In a Medscape story about helping patients to manage pain during gynecologic procedures, Lisa Bayer, M.D., says, “Part of it is just creating a really safe environment of trust as a medical provider.”

WIRED magazine covers the case of an OHSU patient who is the first in the world to benefit from a single stimulator implanted in the brain to effectively control two life-altering conditions: seizures caused by epilepsy and compulsive behavior caused by obsessive-compulsive disorder. Ahmed Raslan, M.D., says, “It was an area that could be targeted with the same electrode.”

Klaus Früh, Ph.D., discusses his research on cytomegalovirus-vectored vaccines for HIV on Microbe TV’s This Week in Virology.

As fall weather sets in, the Oregon Poison Center at OHSU reminds people about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Rob Hendrickson, M.D., says, “This is the perfect time to check your battery-operated carbon monoxide detector or install one on every level of your home if you haven’t already done so.”

In a GI & Hepatology News story about two new multitarget stool tests for colorectal cancer, David Lieberman, M.D., says, “The consistent performance across all age groups for whom screening is recommended is a key finding and was totally unknown” before the study.

The Cancer Letter highlights the recruitment of Shelley Tworoger, Ph.D., as the new head of the division of oncological sciences in the OHSU School of Medicine and associate director for population sciences at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.

Virginia Commonwealth University profiles Thérèse “Tess” Weidenkopf, who spent 10 weeks at OHSU studying neurosurgery as the 2023 recipient of OHSU’s Campagna Scholarship. She says, “There’s just so much we still don’t know about the brain, which is fascinating and allows for so much creativity.”

Featuring six new kid-designed projects themed around each patient’s journey and personality.

The Nike x Doernbecher Freestyle XIX Collection is officially set to release on December 2, 2023! Nike Officially Unveils The Doernbecher Freestyle XIX Collection.

OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital unveils designers of 19th annual Freestyle fundraiser.