Paula Amato, M.D., discusses a Greek clinical trial using germline therapy technology that was originally developed at OHSU. “We are hopeful that continued success abroad will lead Congress to reconsider its ban on mitochondrial replacement therapy trials in the U.S. so that Americans can have access to this promising technology,” she says.

Alan Teo, M.S., M.D., provides tips to reduce stress in story about traffic congestion. “Any time we’re not in control, there’s a tendency for us to feel stress,” he says.

Research on a cytomegalovirus-based malaria vaccine that is in development at the Oregon National Primate Research Center shows the vaccine could produce long-lasting immunity; study lead Klaus Früh, Ph.D., says the work is still early, but it’s “promising.”

The guest house at the Gary & Christine Rood Family Pavilion opens to pediatric patients and their families.

Lara Davis, M.D., speaks to the importance of genomic sequencing for patients: “Nichol is a good example of why testing the makeup of a patient’s tumor is so important. Genomic sequencing identified an alteration in her tumor, and opened the opportunity for her to be in the larotrectinib clinical trial.”

Newly named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., shares her advice for those considering a career in the field of cancer research: “You can’t be stuck with dogma. You have to be willing to challenge it, so leaps can be made and fields can move forward.”

OHSU surgeons develop new guidelines for prescribing narcotics in order to help limit the risk of opioid dependence. Brett Sheppard, M.D., says, “before, we didn’t have any guidelines. We left it up to the physician to give patients pain medications and, by and large, the default thinking was ‘I’m going to give people more than they might need, because it might be the weekend and they can’t get a hold of me and I don’t want to make their life difficult.’ That thinking has gone away.”

Nicole Cirino, M.D. speaks with Nanny Magazine regarding potential indicators and interventions for postpartum depression in new mothers.

OHSU is one of two hospitals nationwide participating in the new Army Military Civilian Trauma Team Training program. Five participating soldiers have been integrated into OHSU’s health care team.

A collaborative research effort co-led by Pepper Schedin, Ph.D., finds that breast cancers diagnosed in young women within 10 years of giving birth are more likely to metastasize than breast cancers in young women who gave birth more than ten years ago, or not at all.