Honoring the OHSU-VA partnership that continues to pay it forward

On Veterans Day, we salute all who served and who continue to do so through participation in medical research that benefits generations to come

By Erin Hoover Barnett November 10, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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Pioneering VA and OHSU neuro-psychologist Muriel Lezak, Ph.D., professor emeritus of neurology and psychiatry, OHSU School of Medicine, in the OHSU Neurology Library for an oral history interview in 2016 with the OHSU Historical Collections & Archives. Lezak died in October at age 94. (OHSU)

Honoring the OHSU-VA partnership 1

On the skybridge that connects OHSU and the VA Portland Health Care System are, from left, Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., M.S., associate professor of epidemiology, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, and a core investigator at the VA; Miranda Lim, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of neurology, behavioral neuroscience and medicine (pulmonary and critical care medicine), OHSU School of Medicine, affiliate scientist at OHSU’s Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, and staff neurologist at the VA; Sahana Misra, M.D., professor of psychiatry and associate dean for veterans affairs, OHSU School of Medicine, and chief of staff at the VA; and David M. Cohen, M.D., professor of medicine (nephrology and hypertension), OHSU School of Medicine, and associate chief of staff for research and development at the VA. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

Honoring the OHSU-VA partnership 2

The skybridge between OHSU and the VA Portland Health Care System embodies and facilitates the close partnership across missions between the two institutions. From left, Miranda Lim, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of neurology, behavioral neuroscience and medicine, OHSU School of Medicine, affiliate scientist at OHSU’s Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, and a staff neurologist at the VA; Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., M.S., associate professor of epidemiology, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, and a core investigator at the VA; Sahana Misra, M.D., professor of psychiatry and associate dean for veterans affairs, OHSU School of Medicine, and chief of staff at the VA; and David M. Cohen, M.D., professor of medicine (nephrology and hypertension) and cell, developmental and cancer biology, OHSU School of Medicine, and associate chief of staff for research and development at the VA. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)