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Responding to Oregon’s health care workforce crisis: OHSU seeks to expand student body, increase education program diversity

By Tracy Brawley January 28, 2022

With its OHSU 30-30-30 proposal, university aims to grow its clinician graduates by 30%, increase student diversity to 30% — all by 2030.

OHSU to expand Portland’s COVID-19 vaccine, test options with two new sites

By Franny White January 14, 2022

Oregon Health Authority to oversee Portland Expo Center community site.

OHSU releases full Covington investigation; board, president commit to culture change

December 09, 2021

Report makes recommendations for ensuring a safe health care, education, research environment.

Bringing eye care closer to home: OHSU trains community health workers for statewide network

By Franny White November 16, 2021

Portland-based OHSU Casey Eye Institute team collaborates with community health clinics across Oregon to prevent blindness.

In appreciation of Oregon’s health care heroes

September 14, 2021

Oregon’s first presumptive case of COVID-19 was reported on February 28, 2020. Since that time, health care teams have worked nonstop to care for patients infected with the coronavirus.

Prescribing an end to Oregon’s opioid epidemic

By Tracy Brawley February 24, 2017

Over 100 attendees participated in the second Public Health Portland Style event, where the discussion was centered on opioid addiction in Oregon.

Local experts to discuss ‘Oregon on Opioids,’ Feb. 16

By Tracy Brawley February 15, 2017

More than 52,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2015. Approximately 63 percent of these cases involved prescription or illegal opioids. While this epidemic runs rampant nationwide, its effects continue to be felt here at home. In Oregon, 422,000 residents filled 963,000 opioid prescriptions in just the third quarter of 2016 alone.

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