People

OHSU Research and Innovation talked with OHSU investigators about the research they do. The message that came through loud and clear is the thrill discovery brings, the camaraderie of the OHSU research community and the drive to improve people’s health and well-being.
Steve Mansoor in the lab

Steven E. Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D.
Primary Investigator
Ernest C. Swigert Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Knight Cardiovascular Institute (KCVI)
Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry (CPB)
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
OHSU, M.D., Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Reed College, B.A. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

A man sitting at a desk in front of a computer screen turned around smiling.

Arthur Glasfeld, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Reed College
Harvard University, Ph.D. Chemistry
Carleton College, B.A. Chemistry

A man smiling with his elbows on a table and his hands together under his chin.

Kyle Rowan
Research Assistant 2
Reed College, B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

A woman stands smiling in front of a field of different colored flowers on a cloudy day.

Franka Westermann
Collaborating Ph.D. Student
University Bonn, Pharmacist

A man smiling in front of a shelf in a lab.

Steven Adamou
OHSU M.D., Ph.D. Student
Lewis and Clark College, B.S. Chemistry

A woman leaning against a fence smiling in front of a beach on a cloudy day.

Nadia Nechiporuk
Predoctoral Scholar
Gonzaga University

A professional photo of Luisa Morgan.

Luisa Morgan
Predoctoral Scholar
Reed College

A woman wearing a white lab coat and protective goggles smiles while holding up a sample that is emitting smoke in a research lab.

Miranda Ulloa Estrada
Research Assistant 2
Reed College, B.A. Biology

Former lab members

Adam Oken with a large Ice cream cone

Adam Oken, Ph.D. (Graduate Student)
Post Doctoral Fellow at University of California, San Francisco
Whitman College, B.A. Mathematics and B.A. Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology

A professional photo of Ismayn Ditter.

Ismayn Ditter (Research Assistant 2)
Graduate Student at Princeton University

A man smiling in front of a window.

Tommy Shi (Research Assistant 2)
Graduate Student at Weill Cornell University

Nic Lisi Smiling

Nic Lisi (Research Assistant 2)
Graduate Student at OHSU

Michael Godsey smiling in a suit and tie

Michael Godsey Ph.D. (Senior Research Associate)
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Ipsita Krishnamurthy smiling

Ipsita Krishnamurthy (Research Assistant 2)
Graduate Student at Stanford University

Alanna McCarthy in white OHSU lab coat

Alanna McCarthy (Research Assistant)
Internal Medicine resident at Legacy Emanuel in Portland, Oregon