Five Army medical personnel are stationed at OHSU through a new trauma medical exchange program with the Army.

Off Hours column features Amanda Risser, M.D., M.P.H., better known in roller derby circles as “Rogue One,” blocker and onetime team captain of the High Rollers in Portland’s primary roller derby league.

Brian Druker, M.D., accepts the Prince Mahidol Field of Medicine award in Bangkok, Thailand.

Research by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D. using CRISPR to create gene-edited embryos was described in a story about new efforts to duplicate Mitalipov’s research.

Michelle Berlin, M.D., M.P.H., noted the cervix usually returns to its normal size after a woman gives birth in a story about the female cervix.

OHSU is in the early stages of planning for a new parking structure and affordable housing on Portland’s South Waterfront.

Ana Wakefield, who received multiple brain surgeries at OHSU after being struck by a drunk driver, is a recipient of Share the Love, an annual fundraiser organized by the Molalla community.

OHSU physicians see patients at Columbia Community Mental Health in St. Helens during the week through a new partnership that allows the clinical to also provide primary care.

In response to a measles outbreak across Clark and Multnomah Counties, Dawn Nolt, M.D., discusses the “high consequences” of measles, how its vaccine poses no risk to children with hay fever, the disease’s signs, symptoms and treatments, and more.

The new guidelines of the U.K. regarding combined hormonal contraception, Paula Bedbarek, M.D., M.P.H., comments on the benefits of extended-cycle birth control. She says: “there’s some ways in which it can really benefit a person at important times of their life, and it can also be much simpler, more convenient, and more pleasant.”