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OHSU Expands Street Nursing Teams In Southern Oregon

The Lund Report September 21, 2022
In a story by The Lund Report, Rachel Richmond, M.S.N., RN, and Heather C. Voss, Ph.D., RN, describe the OHSU School of Nursing’s Ashland-based Street Nursing Team’s efforts to provide health services for Southern Oregonians experiencing homelessness while also preparing future nurses to do the same.

Student research: This could be your next summer

The Beacon September 19, 2022
University of Portland student Sofia Munoz completed a summer research internship at OHSU, where she experimented with the Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for an ongoing COVID-19 project: “This research is important to the field of public health as dried blood spot tests could be useful for people who don’t have the resources to go to a hospital or phlebotomist to get their blood drawn."

Round-Up Volunteer of the Year Kristin Schmidtgall loves Pendleton

The East Oregonian September 19, 2022
OHSU Physician Assistant Program alum Kristin Schmidtgall, M.P.H., M.P.A.S., PA-C, who moved to Pendleton after falling in love with the area during a clinical rotation as a PA student, is named Pendleton Round-Up Volunteer of the Year.

Misinformation about abortion since Roe v Wade was overturned

BBC September 18, 2022
In a BBC-Radio feature exploring misinformation around medication abortion, Maria Rodriguez, M.D., says that data from around the world suggest that abortion carried out as recommended is very safe, while “making the procedure illegal is associated with more safety issues, including hospitalization and death.”
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