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)

Nina Lamble, M.D. was recently awarded the President’s Distinction Diversity and Inclusion Award during the annual OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony for standing up when she overheard workers disparaging a transgender person. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Damien Fair, Ph.D., P.A.-C., was awarded the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Award at the OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony, June 12, 2017 at the OHSU Auditorium. (OHSU/Jordan Sleeth)

Nina Lamble., M.D. receives the President's Distinction Diversity and Inclusion Award at the OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony, June 12, 2017 at the OHSU Auditorium. (OHSU/Jordan Sleeth)

OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony, hosted by the OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion, June 12, 2017 at the OHSU Auditorium. (OHSU/Jordan Sleeth)

Nina Lamble, M.D. was recently awarded the President’s Distinction Diversity and Inclusion Award during the annual OHSU Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony for standing up when she overheard workers disparaging a transgender person. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Taylor Jennison, 17, has had type 1 diabetes since she was four years old. She is learning to manage her disease with the help of the Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare, or NICH program, which aims to improve the health and care of youth whose medical needs are compounded by social problems. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Taylor Jennison earned a pair of shoes by regularly monitoring her diabetes as part of the Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare, or NICH program, which aims to improve the health and care of youth whose medical needs are compounded by social problems. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Taylor Jennison, 17, (left) has had type 1 diabetes since she was four years old. She is learning to manage her disease with the help of the Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare, or NICH program. Ingrid Gomez (right) is Jennison's "interventionist" through the NICH program. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Tina Nguyen (left) gives Taylor Jennison, 17, (center) a pedicure while Jennison chats with Ingrid Gomez at Zen Nails in Portland, June 13, 2017. Jennison earned the pedicure for managing her diabetes, part of an incentive program through the Children’s Healthcare, or NICH program. Gomez is  an interventionist with NICH, and available to Jennison 24-7 to support her health management. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)