Graduate Studies

Graduate Studies Office Closed

The office will be closed

Thursday, May 24th - 9:30 am to 2:30 pm due to regalia pickup in the Old Library

Monday, June 4th - all day due to the 2012 SOM Commencement Ceremony

OHSU Summer Research Programs

Interested in summer programs for Undergraduates?

Internship Programs generally offer:

• 8-10 weeks working with faculty and graduate students in a research setting, learning new skills, and gaining hands-on experience
• Weekly seminars and meetings with fellow students and faculty to discuss ongoing research
• An opportunity to present a poster presentation of your summer research project
• Ongoing, personal mentoring about your individual career pathway from OHSU faculty
• A paid stipend during the program

Recent News

• Theodore Braun, MD/PhD Student received Young Investigators Award
• Student Research Forum/Research Week sets date May 7-10, 2012
  
• Faculty members and students honored for excellence
• Three PhD students receive inaugural Graduate Research Scholarships
• Dr. Habecker on teaching medical students in Burundi
• Ten new scholars join alumni ranks of Portland Chapter, ARCS Foundation
• Ellison Lab: Anti-rejection drugs and hypertension
• Parker Lab recognized by F1000 for paper on T cells
• Three PhD candidates receive 2011 Vertex Scholarships
• The story behind the discovery: The role of the “virgin” brain
• ARCS names eight new OHSU scholars in graduate studies program
• Four students receive first Swindells Family Scholar Award
• Barklis Lab: Determinants of the HIV-1 core assembly pathway

Quick Facts About Research at OHSU

• $392 million in funding—approx $325 million from federal government, including $70 million in ARRA stimulus funds  (FY2010)
• Total ARRA awards $88 million
• Research funding has increased more than seven-fold since 1990
• OHSU cancer researchers were the first to develop a successful targeted treatment for cancer: Gleevec, which attacks only the cancer cells and leaves the healthy cells alone
• We are in the top echelon of NIH funding—$264 million from NIH in FY 2010
  
• OHSU is the home of a 12-T magnetic resonance imaging system