Anusha Mishra, Ph.D., in her lab at the Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research

Power of MRI helps explain how damage from stroke affects full brain

This is the first in a series featuring OHSU scientists and the research they conduct using leading-edge imaging at OHSU. From single-cell to whole-body technologies, advanced imaging helps drive new...

Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D.

OHSU scientists find effects of psilocybin are immediate

Compound increases cognitive flexibility, creates favorable conditions for therapeutic interventions. New research in a rodent model at OHSU shows that some positive effects of psilocybin, a...

Brandon Wilder, Ph.D., on the search for humans without malaria

Malaria is as old as humans; we have never lived without it. That is exactly what Brandon Wilder, Ph.D., is trying to change. Wilder, assistant professor at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute...

Kathleen Carlson standing in front of OHSU Emergency Department entrance

Addressing the gun violence epidemic with a complex of tools

Injury epidemiologist Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., is launching the OHSU Gun Violence Prevention Research Center with support from the Faculty Excellence and Innovation Award at OHSU. The center is...

Steven Mansoor, structural biology and drug development

Structural biologist Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D., studies the structure and function of proteins — with a particular interest in ion channel receptors that play a role in the cardiovascular system....

Jamie Lo, Ph.D.

Cannabis use and maternal fetal health: Closing the knowledge gap

Physician-scientist Jamie Lo, M.D., MCR, conducts research on the impact of chronic cannabis use on male and female reproductive health, pregnancy and offspring outcomes. In her clinical practice,...