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Visit to MedCure – and brains!
July 12, 2017 @ 8:45 am - 9:30 am
WHAT: Meet with surgical lab technicians at Medcure/Brain donation
WHERE: Medcure, 18111 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97230
WHEN: Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 8:45 – 9:30am
MedCure is an Oregon company that connects people donating their bodies to science with doctors learning to successfully perform surgical procedures, and researchers developing medical devices. It was founded in 2006, and has a state of the art surgical training center on Sandy Boulevard…
LEARN MORE: MedCure expanding in Gresham as whole-body donation business flourishes
NW Noggin requested and was granted two human brains for outreach! We are hugely excited to develop this partnership, and are invited by April Jenkins, the Surgical Courses Operations Manager for MedCure, to visit and meet briefly with their talented and knowledgeable lab technicians on Wednesday, July 12th…
Space is limited, and preference is given to frequent volunteers. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn about body donation, anatomy (including neuroanatomy), and potential career opportunities related to science and medical research.
Please RSVP to Bill Griesar (bgriesar@nwnoggin.org) and Jeff Leake (jleake@pdx.edu)
Participants
Christina Williams, Noggin Resource Council member
Leota Wolford, PSU
Sulema Rodriguez, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Aliese Poole, PSU
Jacob Schoen, PSU/Noggin Resource Council member/ONPRC
Travis Christian, PSU
Alison Mack, PSU
John Harkness, Noggin Brain Board member
Kim Engeln, OHSU
Heather Hamilton, PSU/NIH BUILD EXITO
Binyam Nardos, OHSU
Ruth Marigomen, WSUV
Jessica Patching-Bunch, Noggin Resource Council member
Sam Carpenter, OHSU