May 9, 2012 -- It is relatively common for doctors to diagnose someonewith multiple sclerosis when the patient doesn't have the disease — amisdiagnosis that not only causes patients potential harm but costs theU.S. health care system untold millions of dollars a year, according to astudy published online today in the journal Neurology.The study is based on a survey of 122 multiple sclerosis specialistsnationwide and was conducted by researchers at Oregon Health& Science University and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical
April 30, 2012 -- A family history of breast cancer and dense breast tissue each increase the risk of breast cancer by at least twofold for women in their 40s, according to a study led by an Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) researcher. The importance of these two risk factors could help determine when women should start having regular screening mammograms.
April 17, 2012 -- The Oregon Poison Center, the OHSU Pharmacy and the Department of Public Safety at Oregon Health & Science University will host a free prescription drop-off on Saturday, April 28, for Northwest residents to safely discard of unwanted or expired medications. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
April 17, 2012 -- Oregon Health & Science University has named Michael Tom its Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Director (AAEO). The AAEO department at OHSU plays an important role as a resource for patients, staff, faculty, students and employment applicants to support diversity and prohibit discrimination across the university's missions of patient care, education, research and outreach.
April 3, 2012 -- Dr. Steven Shea, Ph.D., has been appointed director of Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET).
March 21, 2012 -- Physicians who prescribe antipsychotic medications may be basing their decisions on incomplete information, according to new research published by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University. The study is published in PLoS Medicine, a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science.
March 16, 2012 -- Oregon Health & Science University is pleased to announce an important addition to its nationally respected Center for Ethics in Health Care. Dr. David Barnard, Ph.D., J.D., will join the university and ethics center as the Miles J. Edwards Chair in Professionalism and Comfort Care. The position is named after the late Dr. Miles J. Edwards, M.D., a distinguished doctor and ethicist at OHSU. Edwards died in 2006 following an extended battle with cancer. His final weeks were chronicled in a series of articles in The Oregonian.
March 8, 2012 -- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has funded a five-year, $21 million Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism grant to support a multi-site consortium led by an Oregon Health & Science University researcher.
March 7, 2012 -- Family, friends and colleagues will celebrate the life of the late Allan Price, former OHSU Foundation president and OHSU senior vice president for advancement, at a public memorial at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23, at the Portland Art Museum, 1219 S.W. Park Ave.
Price, who was 56, drowned Feb. 17 while vacationing with his wife in Mexico.
Price assumed his jobs at OHSU and the OHSU Foundation, OHSU's nonprofit fundraising affiliate, in 2008.
February 10, 2012 – The Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation today announced the incoming officers and new and returning members of its Board of Directors for 2012.
Board officers:
Kelly J. Johnson, president. Johnson is executive vice president of wealth management at Umpqua Bank.
Dirk T. Davis, executive vice president. Davis is vice president, sales, Pacific Northwest at Unified Grocers.
