The Lund Report covers a new round of federal funding distributed by the Oregon Health Authority to improve health care and technology access in rural areas, including programs to support OHSU’s Oregon Rural Practice-based Network to train community health workers and caregivers in chronic disease management and adverse childhood events.

A newly published study conducted by Amanda Clark, M.D., and colleagues about a telementoring program to improve the treatment of menopause in rural and under-resourced areas.

Oncology Data Advisor covers a recent symposium hosted by OHSU in honor of International Women’s Day. Katelyn Byrne, Ph.D., discusses her experience being a woman in the field of cancer research: she says, “I have been able to train with many women throughout my career, and I know that many of them did not have women mentors when they were training … I also learned a lot about how differently men and women are treated in the research community … We can give women researchers choices that weren't always available.”

OHSU researchers have uncovered a key reason why immunotherapy has largely failed in pancreatic cancer -- and identified a promising strategy to overcome that resistance. Katelyn Byrne, Ph.D., says, “This approach could make resistant tumors more permissive, meaning they could respond to immunotherapy when they previously didn’t."

The Daily Mail covers a viewpoint co-authored by Eric Fombonne, Ph.D., in JAMA Pediatrics warning against overdiagnosis of autism: “There is a risk of attributing all the child’s troubles to autism, as opposed to, say, a circumstance, thereby reinforcing one’s concept of the child. This does not allow a child to develop their full capacity.”

Eric Fombonne, Ph.D., in JAMA Pediatrics, warning against overdiagnosis of autism: “There is a risk of attributing all the child’s troubles to autism, as opposed to, say, a circumstance, thereby reinforcing one’s concept of the child. This does not allow a child to develop their full capacity.”

In a Healthcare Innovation story about OHSU’s Oregon Rural Practice-Based Research Network, Melinda Davis, Ph.D., says, “Since 2019 we’ve worked with over 400 primary care clinics. That’s about half of the primary care clinics in the state."

NPR reports on misconceptions about head lice and the most up-to-date recommendations for treatment from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dawn Nolt, M.D., says, “People really get very nervous, but what I'm trying to say is that this can be somewhat inevitable. Take a breath and know that there are ways to treat this.”

Melissa Wong, Ph.D., is among the grant award recipients highlighted by the American Cancer Society, in this case to provide critical seed funding to help launch new cancer research projects during a time of increasing competition for federal support.