Ohsu graduate programs

As Oregon's only academic health center, OHSU: Educates doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and other health care professionals. Conducts extensive research, including clinical trials to test new ways to prevent, detect and treat illness. Cares for patients. Fast Facts. Students have the unique opportunity to gain exposure to various aspects of clinical genetic activities, including the cytogenetics lab and the Genetics Clinic.

However, the emphasis of the graduate program is to immerse the student in the discipline of genetics by classroom, journal club and seminar activities in concert with providing a wide range of cutting edge research opportunities. The PBMS program offers a joint admissions process and a standard first-year curriculum for the five participating departments.

The purpose of the program is to offer students the flexibility to select first-year research rotations with any of the participating faculty to gain as much information and experience as possible before making the crucial selection of a topic and mentor for dissertation research.

Nechiporuk received his doctorate in Human Genetics from University of Utah in He did his postdoctoral training in developmental biology at University of Washington. Nechiporuk joined the faculty at OHSU in The Nechiporuk laboratory studies development of the peripheral nervous system using zebrafish as a model. They focus on roles of collective cell migration and axonal transport during embryonic development. Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry Seminar Series.

Genome Sciences Seminar Series. The Program in Biomedical Sciences is a new offering that allows students to flex across disciplines to curate their training experience. It is founded on principles of scientific excellence, mentorship and community with our highly successful and collaborative faculty who participate in interdisciplinary and translational research.