Becker’s ASC Review reports OHSU is ranked 13th in funding from the National Institutes of Health among 62 ophthalmology departments at universities and medical schools nationwide.

KOIN-TV reports the Oregon Legislature struck down a proposal to restrict THC levels in cannabis edibles to protect children. In written testimony, Rob Hendrickson, M.D., says the state sees more than 120 cases of pediatric cannabis poisonings annually, citing the case of a toddler eating THC-infused muffins: “We put a tube into her throat and put her on a ventilator, and she was maintained on life support for the next 36 hours.”

Willamette Week reports the Oregon Legislature preserved funding for medical residencies and fellowships due to an improved state revenue forecast. OHSU spokeswoman Sara Hottman says, “Cuts turned out to be very minor and fortunately [graduate medical education] was not impacted.”

The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation announces recipients of grants advancing childhood cancer research, including Anupriya Agarwal, M.D., for developing intervention and prevention strategies for RUNX1-mutated leukemia.

Anew city art trail in downtown Portland with crow sculptures will be auctioned to benefit Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Anew city art trail in downtown Portland with crow sculptures will be auctioned to benefit Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

The Hearing Health Foundation publishes an article featuring a summer undergraduate internship in the OHSU lab of Lina Reiss, Ph.D.

Co-author Jonathan Purnell, M.D., says, “Our hope is that it will be used to help with informed decision making with patients that will achieve three key messages: that this is a chronic medical condition, not a failure of willpower, that the obesity medications are safe and effective, and that improvement of health is part of the goal, along with improvement in quality of life.”

Medscape covers new clinical guidance from three medical associations. Co-author Jonathan Purnell, M.D., says, “Our hope is that it will be used to help with informed decision making with patients that will achieve three key messages: that this is a chronic medical condition, not a failure of willpower, that the obesity medications are safe and effective, and that improvement of health is part of the goal, along with improvement in quality of life.”

GE Healthcare announces it will showcase innovations in health care during the annual Health Information and Management Systems Society conference in Las Vegas, including an OHSU enterprise framework for scaling handheld ultrasound.