Oregon Health & Science University is a nationally prominent research university and OregonÕs only public academic health center. It serves patients throughout the region with a Level 1 trauma center and nationally recognized Doernbecher ChildrenÕs Hospital. OHSU operates dental, medical, nursing and pharmacy schools that rank high both in research funding and in meeting the universityÕs social mission. OHSUÕs Knight Cancer Institute helped pioneer personalized medicine through a discovery that identified how to shut down cells that enable cancer to grow without harming healthy ones. OHSU Brain Institute scientists are nationally recognized for discoveries that have led to a better understanding of AlzheimerÕs disease and new treatments for ParkinsonÕs disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke. OHSUÕs Casey Eye Institute is a global leader in ophthalmic imaging, and in clinical trials related to eye disease.