Anne Foster: Creating ripples through MS research
Patient and donor Anne Foster says staying active and having the right doctor have helped her address secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
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Stefanie Kaech Petrie, PhD: Seeing is believing
Stefanie Kaech Petrie, PhD, helps researchers use microscopes to shed light on the structure and function of cells, leading to advancements in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer.
Unraveling the mysteries of myelin
Kelly Monk, PhD, is one of the world’s foremost experts on the cells that form myelin, the protective sheath around axons that is damaged in diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
The return of Ana Wakefield
She came back to say thanks. And to provide a living, walking testament to how miracles can happen. With a little help. A lot of faith. And whole lot of work. On a sunny October morning, one day short of a year after a horrible accident, Ana Wakefield and her family came back to OHSU […]
Magazine: Onward, Summer 2018
Great minds choose OHSU. Features Luiz Bertassoni, DDS, PhD, Anna Wang Roe, PhD, Bob Macauley, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM, Wafaa Bin Ali, MSN, RN, Hisham Mohamed, PhD, Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, MD, Phoebe Lin, MD, PhD, Vivek Unni MD, PhD, Jim Goodman and Darla Vang, MPH.
What is basic science?
Why do neurons die? That was what OHSU’s Marc Freeman wondered, years ago. Freeman — then a professor of neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and first and foremost a basic scientist — understood that traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease all result from the degeneration of neurons. But he wasn’t initially […]
