OHSU’s primate research center has faced persistent opposition from animal rights groups for decades. Recently, activists have turned up the heat.

The Oregon National Primate Research Center has a rather non-descript entrance. There’s an apartment complex on one side and a mini-storage facility on the other.

Gomberg, a longtime critic of the primate center, said the facility is poised to become a liability because the Trump administration is cutting back on animal research for drug safety. Almost all ...

Advocates showed up at the State Capitol to urge officials to shut down the primate research center ran by OHSU. May 13, 2025, Salem, Ore., pictures courtesy of PETA ...

Public testimony from scientific experts, citizens, and Rep. David Gomberg at a hearing in the Oregon State Legislature on May 13, 2025, overwhelmingly called for adding an amendment to Senate Bill ...

OHSU takes public stance against calls to close primate research center by: Jashayla Pettigrew Posted: May 1, 2025 / 06:01 PM PDT Updated: May 1, 2025 / 06:01 PM PDT ...

A Washington D.C.-based nonprofit is asking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to immediately defund alcohol and cannabis experiments at the Oregon National Primate Research Center ...

As Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek presses Oregon Health & Science University to shutter its primate research center in Hillsboro, the public university argues that closing it down would come at far too ...

Two views on whether OHSU should close its primate research center from the head of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and from OHSU and the Oregon National Primate Research Center.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers at a controversial research center in Washington County rallied together in support of the work they do at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at the ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has asked leaders at the Oregon Health & Science University to shut down its nationally renowned primate research center, joining a yearslong push by animal rights activists.

Closing the center would deal a blow to OHSU’s research funding, already imperiled by the Trump administration, which has tried to slash grants from the National Institutes of Health.