Nearly everyone has interacted with a doctor at some point in their lives. March 30, National Doctors’ Day, is a time to thank those who work to keep us healthy and have dedicated themselves to serving their communities.

‘Bench to bedside’ research at OHSU may lead to treatment for ALD.

There’s an urgency in Anupriya Agarwal’s voice when she talks about her acute myeloid leukemia research: “We need to do something beyond what we’ve already done,” she said. “The treatment hasn’t changed in decades, and that can’t be our only answer.”

Vinay Prasad, M.D., M.P.H., has been awarded a $2 million grant to support an effort to uncover treatments and tests that are contradicted by reliable evidence. The three-year project calls for sharing the findings via a public website and developing teaching modules that can be incorporated into medical school or residency curricula.

Research has shown can help lower the heart and respiratory rates in premature babies, as well as increase their oxygen level, improve sucking response and weight gain, decrease stress responses and aid in sleep--all of which support a child’s development.

Surgeons at OHSU Casey Eye Institute are using a new technique called Halo graft, a patch made of donated corneal tissue, to perform tube shunt surgeries that prevent vision loss in glaucoma patients.

As Oregon’s academic health center, OHSU provides leadership in health policy when the health and well-being of Oregonians are at stake. As a public institution and a statewide resource, we strive to be thoughtful and constructive in how we do this. We work hard to find solutions. It is therefore disappointing to have to oppose a piece of federal legislation, but the American Health Care Act leaves us no choice.

Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., has taken an unconventional approach to fighting chronic disease. On any given day, you can find him evangelizing this tenet: your risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease was determined before you were even born. As part of American Diabetes Association Alert Day and National Nutrition Month, read what he has to say about the biggest threats to good nutrition and heart health.

In Fall 2019, OHSU, PSU, PCC and the City of Portland will break ground on a proposed nine-story education and health center on the Portland State University campus.

Last week the White House unveiled its 2018 Budget Blueprint. As the state’s only academic medical center, we are concerned about the proposed nearly $6 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health, which is about 20 percent of the NIH’s total budget.