A story about a bill to require paying overtime for agricultural workers cites a report from OHSU in December that found farmworkers who work long hours face greater risk of physical harm, mental health issues and disrupted family functioning.

David Bangsberg, M.D., will step down as dean of the OHSU-Portland State University School of Public Health. In a joint statement, OHSU Interim Provost David Robinson, Ph.D., and PSU Provost Susan Jeffords, Ph.D., say: “David Bangsberg has provided exceptional leadership as the founding dean of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, taking a nascent school into national prominence.”

A proposal is made by OHSU to increase by 30% the number of graduates in key health care professions by the year 2030, with 30% of all graduates identifying as underrepresented minorities.

OHSU non-human primate study that finds chronic marijuana use negatively impacts male reproductive health.

An initiative by Catherine Galbraith, Ph.D., and James Galbraith, Ph.D., to develop a new imaging and computational system to observe the movement of tiny molecules in cells.

“No, a scientific study doesn’t say that you can smoke marijuana to prevent COVID-19.” The story, which was picked up by other stations across the country, follows laboratory research conducted by OHSU and Oregon State University revealing two compounds in hemp demonstrate an ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.

Aluko Hope, M.D., says the OHSU Long COVID-19 Program aims “to help people manage their symptoms, give people skills for how to better minimize complications and integrate the symptom management into their life.”

Bill Messer, M.D., Ph.D., says: “It was interesting that the immune boost for vaccination following natural infection was so uniform, given that natural infection alone produces highly variable immunity.”

An OHSU study conducted by Jamie Lo, M.D., M.C.R., and Jason Hedges, M.D., Ph.D., is the first to link daily use of edible THC with reduced testes size, lowered testosterone levels in nonhuman primates.

Continued coverage of an accompanying editorial commentary from Ravi Chandra, M.D., Ph.D., in response to a new study suggesting lower doses of radiation therapy were effective in treating patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer.