Career Services Calendar

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

6-7:30 p.m., Eliot 314 

What is “clinical/translational” research? Where are the jobs?
What do sociologists, psychologists, and economists do in the biomedicine industry?
What is “informatics”? What educational opportunities exist in “informatics”?
Do I need a Ph.D. or an M.D. to work in biomedicine?
What should I do now to prepare for these careers?

Jeri Janowsky ’78
Biology and Psychology, Ph.D.

• Director, Neurological Sciences Institute, and professor of behavioral neuroscience, OHSU
• Research: Cognitive neuroscience of aging; sex steroid effects; functional neuroimaging
• Lab methods: cognitive testing; structural and functional MRI; pharmacological manipulation
  

Mary L. Durham
Sociology, Ph.D.

• Director, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
• Associate director at Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute
• Professor in public health/preventive medicine, OHSU
• Major interest: mental health services for severely disabled
• Co-author: Back to the Asylum: The Future of Mental Health Policy and Law in the U.S.

Aaron Cohen
Medical Informatics, M.D., M.S.

• Assistant professor of medical informatics/clinical epidemiology at OHSU
• Courses taught: Advanced computer programming; biomedical text mining
• Curriculum design: Bioinformatics, M.S. and Ph.D.
• Member: Bioinformatics Subcommittee, Oregon Clinical/Translational Science Institute
• Previous positions: chief computer engineer in nuclear medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, senior software engineer for Intel Labs, and advanced technology associate for Coopers & Lybrand
  

Vance Bauer ’88
Psychology, M.S.

• Project manager, Kaiser Center for Health Research, supports senior investigators in multiple disciplines and translation of research into practice
• Member: Oregon Safety Net Research Network
• Completed study: Complimentary Alternative Medicine
• Previous positions: Western States Chiropractic College and department of psychiatry, OHSU