Research Week

World Class to Second Class? Acting Now to Address Existential Threats

Monday, May 6, 12 noon | Research Week Online Keynote | View the recording

Mary Woolley
President, Research!America

Misinformation and disinformation in science -- and yes there is a difference -- is all-too prevalent, contributing to erosion of public trust in science. In her Research Week keynote address, Research!America President and CEO Mary Woolley will discuss how researchers play a vital role in driving public trust. She will also provide a landscape review of the funding and policy challenges facing the research enterprise, including growing global competition, and suggest an action agenda.

Mary Woolley is the president of Research!America, an alliance that advocates for science, discovery, and innovation to achieve better health for all. Under her leadership, Research!America has earned the attention and respect of elected and appointed officials, researchers in the public, private and academic sectors, media, and community leaders with its record of innovation in advocacy for research. Research!America’s reports and publications, Web sites, and constituent education initiatives have been honored by leading regional and international communications and advocacy organizations.

A native of Chicago, Woolley received a bachelor of science from Stanford University and a master of arts from San Francisco State University. In her early career, Woolley served as San Francisco project director for the then largest-ever NIH-funded clinical trial, the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). In 1981, she became administrator of the Medical Research Institute of San Francisco, and in 1986 was named the Institute’s executive director and CEO. Woolley has served as president and CEO of Research!America since 1990.

Questions about Research Week? Contact Kate Stout.

2024 Agenda

MONDAY, MAY 6

Research Week Online Keynote
Post Doctoral Scholars Special Events
Oral Presentations (view the presenters and times)
Portraits (appointments full)
Matarazzo Lecture Series
Opening Reception and remarks from Peter Barr-Gillespie
Poster Sessions (view the presenters and times)

TUESDAY, MAY 7

Students' Choice Keynote
Students Professional Development Special Events
Portraits (appointments full)
Oral Presentations (view the presenters and times)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

THURSDAY, MAY 9

Innovation Day
Neurology Research Day
Department of Pediatrics Trainee Research Night

FRIDAY, MAY 10

Portland Clinical Research Professional Virtual Conference

Monday, May 6
Tuesday, May 7
Wednesday, May 8
Thursday, May 9
Friday, May 10

Monday, May 6

9 - 10:30 a.m. | Oral Session: Cancer 1 | Old Library 211

9 - 10:30 a.m. | Oral Session: Heart Lung Blood 1 | Old Library 221

10:30 - 11:45 a.m. | Oral Session: Immunology | Old Library 217

10 a.m. - 12 noon | Student Workshop: CV Reviewing with Women in Science PDX | BICC 124

Research Week Keynote

12 noon - 1 p.m. | World Class to Second Class? Acting Now to Address Existential Threats

Mary Woolley
President, Research!America

1:30 - 3 p.m. | Oral Session: Digital Health | Old Library 211

2 - 4 p.m. | Oral Session: Neuroscience | Old Library 217

2:30 - 4 p.m. | Oral Session: Surgery 1 | Old Library 221

2:30 - 4 p.m. | Clinical Research Meet and Greet | Old Library Great Hall

Join us in person to meet staff from central offices, network with one another and connect within the clinical research community. This will be a drop-in event with some small fun activities, light refreshments and representatives from offices including: the OHSU IRB, OCTRI, CRSO, Knight Cancer Institute.

3 - 4:30 p.m. | Matarazzo Lecture Series: Evaluating and learning from rewards | Doernbecher Vey Conference Center

Patricia Janak, Ph.D., Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at John Hopkins School of Medicine, will present the 2024 Matarazzo Lecture hosted by the OHSU Department of Behavioral Neuroscience.

Opening Reception and Poster Sessions

4 - 5 p.m. | Session One | BICC Library

4:30 p.m. | Welcome remarks from Peter Barr-Gillspie, Chief Research Officer | BICC Library

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Session Two | BICC Library

Tuesday, May 7

Wednesday, May 8

NW Women's Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research Conference

7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. | OHSU Auditorium and Great Hall

8:45 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. | Keynote: Advancing Women’s Health Through Menopause Research

Susan D. Reed, M.D., MPH, M.S.
Professor Emerita and past Vice Chair for Research, Obstetrics and Gynocology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Past President, The Menopause Society

9:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. | Presentations from BIRCWH and WRHR Scholars

12:10 - 1 p.m. | Lunch and networking

1 - 2:35 p.m. | Presentations from early stage investigators

2:50 - 4:15 p.m. | Presentations from collaborative researchers

4:15 - 5 p.m. | Poster session and reception

Neuroscience Futures Seminar Series

4 - 5 p.m. | Neuroscience Futures: Flexible encoding of goals in the brain’s cognitive map | Vollum M1441 and online

Marielena Sosa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Neurobiology
Stanford University

Positive experiences must be remembered strongly to reinforce rewarding behaviors, and these memories must be able to update when knowledge of reward changes. How does the brain flexibly amplify memories of rewarding experiences while maintaining a stable representation of the external world? Using two-photon calcium imaging in mice, our work demonstrates that the hippocampus simultaneously represents the spatial environment and the animal’s position relative to reward in dissociable population codes. Notably, the code for experience relative to reward becomes stronger over learning as additional neurons are recruited to this representation. This work provides insight into how separate hippocampal ensembles may flexibly encode the most behaviorally relevant aspects of experience.

Thursday, May 9

Innovation Day

Learn more about Innovation Day and register for events.

10 a.m. | Keynote: Seeing Small and Aiming Big: the Development and Clinical Impact of Optical Coherence Tomography | Join the Webex

David Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology, OHSU School of Medicine
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, OHSU School of Medicine
World Family Chair in Ophthalmic Imaging
Associate Director and Director of Research, Casey Eye Institute

Hear from Lasker Award winner and OHSU’s own David Huang about his journey as an inventor of optical coherence tomography, an imaging technique that revolutionized how eye diseases are diagnosed and treated.

11 a.m. | OHSU innovation showcase | Join the Webex

Learn about some of the latest inventions, industry partnerships and startup companies happening at OHSU.

1 p.m. | Marketing your science to industry | Join the Webex

Tailor your scientific pitch for industry audiences with tips and tricks from a panel of experts.

4 p.m. | Careers in venture capital and scientific startups | OHSU Auditorium

Get advice on how to break into the entrepreneurial world and what to expect when you get there from career entrepreneurs and investors.

5 - 6 p.m. | Student Networking Happy Hour with Biotech Professionals | Old Library Great Hall

Nursing Discoveries

9:30 - 11 a.m. | Join the Webex

Discoveries program will showcase research and evidence-based practice projects from both clinical operations and School of Nursing.

Neurology Research Day

12 - 1 p.m. | Keynote: Multiple sclerosis pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment: 50 years of progress | OHSU Auditorium

Dennis Bourdette, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Neurology, OHSU School of Medicine

1 - 2 p.m. | Presentations | OHSU Auditorium

2 - 3 p.m. | Poster session and reception | Old LIbrary Great Hall

Department of Pediatrics Trainee Research Night

4 - 6 p.m. | Vey Conference Center, Doernbecher 11th Floor

The Department of Pediatrics Education Team invites you to an evening dedicated to our trainees' scholarly activities. Reception and poster session will be followed by oral presentations. Contact Kristen Fitzhenry with questions.