Willamette Week features married OHSU physicians Erik Brodt, M.D., and Amanda Bruegl, M.D., for their globally celebrated, high-end denim brand Ginew. Brodt says one of their preliminary garments caught the eye of Japanese tastemakers: “Basically, one jacket got noticed by the world’s most prominent boutique denim show. They invited us to Tokyo and everything took off from there.”

An article in Chemistry Views highlights OHSU research on hidden protein damage behind cataracts.

A story by Uncloseted Media on attacks against transgender athletes quotes Joanna Harper, Ph.D., who says the jury is still out on whether the differences in athletic performance between trans and cis women are significant enough to warrant policy changes: “People want simple solutions, they want things to be black and white, they want good guys and bad guys.”

Continued coverage of OHSU’s PAC-MANN test, which is designed to detect signs of pancreatic cancer in blood.

A story by The News-Review covers a new collaboration by OHSU and Umpqua Community College to establish a direct-entry pathway to a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

Older adults and anemia - the Iron Consortium at OHSU convened an international panel on managing iron deficiency and recently published its recommendations.

Becker’s Hospital Review interviews Mike McCaffrey, M.B.A., about how OHSU is undergoing a major transformation in its supply chain strategy, with a renewed focus on cost savings, automation and resiliency: “With our transformation right now, one of our main goals is increasing our capacity to facilitate cost savings for the organization through our strategic sourcing and value analysis teams.”

A story by Eating Well on signs of iron deficiency quotes Thomas DeLoughery, M.D., who says, “"I have seen people have iron deficiency anemia for years before it starts to inhibit their day-to-day life.”

Amanda Redfern, M.D., is interviewed by the hosts of HuffPost’s “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast about wearing contacts during sleep. “It’s real bad. Don’t do it,” she says, adding that this even applies to naps. “It’s like a game of Russian roulette.”

KOIN-TV covers the Parent Plate program, which provides meals to parents and caregivers of hospital-bound children. The program launched at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in February and has provided 1,774 free meals to an average of 51 families a month.