The Portland Business Journal profiles Oregon researchers with the most NIH grant dollars at their respective institutions, including OHSU's Charles Blanke, M.D., chair of the SWOG Cancer Research Network, which brought in $16.5 million in NIH dollars last fiscal year.

In a GenomeWeb article on a computational tool that has the ability to reconstruct tumor microenvironment, Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D., says: "The ability to accurately define cell types from deconvolution of RNA-seq data would represent a major advance in the field. The Kassandra decision tree algorithm was designed and trained on a very large set of RNA-seq data, including data from purified populations that was not available in the development of prior algorithms."

Joan Teno, M.D., leads study that finds invasive mechanical ventilation improved 30-day survival in patients with advanced dementia hospitalized with pneumonia compared with noninvasive ventilation, despite lack of one-year survival benefit and higher health care costs.

A new study co-authored by OHSU melanoma experts. Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the OHSU Department of Dermatology and the director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Melanoma Program, co-lead the study in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues at 12 academic centers with dedicated melanoma clinics across the country.

A study led by Hiroko Dodge, Ph.D., finds socially isolated older people with mild cognitive impairment who participate in 30-minute video calls four times a week experience improved cognition, happiness and brain connectivity.

UW Medicine quotes Geolani Dy, M.D., in an announcement about an OHSU-led study that found about half of transgender patients who undergo gender-affirming genital surgery travel outside their home state to receive this surgical care: “Transgender and nonbinary patients experience enormous barriers to accessing gender-affirming surgery, with one barrier being the lack of local, qualified surgeons and dedicated support teams to help patients navigate this care."

A 9-year-old Doernbecher patient from Albany teams up with Fred Meyer and Franz Bakery to sell "Emma's Donuts" through September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Proceeds go toward Christmas gifts for Doernbecher patients.

A study led by Todd Korthuis, M.D., shows methamphetamine remains a common drug and is driving overdoses in rural communities: "Among people who use drugs in rural communities, methamphetamine use is pervasive. This has been a West Coast problem for a long time, but now we see methamphetamine use in rural communities across the United States."

A study led by Todd Korthuis, M.D, surveyed more than 3,000 regular drug users enrolled in the Rural Opioid Initiative across 10 states, and four in five reported using methamphetamine in the past 30 days.

A new blood donation center will pay for blood platelet donations to help alleviate a shortage in Oregon. Trisha Wong, M.D., says: "Because platelets have the shortest expiration date of all the blood products, the platelet inventory most often limits our ability to provide optimal care for our patients. As a result, OHSU and hospitals everywhere must make difficult decisions about which patients receive platelet transfusions and who must wait."