Trevor McFarland joined the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine as a Senior Research Associate in the Dr. Saugstad laboratory in October of 2019. Trevor earned his undergraduate degree in Microbiology from the University of Maine – Orono in 2000. Trevor began his career at OHSU in 2001 at the Casey Eye Institute in Dr. Tim Stout’s Lab studying gene therapy for proliferative ocular disease. In 2014, he took a management position with the Gene Profiling Shared Resource, under director Dr. Chris Harrington, assisting OHSU investigators with various molecular and genetic techniques offered by the service core.

Currently, as a member of Julie Saugstad’s lab, Trevor supports the research focused on extracellular vesicles and miRNA associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Most recent efforts have been involved in identifying miRNA biomarkers from various human biofluids to aid in the early diagnosis and disease progression. Further research studying cellular uptake and characterization of extracellular vesicles is ongoing.