OHSU will receive $250,000 from the state Opioid Settlement Board to provide technical assistance for addiction treatment in jails. Dan Hoover, M.D., says, “There’s a culture change that we get to influence in jails … and a continual interchange of understanding that’s built.”

OHSU will receive $250,000 from the state Opioid Settlement Board to provide technical assistance for addiction treatment in jails. Dan Hoover, M.D., says, “There’s a culture change that we get to influence in jails … and a continual interchange of understanding that’s built.”

Jamie Lo, M.D., co-authors an editorial regarding a retrospective study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that suggests greater risk of preeclampsia, other adverse maternal health outcomes when pregnant people use cannabis. She and her colleague at Texas Southwestern Medical say: " ... the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends not using cannabis during pregnancy, though a growing number of women use cannabis to alleviate pregnancy symptoms."

Jamie Lo, M.D., co-authors editorial to accompany a retrospective study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that suggests greater risk of preeclampsia, other adverse maternal health outcomes when pregnant people use cannabis. She and his colleague at Texas Southwestern Medical say: " ... the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends not using cannabis during pregnancy, though a growing number of women use cannabis to alleviate pregnancy symptoms."

A study led by Eric Orwoll, M.D., finds osteoporosis treatment reduces the risk for hip fractures for older men as well as it does for older women.

OHSU-led research reveals a promising approach to developing a universal influenza vaccine, a platform that also could be useful against the next pandemic. Jonah Sacha, M.D., says, “For viruses of pandemic potential, it’s critical to have something like this. We set out to test influenza, but we don’t know what’s going to come next.”

The Times of London is among the news outlets to cover OHSU-led research that reveals a promising approach to developing a universal influenza vaccine, a platform that also could be useful against the next pandemic. Jonah Sacha, M.D., says, “For viruses of pandemic potential, it’s critical to have something like this. We set out to test influenza, but we don’t know what’s going to come next.”

In a Portland Tribune story about anxiety around national news, Gen Tanaka, M.D., says, “We don’t really talk about ‘community anxiety.’ But ‘shared trauma’ is real. And we share a lot right now.”

GRAIL announces the completion of the Pathfinder 2 study, which enrolled more than 35,000 study participants to evaluate the Galleri® multi-cancer early detection, or MCED, test at more than 30 health care institutions, including the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.

OPB Think Out Loud interviews Lauren Denneson, Ph.D., about her recent study focusing on the differences between male and female veterans who have attempted suicide. It was the first national study to focus on veterans’ symptoms over time and examine differences between genders in risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Denneson says, "Across our qualitative and quantitative data, women veterans did not receive as much social support as men. Men reported they had spouses, children, neighbors rallying around them in a way that women didn’t. In fact, when women tried to seek social support from a spouse, family member or friend, frequently those people were not only not supportive, but retraumatized them.”