Catherine Hough, MD, MSc, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Her clinical and scientific expertise focuses on improving outcomes of patients with critical illness and injury. She is active in epidemiologic research, clinical trials, and implementation science, both during and after critical care.

Dr. Hough has served as Principal Investigator (PI) for the NIH NHLBI Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Trials Network and the current NIH NHLBI Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) Network, with over 10 years of experience with these networks. She has had NIH funding since 2004 to conduct prospective observational and interventional studies in the ICU and post-ICU setting, including ongoing U01/R01 funded projects as multiple PI. She leads a mature and successful research program with a track record of high-quality and successful clinical trials conducted in the intensive care unit and post-ICU. She has been locally and nationally recognized for her mentorship, including her current NHLBI K24 award that has given her the opportunity for further training and protected time to allow stabilization and further growth of her mentoring and leadership in clinical research at OHSU and beyond. Dr. Hough is engaged in multiple research training programs at OHSU, including roles of PI of the OHSU CTSA-funded KL2 program and Executive Committee member of OHSU’s NHLBI-funded Pulmonary T32. She has also served as a standing member of NHLBI’s Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Study Section (MPOR), and on the advisory committees of multiple T32’s (Universities of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania).