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500 area students to participate in candlelight procession celebrating Doernbecher

May 13, 2016

MEDIA ALERT WHAT: Hundreds of Kids Making Miracles students from Oregon and Southwest Washington will participate in the 25rd annual KMM candlelight procession to commemorate a successful fundraising year for OHSU Doernbecher. Student representatives ...

OHSU statement regarding Supreme Court tort cap decision

May 05, 2016

OHSU respects the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision and appreciates the effort the Oregon Legislature made in 2009 to update the Oregon Tort Claims Act. A tort cap is critical to ensuring that public entities like OHSU, police and fire districts ...

May 7: OHSU Casey Eye Institute hosts Great Glasses Play Day

May 05, 2016

MEDIA ALERT WHAT: Portland’s Great Glasses Play Day celebrates children with glasses, eyepatches and contacts, and raises awareness about the importance of early detection. The event is free and open to the public. Casey Eye Institute’s Elks ...

May 8-14: Women’s health, nutrition are front and center at OHSU during National Women’s Health Week

May 03, 2016

MEDIA ALERT WHAT: OHSU Center for Women’s Health and OHSU Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness are raising awareness about women’s health and nutrition during National Women’s Health Week (#NWHW), which is May 8-14. Here’s why it matters: Nearly ...

Area couple donates $12 million to build OHSU guest house

April 26, 2016

Gary and Christine Rood of Vancouver, Washington, who have strong ties to OHSU and a passion for addressing differentiated housing needs, have donated $12 million to Oregon Health & Science University to help provide temporary lodging for patients and ...

Major gift announcement during the CHH South Building Project groundbreaking celebration

April 25, 2016

April 24: OHSU students to offer free health screenings for Oregonians with unmet medical needs

April 22, 2016

Get free skin cancer screening, latest information on prevention, treatment, research at ‘2016 War on Skin Cancer’ event

April 22, 2016

CALENDAR ALERT: The 2016 War on Skin Cancer is a free public event that features: Free skin cancer screenings by dermatologists Presentations by OHSU Knight Cancer Institute researchers Opportunities to join research studies An attempt to set the ...

Renowned neurobiologist to lead premier neuroscience research institute

April 21, 2016

Marc Freeman, Ph.D., a former Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a fast-rising star in the field of biology, will direct the Oregon Health & Science University Vollum Institute. The institute is widely recognized as a center of ...

Dr. Marc Freeman's scientific achievements

April 21, 2016

Glia cells: Glia are cells in the brain that were long thought to be “helpers” that support neurons to perform their functions. Freeman has shown that the most predominant and least-studied glial cell, the star-shaped astrocyte, is essential to the ...

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