Three OHSU scientists earn $2.25 million to accelerate innovation, collaboration

Inaugural Faculty Excellence Awards will fund research in marijuana use in pregnancy, new therapies for heart disease, leukemia

January 23, 2020 Portland, Oregon

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Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D.

Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues have identified the inner workings of the P2X7 protein receptor, which is associated with inflammation, coronary artery disease, cancer, multiple sclerosis and more. (OHSU)

Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D.

Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D., 2017. (OHSU)

Jeffrey Tyner, Ph.D., lab

Jeffrey Tyner, Ph.D., above, Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D., and Jamie Lo, M.D., MCR, are the first recipients of the new Faculty Excellence and Innovation Award. (OHSU)

Jeff Tyner, Ph.D. (2018)

Jeff Tyner, Ph.D., associate professor in the OHSU School of Medicine department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology and researcher with the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Sept. 12, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Jamie Lo, M.D.

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Peter Barr-Gillespie, Ph.D.

Peter Barr-Gillespie, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief research officer, 2018. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)