The Ophthalmologist publishes an essay by David Huang, M.D., Ph.D., that describes how finding the right research partners has helped him successfully commercialize optical coherence tomography and other eye-imaging technology.

Labroots covers research led by Adrienne Hughes, M.D., finding that cannabis use among adolescents has increased 245% since the year 2000.

A Dec. 16 Oregon Health & Science University forecast predicts COVID-19 hospitalizations will fall before starting to level off in February and March.

OHSU is receiving an $800,000 federal appropriation to better coordinate Oregon’s behavioral health services through the creation of a real-time capacity visibility tool called the Oregon Behavioral Health Coordination Center. Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., says: “We are working with unprecedented collaboration in order to better connect Oregon’s fragmented and under-resourced behavioral health services, improve access for Oregonians, and support providers at every level of care.”

Cryo-electron microscopy research led by Eric Gouaux, Ph.D., that revealed the molecular machinery by which hearing occurs in the inner ear, is included in OPB’s roundup of top science news for December.

The Oregon Poison Center warns against the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning when people use alternative heat sources during winter weather and power outages. Rob Hendrickson, M.D., says: “If you need to use a generator or alternative cooking source, it is extremely important to place them outside, well away from windows, doors and ventilation systems.”

Avi Gupta, a former Jeopardy! Teen Tournament champion who raised money for pancreatic cancer research at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute in honor of Alex Trebek, will participate in the game show’s High School Reunion Tournament in February 2023.

Oregonian Editor Therese Bottomly describes how the Portland community supported Pamela Kolden, who had cerebral palsy and died in July 2022, including how OHSU speech pathologists helped her connect with the world despite not being able to talk.

In a story about an Oregon woman’s life-saving decision to donate one of her kidneys to a stranger in 2008, Sheryl Williams, B.S.N., RN, says: “What a donation means to people on the receiving end has an impact that most people can’t imagine. It gives you hope and a future you could not have planned for previously. There are no words to describe how grateful you are.”

A 14-year-old Lebanon teen who has received care for metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital enjoys the holidays with his family.