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Overdose Awareness Event at OHSU

May 27, 2026

Project IMPACT team members connect with the community during an OHSU Overdose Awareness event outside MacKenzie Hall, raising awareness and promoting overdose prevention to reduce harm and save lives. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Naloxone Available at OHSU Pharmacies

May 27, 2026

Boxes of Naloxone at OHSU Pharmacy. Naloxone, a medication used to reverse opioid overdose and available without a prescription at OHSU pharmacies, as part of efforts to expand access and reduce drug-related harm. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Project Impact at OHSU

May 27, 2026

OHSU’s IMPACT program brings together peers, social workers, physicians and addiction medicine specialists to engage hospitalized patients with substance use disorders, offering connection, treatment support and pathways to recovery. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Oregon firearm injury chart

May 27, 2026

OHSU researchers are applying a public health approach to reduce firearm injuries and deaths by tracking evidence, developing multifaceted prevention strategies and evaluating outcomes. The work, led by Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., supports the development of OHSU’s Gun Violence Prevention Research Center. (OHSU)

Stop the Bleed

May 27, 2026

Participants practice dressing wounds and applying tourniquets during a Stop the Bleed training at OHSU, building life-saving skills to control severe bleeding from injuries such as gun violence or motor vehicle crashes. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Stop the Bleed

May 27, 2026

Participants practice dressing wounds and applying tourniquets during a Stop the Bleed training at OHSU, building life-saving skills to control severe bleeding from injuries such as gun violence or motor vehicle crashes. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Stop the Bleed

May 27, 2026

Heather Wong, R.N., administrative director of the trauma program at OHSU, leads a Stop the Bleed training at OHSU, teaching life-saving techniques to control severe bleeding from injuries such as gun violence or motor vehicle crashes as part of efforts to expand inclusive, community-focused care. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Gun Violence Panel

May 27, 2026

OHSU hosted a roundtable on Oct. 4, 2023, at the BICC Gallery, bringing together medical experts, law enforcement and people with lived experience to raise awareness and advance a multipronged approach to reducing gun violence, injury and death. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Gun Violence Panel

May 27, 2026

OHSU hosted a roundtable on Oct. 4, 2023, at the BICC Gallery, bringing together medical experts, law enforcement and people with lived experience to raise awareness and advance a multipronged approach to reducing gun violence, injury and death. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Trauma and Gun Violence

May 27, 2026

OHSU partners with Healing Hurt People to help break cycles of violence by providing rapid-response counseling to victims of community violence within four hours of arrival at OHSU Hospital. On-call counselors engage patients and families to support recovery and reduce the risk of retaliation. The program serves people ages 10 to 35. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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