OHSU offers members and the public free rides on an electric pedicab -- replacing the gas-powered shuttle that used to take people from the tram to the OHSU Schnitzer parking lot. “I feel like I’m in that Portlandia sketch,” says Nic Lawton, the pedicab driver trying relentlessly to flag people down for free rides.

A study led by Adrienne Hughes, M.D., finds adolescent cannabis abuse has increased 245% since 2000 in the U.S., while alcohol abuse among teens has steadily declined over the same period.

A study led by Adrienne Hughes, M.D., finds adolescent cannabis abuse has increased 245% since 2000 in the U.S., while alcohol abuse among teens has steadily declined over the same period.

South Korean company Sillajen will start recruiting patients for a phase 1 clinical trial testing a new oncology drug; the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is one of three American cancer centers participating in the trial.

The Portland Business Journal highlights "31 new Portland-area executives you should know (Q4 2022)," including Qiana Williams, OHSU's Chief People Officer, and David Jacoby, M.D., OHSU EVP and Dean of the School of Medicine.

Additional coverage of a report by OHSU's developing Gun Violence Prevention Research Center that found nonfatal gun injuries treated by emergency departments statewide have increased more dramatically than gun deaths in recent years.

Noreen Nazir, M.D., says it’s important to avoid or control high blood pressure, which increases the risk for heart attack, stroke and other conditions: “If you have risk factors you want to mitigate them. And if you have hypertension, you want to get it under control. You don’t want it to get worse.”

OHSU Doernbecher fetal surgeons Andrew Chon, M.D., and Raphael Sun, M.D., save twins facing life-threatening condition.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Richard Maziarz, M.D., regarding more effective graft-versus-host disease. Maziarz says: “If we can develop more effective GVHD prevention strategies, there should be real cost-savings to the health care system. This outcome would benefit individuals and health care systems financially while improving the quality of life for their patients."

Karen Gibbins, M.D., shares her personal story and calls on clinicians and hospitals to offer stillbirth evaluations, a systematic assessment that includes placental exams, genetic testing and autopsies.