Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D., joins the Nuvectis Pharma scientific advisory board.

A story about Providence, Legacy and PeaceHealth alleging the Oregon Health Authority forces them to provide long-term care for civilly committed patients notes OHSU, Legacy and Kaiser Permanente jointly operate the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, which is the only psychiatric facility in the state where every patient who walks through the door receives care.

In an article on ferritin –- a protein that stores and releases iron and is essential for producing red blood cells -- Thomas DeLoughery, M.D., says: “Ferritin is the bricks for the warehouse of iron. A little bit of ferritin leaks out to the tissues and that’s proportional to how much iron stores you have in your body.”

OHSU’s statewide COVID-19 forecast is mentioned in a story about the current state of the pandemic and the potential for a “twin-demic” involving large numbers of COVID-19 and flu cases.

Flavio Rocha, M.D., gives a video interview to OncLive on staging biliary tract cancers and says: “We know cancers don’t grow in 1 dimension; they grow in 3 dimensions.”

A study by Shannon Sweeney, Ph.D., found primary care clinics undergoing organizational change are more likely to be successful if they practice strategies such as adapting recommended processes to their own needs, addressing resistance to organizational change and encouraging critical thinking.

In a story about Oregon Measure 110, which decriminalized possessing small amounts of drugs and directs police to write $100 tickets for possession that can be waived if recipients call a substance abuse hotline, Todd Korthuis, M.D., says: "Only 1% of those issued a ticket for drug possession requested information about treatment resources. In my discussions with treatment leaders around the state, not one has had any patient enroll in treatment due to these tickets."

Elizabeth Eckstrom, M.D., discusses how older adults can stay active in retirement: "Older adults who maintain purpose have a more successful aging trajectory. In the U.S., for a lot of people, work is what they do. They don’t have a lot of hobbies. Those who have had a lot of hobbies are much more successful in retirement"

Owen McCarty, Ph.D., is among three local leaders raising funds for the American Heart Association’s national efforts to advance cardiovascular health for all, including removing barriers to equitable health care access.

An international research study led by Alison Edelman, M.D., builds on prior work that first identified an association between COVID-19 vaccines and menstrual cycle changes. She says: “Menstruation is woefully understudied, which is troubling considering it is a key indicator of fertility and overall health. We hope our findings further validate what so many individuals reported experiencing and allow health care professionals to provide patients with better care and clinical recommendations."