This work explores the structure and function of an important copper monooxygenase: peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase. The canonical reaction mechanism of thi [...]

Representing the first study to employ Metabolic Activity Diffusion Imaging (MADI) within human brain cancer, this thesis serves as a demonstration of MADI's ability to p [...]

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides essential care for preterm infants, the smallest and most nutritionally vulnerable patient population. It is crucial for [...]

A lack of knowledge and support for breastfeeding remains a challenge among nurses, leading to inconsistent information and practices for families. Observations from a no [...]

HPV remains a major cause of cancer in the U.S., yet young adults—especially college students—often face limited vaccine access. The Knight Cancer Institute’s Mobile Outr [...]

Research Day set a record this year with 84 poster presentations from OHSU School of Dentistry students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty and staff. This School of Denti [...]

This thesis evaluates the use of deformable image registration (DIR) for dose accumulation in gynecological HDR brachytherapy. By comparing DIR-based and conservative met [...]

Orthopedic surgeries, such as total joint arthroplasties, are complex procedures requiring preoperative optimization of patients and planning for extensive recoveries. As [...]

This quality improvement project identified significant gaps in the documentation of phantom limb pain (PLP) among amputee patients, revealing that PLP was often absent f [...]

The objective of this program of research was to uncover potential mechanisms underpinning epidemiological evidence that groups in lower versus higher socioeconomic posit [...]