Centers, Institutes and Departments

OHSU
is home to numerous specialized research centers and institutes. Among these
are one of the first Clinical and Translational Sciences Award-funded programs,
the Oregon Clinical
and Translational Research Institute, and one of the strongest MRI magnets
in the world, at the Advanced
Imaging Research Center. Researchers at the Knight
Cancer Institute were the first to demonstrate the success of molecularly targeted
chemotherapies in cancer, while Vollum
Institute scientists have recently solved the crystal structure of a
eukaryotic glutamate receptor, revealing the molecular architecture of
receptors central to communication between nerve cells, paving the way for new
treatments for diseases of the nervous system. A majority of the research at OHSU
is done in School
of Medicine basic science and clinical departments.
View School of Medicine departments and labs. See all of OHSU's centers and institutes below.
- Advanced Imaging Research Center
- Brenden-Colson Center for Pancreatic Care
- Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy
- Center for Health Systems Effectiveness
- Center for Healthy Communities
- Center for Policy & Research in Emergency Medicine
- Center for Regenerative Medicine
- Center for Spatial Systems Biomedicine
- Center for Spoken Language Understanding
- Community Research Hub
- Critical Care Academic Associates Program (CCAAP)
- Healthy Aging Alliance
- Institute on Development & Disability
- Layton Aging & Alzheimer's Disease Center
- Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center
- OHSU Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness
- OHSU Brain Institute
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
- OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute
- ORCATECH
- Oregon Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Neurological Disorders
- Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute
- Oregon Hearing Research Center
- Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Science (formerly CROET)
- Oregon National Primate Research Center
- Oregon Permanent Contraception Research Center
- Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network
- Oregon Stem Cell Center
- Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center
- Pape' Family Pediatric Research Institute
- Portland Alcohol Research Center
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute
- Vollum Institute
- Women Engaged in Advancing Health Research