OHSU's status as the only certified registered nurse anesthetist school in Oregon is mentioned in a Nurse.org article.

KGW-TV interviews an OHSU patient who is the first person in the world to receive a brain implant to effectively controls two conditions: epileptic seizures and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her surgeon, Ahmed Raslan, M.D., says: "It's pretty miraculous, to be honest with you, that we ended up where we are."

Research led by Jonathan Pruneda, Ph.D., details the steps taken to create a form of the common protein ubiquitin that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and breast cancer. Pruneda says this finding is “an important first step,” adding: “We’ll use this knowledge as a foundation or future research including exploring how bacterial take advantage of ubiquitin while infecting cells.”

Research led by Jonathan Pruneda, Ph.D., details the steps taken to create a form of the common protein ubiquitin that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and breast cancer. Pruneda says this finding is “an important first step,” adding: “We’ll use this knowledge as a foundation or future research including exploring how bacterial take advantage of ubiquitin while infecting cells.”

Research led by Jonathan Pruneda, Ph.D., details the steps taken to create a form of the common protein ubiquitin that has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and breast cancer. Pruneda says this finding is “an important first step,” adding: “We’ll use this knowledge as a foundation or future research including exploring how bacterial take advantage of ubiquitin while infecting cells.”

Legacy employees unionizing.

OPB publishes a documentary about the world’s first successful heart valve replacement surgery performed in 1960 at what’s now OHSU, featuring surgeon Albert Starr, M.D., and engineer Lowell Edwards.

Now in her mid-70s, scientist Svetlana Mojsov is finally getting recognition for her pivotal role in identifying and characterizing the active form of GLP-1, the hormone behind weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. Richard Goodman, Ph.D., who helped Mojsov decode the gene as a postdoc, says: "Her contributions were essential. Would it [GLP-1 research] have moved forward without Svetlana? No.”

A documentary from OPB-TV’s Oregon Experience explains how OHSU heart surgeon Albert Starr, M.D., collaborated with engineer M. Lowell Edwards to develop the first artificial heart valve in the 1950s.

The estate of George and Helene Ettelson gives an unprecedented gift of nearly $13 million to support cancer and dermatology research at OHSU. Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., says: “We are incredibly grateful for the continued support from the Ettelson family. This latest gift is the largest gift the department of dermatology has received.”