As part of the National Nurses Week events, research and and quality improvement measures by nurses at OHSU are highlighted in a poster contest. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU Healthcare's Interim Chief Medical Officer Michael Bonazzola, M.D. (center right) and OHSU Healthcare’s Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Dana Bjarnason, Ph.D., R.N., N.E.-B.C. (right) visit with a nursing staff at OHSU, May 8, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

OHSU's 2017 Nurse of the Year winners (left to right) Megan Borg, B.S.N., R.N.; Annie Stange, B.S.N., R.N.; Kelli Newcom, B.S.N., R.N.; Eleonor Guardipee, M.A.; Mercedes Wilson, B.S.N., M.A., R.N., C.E.N., S.A.N.E.-A.; Dana Bjarnason, Ph.D., R.N., N.E.-B.C.; Cynthia Perez, M.S.N., R.N., C.N.S., C.C.R.N.; Sean Freiss, B.S.N., R.N.; Debbie Burger, M.S.N., R.N.; Shannon Grey, B.S.N., R.N., C.C.R.N.; Bri Hanley, B.S.N., R.N., R.N.C.-N.I.C.; Staci Colovos, M.S.N., N.P., A.C.N.P.-B.C. Not pictured is Jennifer Johnson, B.S.N., R.N., R.N.C.-N.I.C. (OHSU/Jordan Sleeth)

OHSU Healthcare’s Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer Dana Bjarnason, Ph.D., R.N., N.E.-B.C. (left) hand delivers bags of popcorn to nurses throughout the hospital on May 8, 2017, a small token of the hospital's gratitude in observation of National Nurses Week at OHSU. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Zach Harris, M.B.A., F.A.C.H.E.(OHSU)

Andrew Watson, Ph.D., C.L.P.(OHSU)

Meghan Azad, Ph.D., of the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba will be the keynote speaker for Oregon Nutrition Day 2017, addressing fake sugars and how they contribute to obesity. (Supplied photo)

Ajit Jetmalani, M.D., is the Joseph Professor of psychiatry and head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, OHSU School of Medicine. (OHSU)

Elena Andresen, Ph.D. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Elena Andresen, Ph.D., has been appointed executive vice president and provost of OHSU, Oregon's academic health center. In these roles, Andresen will oversee the education mission for the schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Public Health, as well as other health care professional programs and initiatives. Her appointments are effective June 1, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)