Driven by a dream
At 13 years old, Nelly left her home of Cameroon, Africa, to pursue educational opportunities in the U.S. Today, she’s a first-year medical student at OHSU.
Category: Students & Alumni
Paving the way
Growing up in Hillsboro, Armando was one of four boys raised by a single mother who often worked three jobs to make ends meet. Today, Armando is helping to eradicate the health disparities found in underserved communities.
Discovering nursing
Sana Goldberg ’16 was set on becoming a journalist as she headed to college. But after a 10-year journey, she found herself in nursing school at OHSU where she discovered the power and role nurses play in health care. The road to nursing wasn’t a straight line. In college, Goldberg declared multiple majors before landing […]
Daring to dream
Christopher Ponce Campuzano was born in a small fishing town on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. His parents made tortillas; his dad also worked in the fields. It was a simple life without many opportunities — until his parents decided to move the family to the U.S. in search of a better life for their […]
Courageous advocate
Liam Directo is a driven, lifelong learner. An ambitious goal-setter. A passionate OHSU School of Nursing student. And a courageous advocate for transgender people. Their go-getting, fearless attitude has put Directo on a mission to improve the health care system — by working to provide accessible transgender-affirming care as a transgender person. Shifting the culture […]
Q&A with Dr. David Bangsberg, MD, MPH
We sit down with the founding dean of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, and ask him about his vision for the school, his students, the most pressing public health issues in Oregon, and the impact of philanthropy.
In pursuit of bigger questions
“The question you start with is very different from the question you end up with,” says Katie Lebold, a student in the joint MD/PhD program at the OHSU School of Medicine. Lebold is referring to the research process, where observation and discovery may lead a scientist to ask new questions and seek answers down a […]
Getting rural
This year more than 350 OHSU students will head out to rural Oregon for an unforgettable hands-on learning experience. After, many of them will decide to devote their careers to small-town health care. What makes this kind of training so powerful? One person can make a big difference Fourth-year medical student Jay Ruby was not […]
Q&A with Miriam: First-year student at OHSU School of Medicine
Miriam Hernandez-Zepeda received her white coat this past August, as part of the OHSU School of Medicine’s incoming class of 2021. She shares what that experience was like, why she chose OHSU, and her thoughts on how medicine is both science and an art.
