Dr. Jacoby has been the director of the OHSU MD/PhD program since 2008. During that time he has overseen a thorough curriculum review, and has made substantial changes to the program including adding MD/PhD specific clerkships. He meets regularly with students on an individual basis and continues his open door mentoring of our students after they've graduated.

Dr. Jacoby has had continuous NIH funding since 1991. In his lab he mentors students (undergraduate, MD, MD/PhD, and PhD), post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty.  His research is focused on airway innervation and eosinophils. He currently serves as Associate Director for Education and Mentoring and Director of the KL2 Training Program in the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI). As Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care, he was Director of the NIH funded T32 research training program in lung biology from 2008 – 2013. He is an active clinician in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and on the Pulmonary Consult Service.

Primary duties in the MD/PhD program include:

• Program leader
• School of Medicine leadership liaison
• Admissions decisions
• Policy and curriculum development
• Individual student meetings

Dr. Marks is an established clinician-investigator with decades of experience leading studies in the neural control of body composition, diabetes, fetal metabolic programming, and appetite regulation. He is a dedicated mentor focused on providing outstanding training to the students in his lab. He also serves as co-mentor and an additional resource for many of our MD/PhD students. Dr. Marks has had continuous NIH funding for twelve years, with ten additional years as an NIH funded trainee. Dr. Marks has published over 70 peer-reviewed publications, as well as numerous chapters and review articles. 

Primary duties in the MD/PhD program include:

• Admissions decision consultation
• Student mentorship through scientific oversight committees (SOC) and dissertation advisory committees (DAC)
• Policy and curriculum development assistance