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The power of creativity: Meet the 2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designers

By Tracy Brawley August 12, 2019

Celebrated program has raised nearly $24 million for children’s hospital; new collection of kid-designed Nike shoes, apparel to be revealed Nov. 8.

OHSU M.D. Class of 2023 dons their white coats, 'ushering in a ‘lifetime of public service’

By Erin Hoover Barnett August 09, 2019

The class is the school's most diverse class to date.

OHSU’s most diverse medical class to date will don white coats for first time

By Franny White August 08, 2019

Annual White Coat Ceremony to be held Friday, Aug. 9, in Portland.

‘Bone in a dish’ opens new window on cancer initiation, metastasis, bone healing

By Joe Rojas-Burke August 06, 2019

Like real bone, the material developed at OHSU has a 3D mineral structure populated with living cells, providing a unique model to study bone function, diseases, regeneration.

New computational method could advance precision medicine

By Erik Robinson August 01, 2019

Technique could help diagnose, rectify a genetic defect with gene-editing tools such as CRISPR.

OHSU funds four projects across the state to increase HPV vaccination rates

By Amanda Gibbs July 31, 2019

Newly funded projects in Hood River, Wasco, Crook, Benton, Multnomah counties to raise awareness of cancer prevention through HPV vaccination.

U.S. News & World Report ranks OHSU Hospital No. 1 in Oregon

By Tamara Hargens-Bradley July 30, 2019

Six of the hospital’s adult specialties are ranked among the best in the nation, based on survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume, nursing quality.

Discovery could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s, other brain diseases

By Erik Robinson July 29, 2019

Study reveals the crucial role of alpha-synuclein protein in DNA repair.

National Academies report aims to help children become healthier adults

By Tracy Brawley July 25, 2019

To help advance health equity, the report shares multiple recommendations to support families and caregivers, create stable living conditions and maximize health promotion.

More than 5,000 lives touched by OHSU Kidney Transplant Program

By Franny White July 24, 2019

As a leader in organ transplantation, the OHSU Kidney Transplant Program celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

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