2010

News Releases

12/27/2010 OHSU Nursing Student Awarded Scholarship To Help Expand Geriatric Training for Nurses
12/15/2010 OHSU Hires New Chief Financial Officer
12/13/2010 Portland Art Museum and OHSU Hospital Team Up To Investigate Van Gogh’s Mysteries
12/09/2010 Animal Care Staff at OHSU Honored, Receive Full Accreditation
12/08/2010 U.S. Fails to Meet Key Women’s Health Goals
12/08/2010 Holiday Cheer Comes to OHSU Doernbecher
12/06/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Hires ‘Dream Team’ Cancer Researcher Joe Gray
12/03/2010 DHA ‘Fish Oil’ Supplements Do Not Appear to Slow Cognitive, Functional Decline in Alzheimer’s
12/01/2010 High Suicide Rate Among Female Veterans
11/30/2010 OHSU Reveals Brain Awareness Lecture Series Lineup
11/30/2010 Medicaid Recipients, Uninsured Less Likely To Survive Lung Cancer
11/29/2010 Oregon’s Groundbreaking POLST Registry Surpasses 40,000 Submissions
11/24/2010 OHSU Doernbecher Will Represent Oregon on StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening
11/19/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Announces Plans for $100 Million Gift
11/17/2010 Medical Research Foundation Announces 2010 Award Winners
11/16/2010 OHSU Physician Develops Training Blueprint for Treating Adolescent, Young Adult Cancer Patients
11/12/2010 Casey Eye Institute Mobile Exam Van Provides Free Eye Screenings This Weekend
11/12/2010 OHSU Primate Center Monkeys Usher in the Holidays With a Pumpkin Feast
11/11/2010 OHSU Reproductive Scientist to Investigate Whether Therapy Can Prevent Unwanted Pregnancy
11/08/2010 Portland Aerial Tram Reaches New Height: 5 Million Riders and Counting
11/01/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Researchers Share Results of 15 Studies at Radiology Conference
10/29/2010 OHSU School of Dentistry Dean Named President of U.S.A. Section for International College of Dentist
10/28/2010 OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to Conduct Second Phase of Landmark Clinical Trial for Children
10/25/2010 OHSU Joins Effort to Find Clues to Progression of Parkinson’s Disease
10/22/2010 OHSU Responds to Inaccurate Claims by an Ohio Based Animal Rights Group and Local Activists
10/22/2010 OHSU and OMSI Host First Annual Oregon Science and Engineering Festival This Weekend
10/22/2010 Annual Portland Aerial Tram Evacuation Training to Take Place This Weekend
10/21/2010 OHSU/PSU Strategic Partnership Task Force Invites Public Comment
10/21/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Hematology Oncology Opens Clinic at Adventist Medical Center
10/15/2010 Anonymous $10 Million Gift to OHSU School of Medicine Establishes Scholarship Fund for Students With
10/15/2010 Drug Prevention Programs for Teen Athletes Earn International Acclaim
10/15/2010 Free Cervical Cancer Screening
10/14/2010 OHSU Research Suggests Yoga Can Counteract Fibromyalgia
10/13/2010 Students From Across Oregon to Take Part in Hands-On Health Career Event at OHSU
10/13/2010 OHSU Innovation and Technology Transfer Activities Up in a Down Year
10/13/2010 OHSU School of Dentistry Examines Antimicrobial Drug Interactions in Periodontology
10/08/2010 Nike and Doernbecher Present ‘Freestyle VII’ Shoe Unveiling and Auction
10/07/2010 Hyundai Hope On Wheels™ Donates $100,000 to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital to Help Fight Child
10/07/2010 OHSU Primate Center Research Reveals Possible Method for Boosting the Immune System To Protect Infan
10/06/2010 OHSU, Chris Dudley Foundation Host 2010 Pacific NW Diabetes Summit
10/06/2010 Standard & Poor’s Upgrades Rating on OHSU Revenue Bonds
10/04/2010 OHSU School of Nursing Helps Launch Oregon Assembly for Men in Nursing
09/30/2010 Toxicology Research Center Issues Public Alert On Popular Hair Salon Treatment
09/22/2010 OHSU Researchers Find Cell Division Typically Associated With Cancer May Also Protect the Liver
09/21/2010 OHSU Research Suggests Compound Administered During Some Bone Marrow Transplants Elevates Risks
09/13/2010 OHSU Researchers Able to Determine Brain Maturity Through Analyzing MRI Scans
09/13/2010 OHSU Research Team Joins Elite Consortium Dedicated to Curing Type 1 Diabetes
09/13/2010 OHSU Cafés Offer Free Coffee for Clothes in Support of OHSU Hospital’s Clothes Closet Project
09/08/2010 OHSU Recruits National Leader in Women’s Health, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
09/01/2010 Stopping Smoking Cessation Treatments Too Soon May Reduce Chances of Success
08/25/2010 OHSU Gift to Fund Brain Tumor Research
08/18/2010 Incoming Students Took Unique Paths to Medical School
08/18/2010 OHSU’s R. Dale Walker elected President of the Association of American Indian Physicians
08/18/2010 OHSU Research Funding Reaches New Heights While Fueling Oregon’s Economic Engine
08/13/2010 As Temperatures Increase, Children Fall From Windows
08/02/2010 Long Distance Eye Exams for Diabetics
08/02/2010 Hyundai Helps OHSU Doernbecher Cancer Patients Share Courage, Strength With Families Nationwide
07/22/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Researchers Isolate Importance of Gene
07/22/2010 Get Going Oregon! Diabetes Walk, Health Fair Saturday, July 24
07/15/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Awarded Four Grants Worth More Than $7.75 Million
07/15/2010 OHSU Ranks Among Nation’s ‘Best Hospitals’
07/07/2010 Tart Cherry Juice Reduces Muscle Pain and Inflammation
07/07/2010 OHSU Center for Health & Healing building wins prestigious award
07/07/2010 Racism Shapes African-American Women’s Views on Depression Care
07/06/2010 Norwood Knight-Richardson Appointed OHSU Vice President
07/06/2010 Program Allowing Patients to Document Wishes for End-of-Life Treatment has High Success Rate
07/06/2010 Hundreds With ‘Brittle Bone Disease’ Gather in Portland July 7 – 10
06/30/2010 Anonymous $5 Million Gift Establishes Scholarship for OHSU Students
06/29/2010 HEDCO Foundation Grant Advances OHSU’s Effort to Build ‘Artificial Pancreas’
06/29/2010 OHSU Nursing Scholars Named Fellows to American Academy of Nursing
06/25/2010 USDA Gives OHSU’s Primate Center Another Clean Bill of Health
06/24/2010 Healthier Cafeteria Food, More Intense Gym Class Lowers Risk for Diabetes
06/23/2010 OHSU studying new purification process that could make drinking water safer
06/22/2010 OHSU School of Dentistry Team Examines How to Rapidly Assess Children’s Tooth Decay Risk
06/21/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Among First to Treat Prostate Cancer Patients With New Immunotherapy
06/18/2010 National survey ranks OHSU as one of the best for training most-needed doctors
06/17/2010 More Local Communities Now Able to Use Portland’s Ronald McDonald Houses®
06/16/2010 Oregon Office of Rural Health Announces Second Round of Apple A Day Awards
06/10/2010 New Study Suggests Targeted Radiation as Effective, More Convenient for Women With Breast Cancer
06/10/2010 OHSU Investigating Progesterone Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
06/09/2010 New Study Looks at Whether Spouses of Cancer Survivors Also Benefit From Exercise
06/07/2010 OHSU Emergency Department Reports Fewer Meth-Related Visits Following 2006 ‘Anti-Meth’ Legislation
06/03/2010 Medical Research Foundation of Oregon Establishes New Award to Help Early-Career Scientists
06/03/2010 OHSU Doernbecher Ranks Among Best Pediatric Cancer Hospitals in Nation
05/26/2010 A Fresh Contingent of ‘Troops’ Set to Enter the Health Care Fray
05/26/2010 OHSU Joins Forces With UO, Harvard to Accelerate Fanconi Anemia Research
05/24/2010 Becoming Parents Through Egg Donation: A Free OHSU Seminar
05/18/2010 Business and civic leaders Rocky and Julie Dixon Endow Neuroscience Professorship at OHSU
05/07/2010 OHSU Doernbecher Patient Named Oregon Children's Miracle Network Champion
05/06/2010 Portland Aerial Tram Closed for Maintenance May 25-31
04/29/2010 Hospitals Team Up to Increase Rehabilitation Care
04/28/2010 Childhood Cancer Survivor ‘Starts Bald, Ends Bald’ to Help Cure Cancer
04/27/2010 OHSU Researcher Named to National Academy of Sciences
04/26/2010 Botox can reduce wrinkles with less frequent injections
04/22/2010 Physicians Who Interpret Mammograms May Benefit From Additional Training
04/20/2010 Columbia Sportswear’s Boyle family, including ‘One Tough Mother’ herself, endow OHSU chair in cancer
04/19/2010 Blood Test Identifies People at Risk for Heart Attack That Other Tests Miss
04/14/2010 Investigational Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer Shows Promise
04/14/2010 New Gene Therapy Breakthrough in Humans is Result of Research Pioneered at OHSU's Primate Center
04/14/2010 Integrative, Lifestyle-Oriented Approach to Health Care Is ‘Essential’
04/13/2010 OHSU Research Demonstrates Diet Alone Will Not Likely Lead to Significant Weight Loss
04/12/2010 Research Pinpoints Ideal Time for Surgery to Save Eyesight of Premature Babies
04/12/2010 OHSU Students Provide Free Health Screenings to Uninsured, Homeless
04/09/2010 Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation Board Elects New Members
04/09/2010 Knight Cancer Institute Physician-Researcher Named LIVESTRONG® Senior Medical Adviser
04/07/2010 OHSU Awarded $5.8 Million to Expand Health Information Technology Education
04/06/2010 Complex Lower Back Surgery Increases Fifteenfold Among Medicare Patients
04/02/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Is First in Pacific Northwest to Perform TransOral Robotic Surgery
04/01/2010 OHSU cartilage research takes flight in one of the last shuttle missions
04/01/2010 OHSU Research Explains Why Immunity Against Some Viruses Fails to Protect Against Repeated Infection
04/01/2010 U.S. Health Policy Matters to OHSU Nursing School
03/31/2010 OHSU Scientists Help Decode Songbird Genome
03/26/2010 A Flood of Applicants Vied for OHSU’s 153 Residency Slots
03/24/2010 OHSU School of Dentistry Develops New Animal Model to Study Craniofacial Pain by Manipulating Genes
03/18/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Participates in National, Groundbreaking Clinical Trial for Breast Canc
03/17/2010 Easter Egg Hunt For Visually Impaired Children at OHSU's Casey Eye Clinic
03/17/2010 Match Day: OHSU’s future MDs learn their fate tomorrow
03/16/2010 Deltapoint Named Overall Winner at Angel Oregon 2010
03/15/2010 Poisoning Second Only to Car Crashes in Causing Unintended Injury, Death
03/12/2010 Brett Dodson Named Portland Aerial Tram Manager by OHSU
03/12/2010 OHSU Brain Fair - Returns to OMSI This Weekend
03/11/2010 New Study Identifies Best Treatment for Childhood Epilepsy
03/11/2010 OHSU School of Dentistry Team Discovers Powerful Molecule Regulator in Blood-Pressure Control System
03/10/2010 New Endodontology Chairperson for OHSU School of Dentistry
03/03/2010 Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Increased Lung Cancer Risk
03/02/2010 OHSU Offers Free Head and Neck Cancer Screenings
03/02/2010 OHSU Research Produces Two Angel Oregon Finalists
02/25/2010 Oregon Office of Rural Health Offers EMS Continuing Education Grants
02/25/2010 New Way for Oregonians to Support Alzheimer's Research This Tax Season
02/23/2010 OHSU Opens Electric Car Charging Station for Visitors, Patients, Employees Who Want to Go Green
02/23/2010 Oregon Office of Rural Health Receives Federal Grant to Help Rural Providers
02/22/2010 Independent Analysis Shows OHSU Contributes Nearly $4 Billion and 35,000 Jobs Annually to Economy
02/16/2010 OHSU Foundation Board of Trustees Announces New Members
02/11/2010 Oregonians Submit 10,000 POLST Forms to Registry
02/10/2010 OHSU statement on Court of Appeals decision
02/05/2010 OHSU Sleep Expert Explains How to Beat Jet Lag
02/04/2010 OHSU’s Brian Druker Receives 2010 Portland First Citizen Award
02/01/2010 New Investigational Nicotine Vaccine May Help Prevent Smoking Addiction, Relapse
01/25/2010 Surgery Helps Chronic Sinusitis Sufferers Get Relief
01/22/2010 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Assesses Quality of Life in Esophageal Cancer Patients Getting Radiatio
01/21/2010 Nike donates $60,000 movie location fee to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
01/21/2010 OHSU's Casey Eye Institute and Longview's Lower Colmbia Eye Clinic increase patient access
01/21/2010 State audit of OHSU research expansion finds program successfully 'met or exceeds' goals
01/12/2010 New National Survey of Children’s Health Shows Insurance Gaps, More Obesity, More Children at Risk
01/05/2010 OHSU Evaluating Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Attack Damage
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