Doernbecher Freestyle, a longstanding collaboration between Nike and Doernbecher that allows patient-designers to create unique footwear which are sold at auction to benefit Doernbecher, will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year.

A study led by Hannah Canter, M.D., suggests sexually active adolescents seeking care in the emergency department have a high risk for pregnancy, and the emergency department may provide a feasible environment to offer contraception counseling. The analysis included 1,063 sexually active participants seen at six urban, pediatric tertiary care emergency departments.

In an Oregon Radio News Network story about the difficulty veterans and/or people with PTSD have with fireworks noise, Mikel Matto, M.D., says: "One of the problems with PTSD is that when a person is exposed to sights or sounds that resemble a traumatic experience, like combat, that exposure can trigger unwanted memories."

Doernbecher Freestyle, a longstanding collaboration between Nike and Doernbecher that allows patient-designers to create unique footwear which are sold at auction to benefit Doernbecher, will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year.

Maria Rodriguez, M.D., provides comment on the increase of people seeking abortion care in Washington, saying abortion bans goes beyond abortion care. "This isn’t just about people who have unwanted or dangerous pregnancies, it’s extending into people who have desired pregnancies. There’s still too much complacency with people not recognizing how integral abortion is to basic reproductive health care."

Doernbecher Freestyle, a longstanding collaboration between Nike and Doernbecher that allows patient-designers to create unique footwear which are sold at auction to benefit Doernbecher, will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year.

In a GlobeNewswire press release by Olink: The Immune Monitoring and Cancer Omics Labs at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is among the inaugural group of Olink Certified Service Providers, a group of "renowned organizations, each possessing the expertise and infrastructure to support even the most demanding research initiatives."

In an East Oregonian story about work to expand the health care workforce in rural areas, Megan Pearlman, a second-year physician assistant student at OHSU, says "It’s been really cool to see the intentional community that’s created out here."

In a profile for Here is Oregon, Ben Kong, Pharm.D., discusses the career trajectory that led him to OHSU where he specializes in personalized medicine for cancer patients as a clinical pharmacist at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. “My dad was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and most recently, gastric cancer. It’s really impactful to me and my family as well. That keeps me going,” he says.

The American Heart Association partners with Adelante Mujeres on a program to combine nutrition education, fresh produce and blood pressure monitoring to help "empower Latine women and their families." Abby Khan, M.D., says: "It's all about empowering people to know their numbers. When patients see how lifestyle changes affect their blood pressure, it's incredibly motivating."