Georgiana Purdy, Ph.D., director of a new cross-disciplinary graduate program in biomedical sciences, talks about online vs. in-person classes during the pandemic.

Valerie Griffeth, M.D., says mask supplies were already running low in March, prior to the start of the pandemic, because of a busy flu season.

Renee Edwards, M.D., stresses the effectiveness of face coverings, hand washing and physical distancing in preventing the transmission of COVID-19, during Gov. Brown’s press conference announcing a statewide mandate requiring masks be worn in all public buildings.

KPTV interviews one person who received an invitation to participate in the Key to Oregon study but declined for privacy reasons.

In a Dermatology Times article on the potential for gene expression profiling to improve melanoma prognostication, Elizabeth Berry, M.D., says, “We need to look carefully at the data to find where they fit best so that we are not hurting people in the process of trying to propel the field forward.”

Quartz asks Esther Choo, M.D., about her view of the future of health care.

Val Griffeth, M.D., is featured for her work organizing health care workers around the county to advocate for improving the supply of personal protective equipment.

If Oregon medicine has a face of the coronavirus response, it belongs to Esther Choo, M.D., Portland Monthly writes in a feature for the June edition.

A new study suggests retail displays boost the teen vaping rate.

Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., responds to American Academy of Pediatrics guidance to reopen schools in the Fall of 2020. She says: “Younger kids are missing out on some of the early social-emotional skills that are really taught in the classroom… It could be another year or more before we have a vaccine or really good treatment, and considering kids in general are at very low risk for COVID-19, that loss of social-emotional learning and actual instructional time is a huge burden for them to bear."