Former OCTRI KL2 Scholar, Dr. Raina Croff, in the news
Associate Professor of Neurology and former OCTRI KL2 Scholar, Raina Croff, Ph.D., recently published outcomes from the SHARP study, suggesting that study participation may lead to improved cognitive function. SHARP - Sharing History through Active Reminiscence and Photo-Imagery - enlists older Black adults to walk through and reminisce about historically Black neighborhoods in Portland, which now look very different after rapid change through gentrification. Read more on OHSU News.
TSBM on Community Belonging in Central Oregon
Members of OCTRI's Community and Evaluation teams (pictured above) developed a Translational Science Benefits Model (TSBM) case study on the Community Belonging Measurement Project for Central Oregon. Read the full case study on the TSBM website or the OCTRI Impact web page.
Lisa Marriott, Ph.D., and team are finding effective approaches for measuring key variables for inclusive demographic data practices across student programs in STEM. OCTRI Informatics built the START database that houses the demographics data that Dr. Marriott’s work is based on.
Read the Oregon Business article to learn about the Corvallis Microfluidics Hub, which features OHSU member Jose Luis Montoya Mira, Ph.D. and his work to develop microfluidics for cancer research. OHSU is one of 40 institutes, companies and municipalities taking part in the Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub, an industry coalition led by Oregon State University’s College of Engineering professor Tom Weller. In October the group was designated as a national Tech Hub by the U.S. Aditi Martin, Ph.D., OHSU’s Senior Director of Collaborations and Entrepreneurship and OCTRI’s Director of Innovation Programs and Pilot Awards, will be the OHSU Site director for CorMic. OCTRI will leverage this collaboration to support Biomedical Innovation Program Pilot Award projects and BIPCorp (Biomedical Innovation Commercialization Readiness Program) teams, as appropriate.
