Valerie Clappison, M.D., became the first Oregonian to receive a wireless, dual-chamber pacemaker on Feb. 28 at OHSU. After receiving the pacemaker, Clappison says she has “been able to do pretty much anything I wanted to do exercise-wise.”

In a two-part series, Jon Snowden, Ph.D., and Paul Halverson, Dr.P.H., M.H.S.A., discuss the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health’s efforts to advance public health and educate the next generation of public health providers.

Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., discusses the Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue initiative, which seeks to better understand and find solitons to prevent gun injuries and death.

Optical coherence tomography co-inventor David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., is among the 2024 Oregon History Makers being recognized by the Oregon Historical Society.

While discussing Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill, Alison Edelman, M.D., says the progestin-only contraceptive medication is “incredibly safe,” adding: “It’s safer than having access over the counter to Tylenol.”

In a story about how growing research into male contraception may also advance contraception for women, Jefferey Jensen, M.D., says his team has had to pause some female contraceptive projects due to insufficient funding.

In a story about the safety of hormonal contraception like birth control pills and intrauterine devices, Jeffrey Jensen, M.D., says: “They’re wonderful products, yet we maintain a cultural belief that somehow hormones are bad. That’s, in my opinion, simply not true.”

In a Futurum article outlining how wearable tech can help combat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, Fay Horak, Ph.D., says: "Freezing is a common reason for falls. In fact, Parkinson's disease is responsible for more falls than any other chronic disease.”

CEO World lists OHSU among the Best Medical Schools in the world for 2024.

CEO World lists OHSU among the "Best universities in the world."