The brain: Trauma, addiction and health disparities
Anita Randolph, Ph.D., wants to improve the quality of life for veterans after active duty. As a doctoral student, she made a major discovery about brain damage in people who’ve suffered...
Tag: Neuroscience
Advances in Neuroscience: Behavior, development and disease, April 5
The 2019 Oregon National Primate Research Center Scientific Symposium features keynote speakers and OHSU scientists on panels covering the latest neuroscience advances in four topics:...
OHSU speech pathologist and neuroscientist recognized by ASHFoundation
OHSU researchers are advancing speech and communication science in disciplines ranging from speech pathology to neuroscience and in disorders that begin early in life to late-onset diseases. The...
Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Initiative strengthens Ph.D. pathway for diverse college graduates
The first cohort of the OHSU Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Initiative, from left, Rachel De La Torre, Braim Luciano Vazquez and Katherine Thanyamongkhonsawa. For first-generation college graduate...
Birds, song, and how we use language
Sami Friedrich starts her days checking for zebra finch eggs and hatchlings. She is a graduate student in the lab of Claudio Mello, M.D., Ph.D., working to understand the molecular genetic and...
OHSU-UO collaboration conversation
Start planning now for future collaborations. Join OHSU and University of Oregon researchers at a special breakout session at the Society for Neuroscience Oregon/SW Washington Chapter meeting. This...
Ev McClendon, Ph.D., neuroscientist (and sheep OBGYN), featured in OHSU In the Lab
Premature babies are at risk for disabilities that can last a lifetime. With sheep from a local farmer, Ev McClendon, Ph.D., has made some groundbreaking discoveries about what causes these...
Sex, cognition, and stimulating neurons: Katie Wallin-Miller featured in OHSU In the Lab
Men and women suffer from mental illnesses at the same rate, but the kinds of disorders that tend to occur in men and women are very different. Katie Wallin-Miller, Ph.D., studies sex differences in...
Bita Moghaddam: The neural representation of reward and punishment
The ability to weigh the risk of punishment relative to the risk of reward is critical to our ability to make decisions. New research by Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D., provides fresh insight into how...
Functional brain connectivity: Fair lab shines new light on the role of genetics
Every person has a distinct pattern of functional brain connectivity — a connectotype, or brain signature. A team led by Damien Fair, Ph.D., P.A.-C., reports a new methodology that reliably...