OHSU Casey Eye Institute opens student-led clinic serving downtown, Portland-metro area
New clinic will provide low-barrier ophthalmology services to community members in need.
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Gathering puts focus on young cancer survivors
August 02, 2011
Calendar Alert WHAT “Bringing Light” features the screening of “Wrong Way to Hope,” live music performed by Andrew Stonestreet and Daniel Dixon of Greylag and a reception for young cancer survivors. “Wrong Way to Hope” tells the story of a group of ...
Who needs summer camp when you can go to OHSU’s ‘Camp Monkey’?
July 28, 2011
More than 70 local middle-school students will attend a summer camp like no other this Friday, July 29, as Oregon Health & Science University launches its first ever “Camp Monkey.” The day camp, which will be held at OHSU's Oregon National Primate ...
Get Going Oregon! wants Oregonians to put down the junk food, get off the couch, help others
June 08, 2011
Some trends are downright scary. Consider this: 200,000 of all adults living in Oregon suffer from diabetes and 61 percent are obese. For the first time in history, children’s lives are expected to be shorter than their parents. Organizers at Get ...
Safe on the Job
June 02, 2011
KOIN local channel 6 news ran a feature on young worker safety and health featuring Matt Pomerinke, a Longview man treated at OHSU, and Dede Montgomery from Oregon Young Employee Safety, O[yes]. At the age of 21, Matt lost an arm while on the job. ...
OHSU's Casey Eye Institute hosts artwork, reception for sculpting students at the Washington State School for the Blind
May 23, 2011
WHAT Washington State School for the Blind sculpting students along with artist/teacher Petra Brambrink will attend a reception at Oregon Health & Science University's Casey Eye Institute where their work is temporarily on display. Media are invited ...
OHSU Heart Research Center Lecture: "Born to be Fat? How Nine Months in the Uterus Impacts Your Health"
March 24, 2011
WHAT Sandra Davidge, Ph.D., an international expert in the field of “developmental programming” research, will be the featured speaker at the OHSU Heart Research Center’s 18th annual lecture. Developmental programming research investigates how adverse ...
Poison Centers prevent thousands of unnecessary trips to the doctor each year
March 22, 2011
Thanks to the expert guidance of the nation’s 57 poison centers, more than 75 percent of all poison exposure cases are treated at home, according to the American Association of Poison Control Center (AAPC), preventing tens of thousands of trips to a ...
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Shalala to Speak at OHSU
March 10, 2011
WHAT Donna Shalala, Ph.D., current University of Miami president and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, will lead a panel discussion at Oregon Health & Science University about the future of nursing. The group will discuss a recent ...
OHSU students offer free health screenings for uninsured, homeless
March 02, 2011
WHAT Oregon Health & Science University’s medical, nursing, dental, pharmacy and physician assistant students will provide free health screenings to the uninsured, under the guidance of OHSU faculty, during the annual “Health Screening Fair.” Last ...
OHSU’s free spring health lecture series begins this month
February 08, 2011
WHAT The spring session of Oregon Health & Science University’s popular Ask the Health Experts seminar series will begin this week and last through May. Featured speakers are leading experts in their field who will answer questions following the ...