While the ability to call emergency 9-1-1 medical assistance in the United States has only been around since the 1960s, today paramedics are an integral part of our country’s emergency health care system. Last month, an additional 29 highly trained paramedics earned their degrees at one of the state’s most highly regarded programs, offered jointly by Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

Immunovia AB and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) formed a collaboration to confirm, validate and commercialize a blood test for the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. The test called IMMray™ PanCan-d analyses a patient’s immune system for early signs of disease. The collaboration will also enable researchers to explore biomarkers for a number of other cancer types.

The Oregon Office of Rural Health at OHSU will host the 32nd Annual Oregon Rural Health Conference, “Statewide Challenges – Local Solutions."

OHSU invites the public to safely and responsibly dispose of unused or expired prescription medications as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take-Back Initiative, which aims to provide a safe, convenient, and ...

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, in conjunction with University of Washington School of Medicine and University of British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Centre, is hosting the 15th annual NW Prostate Cancer Conference. The region’s ...

The following is an excerpt of the Aug. 19, 2015, Directline from the President’s Office. A little more than two years ago, OHSU and Intel joined forces to combine next-generation computing platforms with our unique capabilities in biomedical ...

Tuality Healthcare and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to pursue an affiliation that would integrate Tuality’s clinical enterprise with OHSU’s health care enterprise. If a final agreement is reached, Tuality’s clinical operations will be managed by OHSU, under the strategic direction of a recently announced management company called OHSU Partners.