In a Medscape Medical News story about a new survey of teen patients with cancer and their parents about parental access to children’s private health information, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, M.D., says, “more work needs to be done in balancing the perceived rights and the needs of parents accessing the medical records of their minor children.”

New OHSU research in nonhuman primates that suggests long COVID may be far more common in people than currently estimated. Charles Roberts, Ph.D., says, “The severity of your initial bout with COVID would not necessarily predict your chances of having long COVID down the road.”

SurgiVance Inc., a startup company in the diagnostic imaging device space, has been awarded a $2,245,000 National Cancer Institute Small Business Innovation Research Direct-to-Phase II grant. The grant includes subawards to Anna Bar, M.D., to conduct clinical studies targeting cancer at the cellular and molecular levels.

First Tech Federal Credit Union announces it has raised $2.1 million this year through its annual Credit Unions for Kids Northwest Classic golf tournament benefitting OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and other Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Dispatch Bio announces the launch of a project to engineer a universal treatment for solid cancerous tumors, including the fact that Lisa Coussens, M.D., Ph.D., FAACR, is part of the scientific advisory board.

Women We Admire names Claudia Aime, D.N.P., RN, among the top 50 women chief nursing officers of 2025.

Tradeline highlights the Robertson Life Sciences Building on OHSU’s South Waterfront Campus as an example of a hybrid research, clinical and education building catalyzing development in the surrounding area. Los Angeles architect Jonathan Kanda says, “Once an institution makes a commitment in an emerging area, it creates long-term civic and developmental confidence. Like-minded programs begin to aggregate around the institutional ‘keystone,’ and then housing, food and entertainment in the surrounding area take root.”

Story cites a 2023 study by OHSU and collaborating institutions that revealed formerly incarcerated Oregonians are 10 times more likely to experience an opioid overdose in their first two weeks out of prison.

Researchers identify a gene that plays a crucial role in the brain’s ability to form the protective layer around nerves known as myelin, potentially opening new doors to treatments for a rare childhood disorder and more common diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Swetha Murthy, Ph.D., says, “The hope is that if we understand how this gene facilitates myelination, then we can develop therapies that restore or promote myelin formation — not just for this rare disorder, but also for diseases like multiple sclerosis.”

The Lund Report covers some National Institutes of Health grants being reinstated to many academic institutions, including OHSU, following a lawsuit filed by Democratic-leaning states. Bonnie Nagel, Ph.D., says, “It's really going to allow us to do the critical science that's so important for both OHSU and for all of science, really.”