Faculty Support
Invest in the power of people
At the heart of every great academic health center are the people whose vision and talents define it – the outstanding faculty who create new knowledge, inspire excellence, and improve human health. Investing in them is a shortcut to every success.
OHSU’s best work begins with these achievers. In 2009 the university launched a three-year, $100 million fund-raising initiative to support faculty and give them the resources they need to do great work.
Why invest in exceptional faculty? Because people with outsized vision and abilities are catalysts; their dreams and achievements inspire those around them. As a result, OHSU and all those it serves benefit as new knowledge is created, discoveries and connections are revealed, and fresh opportunities arise.
OHSU’ faculty support fund-raising initiative was created with the input of faculty across the university who helped shape its major areas of emphasis on people, places and programs:
People (recruitment and retention)
Support in this category will help provide endowed positions, research funds, recruitment packages, student stipends and the special equipment required to retain and recruit high-caliber faculty in OHSU’s schools of dentistry, medicine and nursing. Support for Ph.D. students is part of this category because the work of graduate students in research laboratories across campus enables faculty success and advances research progress, especially in the basic sciences.
Key opportunities:
Support for School of Medicine Faculty
Support for School of Nursing Faculty
Support for School of Dentistry Faculty
Support for Graduate Research Partners
Places (enhanced core facilities)
Support in this category will help expand and unify key technology resources that can enable the collaboration that will hasten breakthroughs in research, education and clinical care. That kind of multidisciplinary interaction is a hallmark of OHSU.
Key opportunities:
Imaging Core
Core Simulation Services
OHSU Genomics Shared Resource
Programs (multidisciplinary collaborations)
Support in this category will expand and enhance key multidisciplinary ventures that OHSU is uniquely able to pursue. These include basic and clinical aging research, cancer research and outreach, stroke research and treatment, diabetes and metabolism research, and community-based health improvement projects. This category also includes support for the Medical Research Foundation, an OHSU Foundation-affiliated group dedicated to advancing biomedical research in Oregon.
Key opportunities:
Basic and Clinical Aging Research
Cancer Research and Outreach
Community-based Health Improvement
Stroke Research and Treatment
Translational Diabetes and Metabolism Research
Medical Research Foundation Endowment
