

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Research & Innovation Oral Sessions
OHSU Auditorium Side Rooms

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Pathology Keynote
Richard Jones Hall 4320

12 -1 p.m.
OHSU Research & Innovation Keynote: The Evolving Practice of Personalized Medicine
Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., Senior Fellow in Healthcare Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
OHSU Auditorium and live-stream

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Postdoc Research Showcase
OHSU Auditorium

3 - 4 p.m.
Future Focus - Ph.D. Career Panel
OHSU Auditorium

4 - 6:30 p.m.
Poster Sessions and Research Week Opening Reception
BICC

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Research & Innovation Oral Sessions
OHSU Auditorium Side Rooms

10 - 11 a.m.
Career Development Resource Fair
OHSU Auditorium Great Hall

Kick-start your career planning and discover what’s possible! This resource fair is a one-stop opportunity for graduate students and postdocs to learn about career and professional development programs across the university—from workshops and advising to training and funding opportunities you may not know exist. Meet the people who run these programs, ask questions, and walk away with ideas and resources to help you plan your next steps, whether you’re just starting to explore or ready to take action.

Participants include Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, Career and Workplace Enhancement Center, OHSU Innovates, OHSU Fellowship for Diversity in Research, Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and Career Design/Mentorship Academy.

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Clinical Research Resource Fair and Mixer
OHSU Auditorium Great Hall

Calling all Clinical Research Professionals! The Clinical Research Resource Fair and Mixer is your opportunity to meet with central offices involved in Clinical Research at OHSU, learn about resources, and connect with others doing similar work. Tables will be set up for representatives from various offices (see participant list). This event is a relaxed open house where you can ask questions, meet and network with new people, and generally connect. We’ll have light refreshments available and a raffle opportunity to win prizes! 

Participants include Institutional Review Board, Clinical Research Services Office, Industry Research Agreements Team, Knight Clinical Research Quality Assurance and Clinical Research Management, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and OHSU Innovates.

12 - 1 p.m.
Students' Choice Keynote: The Coming Renaissance - Building the New Public Health
Demetre Daskalakis, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, Callen-Lorde Community Center
Knight Cancer Research Building Auditorium

Student Professional Development Special Events
Knight Cancer Research Building

8 a.m. - Noon
Emergency Medicine Scholarship Day
RLSB 3A001
Contact David Jones, M.D., for more information.

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
School of Nursing Poster Sessions
OHSU Auditorium Great Hall

3 p.m. - Reception to follow
Matarazzo Lecture: Cognitive Genomics: Cell Type-Specific Brain Evolution and Neuronal Function
Genevieve Konopa, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Neurobiology, UCLA
Doernbecher Children's Hospital 11620
Contact Kris Thomason for more information.

5 - 6:30 p.m.
GME Health Systems Science Symposium
OHSU Auditorium Great Hall

Innovation Day
Online