Ana Quiñones, Ph.D., is named co-director of the AGING Initiative, a $2.8 million grant from the NIH to advance a national research agenda focused on older adults with multiple chronic conditions. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., founding director of the Knight Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub and professor in the OHSU Division of Oncological Sciences, has helped develop a method to engineer artificial blood vessels that can support tooth regeneration. The approach could transform future root canal treatments by restoring living tissue instead of removing it. (OHSU)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., is the principal investigator on a $3.5 million NIH grant to study head and neck cancer, specifically oral squamous cell carcinoma. Here, a device called "tooth-on-a-chip" is allowing researchers from Bertassoni's lab to observe how teeth interact with reconstruction materials and bacteria. (OHSU)

La imagen muestra el modelo de diente en chip en un entorno azul oscuro, con tejidos que brillan en rosa. Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., es el investigador principal de una beca de 3.5 millones de dólares de los NIH para estudiar el cáncer de cabeza y cuello, específicamente el carcinoma oral de células escamosas. En la imagen, un dispositivo llamado "diente en chip" permite a los investigadores del laboratorio de Bertassoni observar cómo interactúan los dientes con los materiales de reconstrucción y las bacterias. (OHSU)

OHSU scientist Laura Heiser, Ph.D., is applying a systems biology approach to uncloak cancer’s complexity and grasp how the multitude of parts work together, evolve and adapt. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)