Dan Hoover, M.D., speaks to OPB Think Out Loud about OHSU’s ECHO on addiction, whose reach grew by nearly 65% last year. “Seeing so much more interest was huge for us,” he says. “We’re increasing what we’re doing in response to the increasing need for substance use treatment.”

News outlets highlight the six new sneakers designed by this year’s Doernbecher Freestyle XX patient-designers, which will become available for retail purchase Jan. 25.

Riding Beyond, a program that aids breast cancer survivors with the help of horse therapy, receives more than $30,000 from the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Community Partnership Program to build a referral program to help inform patients in Jackson and Josephine counties about emotional survivorship issues.

News outlets highlight the six new sneakers designed by this year’s Doernbecher Freestyle XX patient-designers, which will become available for retail purchase Jan. 25.

OHSU researchers have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood clotting in sepsis, a life-threatening condition that causes about 8 million deaths per year.

Tanaya Shree, M.D., Ph.D., is named one of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Basic/Translational Research Junior Faculty scholar recipients. Funding is awarded to hematologists in the United States and Canada who conduct basic, translational, and clinical research that advances the understanding and treatment of blood disorders.

OHSU researchers have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood clotting in sepsis, a life-threatening condition that causes about 8 million deaths per year.

OHSU researchers have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood clotting in sepsis, a life-threatening condition that causes about 8 million deaths per year.

“OHSU has been partnering with POIC on violence prevention for several years, work that’s incredibly meaningful to our patients and our staff,” Steve Stadum, OHSU interim president, said at the office opening, calling the Healing Hurt People program at OHSU “extremely innovative” and crediting it with saving lives “by reducing retaliatory violence.”

Flavio Rocha, M.D., is interviewed by the Dallas Morning News for a story on the U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory calling for warning labels highlighting the risk of cancer from alcoholic beverages. Rocha says: “Alcohol can also increase inflammation through reactive oxygen species that we know can damage DNA. Alcohol hormonal changes particularly in estrogen, which is the mechanism thought to be causative for breast cancer and potentially liver cancer, as well.”