OpenFieldOHSU · Portland, Oregon, United States
Oregon Health & Science University is Oregon's only public academic health center, located atop Marquam Hill in Portland, Oregon. World-renowned for cancer research at the Knight Cancer Institute, neurosciences at the Vollum Institute, biomedical informatics, and retinal gene therapy.
OHSU encompasses the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Dentistry, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, the Knight Cancer Institute, and the Oregon National Primate Research Center. The campus is connected to Portland's South Waterfront biotechnology hub by the Portland Aerial Tram.
Admissions are highly competitive. MD applicants must complete AMCAS applications, MCAT examination, and prerequisite laboratory sciences. Graduate programs (Ph.D., M.S.) in biomedical sciences require competitive undergraduate research backgrounds, GRE (where applicable), and faculty interviews.
Elite doctoral training investigating early cancer detection mechanisms, oncogenic signaling cascades, targeted therapeutics (following Brian Druker's Gleevec paradigm), and immunotherapy.
World-class neurobiology doctoral curriculum covering synaptic transmission, ion channel structural biology, neurodevelopmental genetics, and neural circuitry in the renowned Vollum Institute.
Nation's premier biomedical informatics program educating leaders in clinical decision support systems, natural language processing for electronic health records, computational biology, and healthcare data analytics.
YOUR M.D. curriculum integrating early clinical exposure, patient simulation, spiral learning across biomedical disciplines, and rural Oregon clinical immersion.
Advanced practice clinical doctoral program preparing primary care FNPs to manage chronic complex illnesses, lead urban/rural health disparities reduction, and guide clinical policy.
Postdoctoral research fellowship in the Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research (CEDAR) center developing liquid biopsy assays, nanoparticle biosensors, and AI imaging for lethal cancers.
Director & Professor of Medicine
Knight Cancer Institute
Lasker-DeBakey Award recipient and National Academy of Sciences member; pioneer of targeted cancer therapy who revolutionized chronic myeloid leukemia treatment...
View researcher profile ↗Professor & Chair of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology
School of Medicine
Dr. Hersh is an internationally recognized pioneer in medical informatics, information retrieval in medicine, electronic health record workforce evaluation, and...
View researcher profile ↗Director & Senior Scientist
Vollum Institute
National Academy of Medicine member investigating glial cell biology, axon degeneration mechanisms, and neuron-glia communication in neurodegenerative disorders...
View researcher profile ↗OpenField is an independent research platform not officially affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University. Information reflects public documentation reviewed on 2026-10-16. Students must verify application deadlines, fee structures, and prerequisite details directly with official university admissions departments before applying.
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