How does Narcan save a life?

Post by Natalie Partipilo, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Natalie is a Northwest Noggin outreach volunteer, BUILD EXITO scholar and a clinical researcher at Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).  When I arrived at Oregon City…

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Voices of Two Worlds: Delving into Mandarin-English Bilingualism

Post by Amy Lin, undergraduate in Public Health Studies: Pre-Clinical Health Sciences pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Getting into research I knew that I was interested in medicine and biomedical science at a young age. Growing up, I attended many medical summer camps that fed into my interests. Although many people…

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Did school kill my brain?

Post by Andy Ng, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Andy is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. On average, a young citizen of the United States spends 180 days a year at school, for at least 6 hours a day. From 1st to 12th grade,…

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The Science of Sociability

Post by Regina Warila, undergraduate in Psychology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Regina is a welcome and regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin. Growing Up Takes Time Participating with Northwest Noggin during my final term as a Psychology undergraduate at Portland State University presented me with many questions, the majority of…

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When a Western Blot Goes SOUTH

Post by Olivia Monestime, undergraduate in Biology pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Olivia is a BUILD EXITO scholar working in Dr. Nora Gray‘s research lab at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center. Am I a scientist? I wasn’t obsessed with science as a kid. The only…

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Psychedelics & Outreach

Our Oregon/Southwest Washington Society for Neuroscience Chapter Meeting is BACK! We happily returned to the McMenamin’s Edgefield for two days of in person research discussions, poster presentations, and a deep dive into the need for more accessible community engagement, participation and outreach. LEARN MORE: Northwest Noggin @ Society for Neuroscience…

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A Lit Review of Cannabis Vaping for Pain

Post by Asha Powell-Stormberg, undergraduate in Science pursuing an Interdisciplinary Neuroscience minor at Portland State University. Asha is a regular contributor to outreach visits through Northwest Noggin, and is currently interning in Dr. Adie Rae Wilson-Poe’s cannabinoid research lab at Legacy Research Institute. I am a senior at Portland State University about to graduate in June. For the last few…

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Pre-K, Fish and Logger Lobes!

Our all-volunteer Northwest Noggineers hit the road this spring, leaving busy labs and lecture halls for the wet and stormy mouth of the Columbia River, to learn from bar pilots, cardiologists, graduate students in neuroscience, curious pre-K kids and hundreds of engaged 9th – 12th graders with challenging questions from…

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