Faculty & Staff
Director, Oregon Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (ORCCAMIND)
Professor of Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience
Barry Oken, MD
Grant Administrator
Andy Fish
Research Assistants
Current Postdoctoral Fellows
Nora Gray (September 2012, OHSU)
Mentor: Amala Soumyanath, PhD; Joseph Quinn, MD
Project title: Centella asiatica in a Cellular Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Alexandra Dimitrova (July 2012, OHSU)
Mentor: Jau-shin Lou, MD
Project title: Local Effects of Acupuncture on the Median and Ulnar Nerves in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Anna Barsukova-Bell, PhD (June 2011, OHSU)
Mentor: Dennis Bourdette, MD
Project title: Axonal degeneration during oxidative stress: Neuroprotective effects of natural anti-oxidants
Laura Carim Todd, PhD (May 2010, OHSU)
Mentor: Barry Oken, MD
Project title: Stress response in tobacco chippers (light non-dependent nicotine smokers)
Kateri Spinelli, PhD (March 2012, OHSU)
Mentor: Vivek Unni, PhD
Project title: Effect of curcumin on alpha-synuclein in mouse models of Parkinson's Disease
Predoctoral Student
Irina Fonareva (July, 2008, OHSU)
Previous Trainees
Thimmappa Anekonda, PhD (2009, OHSU)
Gene Bowman, ND (2005-2008, OHSU)
Rajal Cohen, PhD (2010-2011, OHSU)
Tracy Edinger, ND (2007-2009, OHSU)
Mary Fry, ND (2007-2008, OHSU)
Karen Kaufman, PhD (2007-2008, OHSU)
Dove Keith, PhD (2009-2012, OSU)
Andrew McCollough, PhD (2011-2012, OHSU)
Scott Mist, PhD, LAc (2009-2011, OHSU)
Caroline Peterson, DC, PhD (2008-2010, OHSU)
Angela Senders, ND (2011 - 2012, OHSU)
Kate Peterson-Shay, PhD (2006-2007, OSU)
Kristine Robinson, PhD (2010-2011, OHSU)
Anthony Smith, PhD (2006-2007, OSU)
John Sowell, PhD (2005-2006, OSU)
Kari Trumbull, PhD (2007-2010, OSU)
Helane Wahbeh, ND (2006-2008, OHSU)
Jaskirat Wild, PhD (2006-2008, OHSU)
