Research collaborations

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Pilot opportunities

The annual ONPRC pilot grant program supports meritorious preliminary studies employing nonhuman primates that are appropriate for the research focus of the ONPRC and that have the potential for subsequent national funding.  The annual program announcements are released in December.  Learn more. 

Upcoming events

Science Cafe' Seminar Series

Previous sessions:

May 2, 2023: Brandon Wilder, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, ONPRC and VGTI
Monoclonal Antibodies for Malaria: From obscure tool to proven front runner in eliminating an ancient and deadly disease (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp23)

May 16, 2023: Mark Slifka, PhD, Professor, Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC
Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fiction (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp23)

May 23, 2023: Nancy Haigwood, PhD, Professor, Division of Pathobiology & Immunology and immediate past Director of the Oregon National Primate Research Center at OHSU
HIV Vaccines: Progress in 2023 and What the Future Holds (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp23)

May 30, 2023: Afam Okoye, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pathobiology and Immunology, ONPRC and VGTI
Ending an Epidemic - Using mRNA vaccines to find a cure for HIV (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp23)

November 8, 2022: Lisa Vrooman, Ph.D.
Fetal Health and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeFall22)

November 15, 2022: Carol Hanna, Ph.D., Jon Hennebold, Ph.D.
Using Precision Medicine to Understand and Treat Genetic Diseases (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeFall22)

November 22, 2022: Paula Amato, M.D.
Ethical Considerations of Human Genome Editing (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeFall22)

November 29, 2022: Caren Weinhouse, Ph.D., MPH 
DNA is not Destiny: How Our Environments Affect our Epigenetics (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeFall22)

April 5, 2022: Martha Neuringer, PhD, Professor, Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC
David Wilson, MD, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute
Advances in the Quest to Cure Blindness (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp22)

April 12, 2022: Jodi McBride, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC
Lauren Talman, MD, Movement Disorders Clinic, OHSU
Therapies Under Development for Huntington's Disease (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp22)

April 19, 2022: Jamie Lo, MD, MCR, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, OHSU School of Medicine / Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences, ONPRC
Kim Ryan, MD, Resident Physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, OHSU School of Medicine
Kristin Prewitt, MD, MPH, Resident Physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, OHSU School of Medicine
Cannamoms and Their Kids: Marijuana Use in Pregnancy and Parenting (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp22)

April 26, 2022: Larry Sherman, PhD, Professor, Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC
Bruce Bebo, PhD, Executive Vice President of Research, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Emerging Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis: From Stopping Disease to Repairing the Damage (Link to recording: Password: ScienceCafeSp22)

October 28, 2021: Alison Edelman, MD
Do COVID-19 Vaccines Affect Menstruation? (Link to recording password: ScienceCafe21)

November 4, 2021: Jasper Bash, MD
Virus, Vaccine, and Virility: Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Men's Health and Fertility (Link to recording password: ScienceCafe21)

November 11, 2021: Nichole Marshall, MD
Vaccinating for Two: COVID-19 Vaccination during Pregnancy and Lactation (Link to recording password: ScienceCafe21)

November 18, 2021: Panel Discussion
Bridging the Gap: Respectful Discourse in the Time of Covid

February 4, 2021: Christina Lancioni, MD (Doernbecher Hospital/OHSU)
Vaccines 101: A Vaccine Primer (Link to recording password: Covid2021)

February 11, 2021: Mark Slifka, PhD (Senior Scientist, ONPRC)
How safe are vaccines? (Link to recording password: Covid2021)

February 18, 2021: Daniel Streblow, PhD (Senior Scientist, VGTI/OHSU)
How did we get here? (Link to recording password: Covid2021)

February 25, 2021: Afam Okoye, PhD (Associate Scientist, VGTI/OHSU)
Outlook for the Future (Link to recording password: Covid2021)