Dr. Slayden is a co-Investigator and Scientific Director of the Oregon Permanent Contraception Research Center (OPERM). He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Biology from Sonoma State University, and earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Animal Science at Oregon State University. Dr. Slayden moved to the Center in1991 after being awarded a Reproductive Biology Training Fellowship through the Department of Physiology at OHSU.