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OMSI and OHSU are hosting a number of interactive
BODY WORLDS & The Brain activities designed to inform
and entertain exhibit visitors. Activities include:
OHSU Exhibits
Hallway exhibits will feature OHSU medical professionals to talk about weekly
topics and provide posters and pamphlets. OHSU Ask-the-Expert will be
available in the OHSU display area on Saturdays.
Reserved Labs
Brainpower: Learn how to become a memory champion, master of optical
illusions, and rotate objects using the power of your mind. We’ll peer inside a
sheep’s brain, and compare structures we find there to our own brains. What
will YOU discover inside your own head? Grades 3-8
Sense-Sational Science: Explore a range of human senses and uncover why
and how we use them. We’ll take a look at the usual 5 senses – touch, taste,
sight, smell and sound – and delve into some other senses such as balance, temperature,
and pain. Activities will test your balance, find your blind spot, and
trick your taste buds. Grades 3-8.
OHSU Brain Awareness Lecture Series
at the Newmark Theater, January-March 2012
The lectures will feature researchers and practicing clinicians. Attendees will
learn about the latest and best research in biomedicine.
Full details at www.oregonbrains.org
The Oregon Health & Science University
is a national leader in neuroscience
research and clinical care,
and ranks in the top 1% among academic
institutions in the National
Institutes of Health support for basic
neuroscience research. The OHSU
Brain Institute (OBI) was established
in 2006 to build on this tremendous
strength in neurosciences.
OBI is among the top three institutions
in the nation for NIH-funded
neuroscience research projects. As
part of Oregon’s only academic medical
center, the OHSU Brain Institute
conducts the most complex and innovative
neuroscience research, and
translates that research into the best
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Over A Light Box
Students at the BODY
WORLDS exhibition
examine a series of
cross-sections of the
thoracic cavity preserved
by the slice Plastination
technique.
OMSI and OHSU
Educational Programs
About the OHSU Brain Institute
healthcare and community information
for all Oregonians.
OBI includes eight departments in
the School of Medicine and five research
institutes. It was organized to
advance understanding of the treatment
and prevention of nervous
system diseases by promoting interdisciplinary
research in basic and
clinical neurosciences. This enhances
OHSU's ability to conduct research,
provide world-class health care, and
tell the OHSU neuroscience story to
the public.
OBI's vision is to transform basic
neuroscience discoveries into new
treatments, bringing better health
care to Oregon and beyond.