Program Overview

ORCCAMIND Academics and Training

The Oregon Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Neurological Disorders (ORCCAMIND) offers a T32 institutional training grant, "CAM Research Training in Neuroscience and Stress," from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).

CAM Research Training

The training program provides funding for postdoctoral fellows with an interest in complementary/integrative medicine and either neurology or stress, including oxidative
itrative and toxicologic stress. Research may encompass mind-body or natural product interventions. Studies to date have examined botanicals, mindfulness-based stress reduction, yoga, chiropractic manipulation, and acupuncture in preclinical, translational, and clinical studies. Current research projects relate to mind-body interventions and psychological stress and studies examining neurologically active botanicals and dietary supplements.

Eligibility

T32 postdoc applicants must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment.

Mentoring Resources

The program offers various mentoring resources, including:

• OHSU Mentorship Program
• Individual Mentoring Plan
• Individual Development Plan from the AAAS-sponsored, Burroughs Welcome Fund, UCSF, Medical College of Wisconsin, and FASEB
• American Psychological Association: Centering on Mentoring
• University of Wisconsin, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research mentorship resources

Mentors

There are many potential mentors at OHSU, dependent upon the interests of the applicant. All applicants must select a mentor/co-mentor. Primary mentors should have externally funded research, a history of prior mentorship, and a history of CAM research. If the mentor selected does not have this level of experience in all areas, a co-mentor with experience in the other areas that are lacking will need to be established.

List of Mentors

The following is a list of potential mentors:

• Raina Croff, PhD, Assistant Professor, Aging & Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Neurology Department, OHSU
• Alexandra Dimitrova, MD, MCR, Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology, OHSU
• Adrian Gombart, PhD, Linus Pauling Institute, OSU
• Alice Graham, PhD, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry Departments, OHSU
• Nora Gray, PhD, Neurology Department, OHSU
• Emily Ho, PhD, Linus Pauling Institute, OSU
• Fay Horak, PhD, Neurology Dept, OHSU
• Jeanette "Jeni" Johnstone, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, OHSU
• Jeffrey Kaye, MD, Neurology Department, OHSU
• Doris Kretzschmar, PhD, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Science and Molecular and Medical Genetics, OHSU
• Miranda M. Lim, MD, PhD, Neurology, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Medicine Departments, and Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU; VA Portland Health Care System
• Kristen Mackiewicz Seghete, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, OHSU
• Anusha Mishra, PhD, Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, Neurology Department, OHSU
• Suzanne Mitchell, PhD, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry Departments, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU
• Cynthia Morris, PhD, MPH, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology Department, OHSU
• Barry Oken, MD, PhD, Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience Departments, OHSU
• Joseph Quinn, MD, Neurology Department, OHSU
• Lynne Shinto, ND, MPH, Neurology Department, Center for Women's Health, OHSU
• Lisa Silbert, MD, MCR, Professor, Department of Neurology, OHSU
• Amala Soumyanath, B.Pharm, PhD, Neurology Department, OHSU
• Fred Stevens, PhD, Linus Pauling Institute, OSU
• Elinor Sullivan, PhD, Psychiatry Department, OHSU
• Vivek Unni, MD, PhD, Dept of Neurology, Parkinson's & Movement Disorders, OHSU
• Anna Wilson, PhD, Dept of Pediatrics, OHSU
• Heather Zwickey, PhD, Helfgott Research Institute, National University of Natural Medicine

T32 Executive Committee

The T32 Executive Committee consists of:

• Barry Oken, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
• Amala Soumyanath, B.Pharm., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, OHSU
• Emily Ho, Ph.D., Director of the Linus Pauling Institute, Co-Director of the Center for Healthy Aging Research, OSU
• Joseph Quinn, M.D., Professor, Department of Neurology, OHSU
• Heather Zwickey, Ph.D., Director, Helfgott Research Institute; Research Dean and Professor of Immunology, National University of Natural Medicine