The Northeast Area Health Education Center based at Eastern Oregon University fears a loss of federal funding that could jeopardize programing that encourages people in Eastern and Central Oregon to consider careers in health care. Melissent Zumwalt says the loss of federal money “would have devastating consequences for Oregon’s health are workforce, especially in rural and underserved communizes already facing severe shortages.”

A KATU-TV story that highlights advocates for addiction recovery gathering in downtown Portland to urge Oregon legislators to address the state's addiction crisis by funding essential services mentions an OHSU gap study that found the state lacks 49% of the infrastructure needed to end the addiction crisis.

Deborah Cohen, Ph.D., is interviewed by Medics Voices about communication in medicine: “The idea is that the way people interact and communicate really are the building blocks of social life and that you can see the actions and work people do by taking a close look at the way they talk with each other.”

Diverse Issues in Higher Education covers a new report that reveals disruptions in federal funding have destabilized the foundation of academic public health nationwide, including potential impacts at OHSU.

In a story about ongoing efforts to better define long COVID, Healio cites research co-authored by Kevin Winthrop, M.D.

Becker’s Hospital Review profiles five mission control centers used by hospital systems across the country, including the one based at OHSU serving the entire state. Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., says, “Trust is the ‘secret sauce.’ We’ve built credibility so that when anyone in the system needs reliable capacity data, they turn to us. We provide the same unbiased view to all service lines and ensure consistency.”

OPB-Radio cites a report by the OHSU Gun Violence Prevention Research Center in a story about the state senate narrowly approving legislation to restrict certain aspects of firearms.

Jane Zhu, M.D., is named among 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine nationwide by the National Academy of Medicine.

The Oregonian covers debate over proposed legislation that would narrow the criteria for when restraining a child qualifies as potential child abuse. Ajit Jetmalani, M.D., says current law undermines their ability to do their jobs well. He says, “The cascading impact of this is demoralization of staff, staff turnover, closing of programs, and for programs who are left, avoidance of youth who have aggression as a symptom.”

OHSU will use $7 million in recently awarded research funding from the NIH to study new medical treatments for chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps. Timothy Smith, M.D., says, “These are very costly medications. The health system and patients cannot afford to rotate through these medicines just to find out that potentially none of the drugs work.”