Dr. Kent L. Thornburg Speaks at Friendsview

Dr. Kent ThornburgAt a recent education class offered at Friendsview residents’ fill the auditorium to listen to Kent L. Thornburg, Ph.D. Director, Heart Research Center  at  OHSU M. Lowell Edwards Chair of Research in Clinical  Cardiology.

Dr Thornburg has been the director of the Heart Research  Center at OHSU since its inception in 1994.

Dr. Thornburg’s primary research interest is Fetal Origins of Adult Disease, the study of how human development before birth is vital in predicting the likelihood of developing diseases such as heart disease, type II diabetes, and osteoporosis.

Dr. Thornburg is also the son of Friendsview residents’ Hubert and Vivian Thornburg.

 


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