Bike Portland reports on the two-week road closure at the western entrance to the Marquam Hill campus.

Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., is elected to the National Academies of Science, earning one of the highest honors in the field of science and research. Brian Druker, M.D., says: “It is gratifying to see Dr. Coussens’ scientific achievements and seminal work on the immune system’s role in cancer garner this well-deserved international recognition.”

The NPR program "Undark "explores challenges to developing a treatment for nodding syndrome, a neurological disease for which the cause has not yet been conclusively identified. Peter Spencer, Ph.D., says, "What is the cause? We do not know. Not just 'we' in my laboratory, but nobody knows what the cause is."

The NPR program "Undark "explores challenges to developing a treatment for nodding syndrome, a neurological disease for which the cause has not yet been conclusively identified. Peter Spencer, Ph.D., says, "What is the cause? We do not know. Not just 'we' in my laboratory, but nobody knows what the cause is."

As alarm bells sound around behavioral health needs, OHSU and partners have launched the first phase of the OBCC, an information coordination effort that will make the most of existing resources. Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., says, “OBCC will ensure clinicians have a full picture of available resources as they work to help someone in mental health crisis. These coordination efforts are an important investment for the health of Oregonians."

As alarm bells sound around behavioral health needs, OHSU and partners have launched the first phase of the OBCC, an information coordination effort that will make the most of existing resources. Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., says, “OBCC will ensure clinicians have a full picture of available resources as they work to help someone in mental health crisis. These coordination efforts are an important investment for the health of Oregonians."

In a The Washington Post article that explores how parents can navigate conversations about marijuana with their kids, Adrienne Hughes, M.D., shares insight on the drastic changes in adolescent cannabis abuse, citing an OHSU-led study that identified an increase of 245% since 2000.

The work of nurse-scientist Quin Denfeld, Ph.D., is profiled as part of OHSU Research Week. Denfeld says, “We don’t entirely know what to do with frailty. We know that it’s common and that it can predict outcomes such as hospitalization, poor quality of life and death. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions."

The Idaho Statesman reports that "an Idaho neighbor" is stockpiling the medication abortion drug mifepristone, even as in Idaho, the state government has outlawed abortion in nearly all cases and is the first state to pass a law making it illegal to help a minor travel to another state for an abortion without parental consent. OHSU procured 22,500 doses for the state of Oregon.

In a story about the changing landscape of teen marijuana use, Adrienne Hughes, M.D., discusses her findings that teen cannabis abuse has increased 245% in the U.S. since 2000: "The dramatic rise in adolescent cannabis use in 2017 really does coincide with the wave of decriminalization in the country," she says. Beyond rendering the drug more accessible, legalization has also "contributed to the perception that it's safe."