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2008 News Archive

Recent News

03/11/2008 Learning by Doing - Local Pendleton physicians guide OHSU student interns
03/15/2008 School of Medicine Students Volunteer at Cervical Cancer Screening Events
05/21/2008 GINA signed into law
05/30/2008 PA Students Recognized by CeDMA
06/17/2008 Doernbecher Patient's Art to Become Permanent Sculptures
07/02/2008 4000 QTRAP
07/10/2008 Oregon High School Students Experience Health Careers at OHSU Summer Program
07/15/2008 OHSU Forms Public Task Force to Evaluate Risk in Responding to a Critical Incident
07/23/2008 Drug Has Potential to Prevent Alcoholics From Relapsing
08/04/2008 Alzheimer’s drug trial at OHSU shows promise in some patients
08/06/2008 OHSU Medical Students Get a Dose of Rural Practice
08/06/2008 Oregon-Developed Program for Critically Ill Patients Spreads Across the Nation
08/07/2008 OHSU Receives $1.3 Million Legacy to Advance Research into the Genetic Causes of Alcoholism
08/12/2008 Book by Acclaimed Eating Disorders Expert Receives National Praise
08/25/2008 OHSU Commercial Collaborations Have Surged
08/27/2008 OHSU Grows Hair Cells Involved in Hearing
08/27/2008 Tibetan Monk Builds Healing Mandala for Doernbecher Patients
08/28/2008 OHSU Building Named an ‘Energy Star’
09/02/2008 Calendar Alert: 25th Annual Parkinson’s Disease Symposium Sept. 20
09/02/2008 Calendar Alert: Symposium for Young People with Parkinson’s is Sept. 19
09/09/2008 OHSU Center for Women's Health Lecture Series Announced
09/09/2008 Which Type of Exercise is Best for Older Breast Cancer Survivors?
09/09/2008 Diversity in Medical School Matters
09/10/2008 OHSU Center for Women's Health Provides Free Pap Tests, Pelvic Exams; Phone Line Opens Sept. 12
09/10/2008 Northwest Communities Host OHSU Physician Assistant Students
09/10/2008 Calendar Alert: OHSU Hosts Macular Degeneration and Low Vision Expo
09/11/2008 OHSU, OTLA jointly propose changes in Oregon Tort Claims Act
09/16/2008 Oregon Trauma System Celebrates 20 Years of Saving Lives
09/16/2008 New Research to Help Dogs With Cancer May Benefit People
09/16/2008 Calendar Alert: Pacific NW Summit Aims to Halt Diabetes Epidemic
09/17/2008 Scientists Seek to Block Progression of Alzheimer’s with Novel Medication that Targets the Source
09/19/2008 OHSU’s Leader for Continuing and Graduate Medical Education Named to Newly Endowed Professorship
09/22/2008 Annual Rural Health Conference Focus: ‘25 Years of Learning From Each Other’
09/23/2008 ONPRC Launches New Website
09/23/2008 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon Joins Doernbecher
09/23/2008 Black Americans Are At Greater Risk for Colon Polyps
09/23/2008 Five New Patient-Designed Nike Shoes – and a Record Donation from Nike – Unveiled at 2008 “Doernbecher Freestyle” Kick-Off Event
09/23/2008 OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers Look at How Breathing Relates to Prostate Movement During Radiation
09/23/2008 Record Nike Gift Kicks Off 2008 Doernbecher Freestyle Program
09/24/2008 OHSU Cancer Institute Researcher Combines Radiation Technology With Immunotherapy for Greater Effectiveness
09/25/2008 OHSU Expands Orthopaedic Oncology With Appointment of New Specialist
09/25/2008 Meyer Memorial Trust Grant Aids OHSU's Outreach in Diabetes Education
09/25/2008 Can alternative medicine ease suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
09/29/2008 Ankle Replacement Expert Joins OHSU’s Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Team
09/29/2008 First Gene Associated With Most Common Form of Macular Degeneration Identified
09/30/2008 Diversity in Medical School Matters
09/30/2008 Free Bone Marrow Donor Testing Offered at Light The Night Event
10/01/2008 Black Americans Are At Greater Risk for Colon Polyps
10/01/2008 The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy (CFHUF)
10/06/2008 UW, WSU, OHSU to Collaborate in Landmark National Children's Health Study
10/07/2008 Research Shows One in Four Patients Who Seek Physician Assisted Suicide Suffer From Depression
10/07/2008 Discovering Drugs and Biofuels in Tropical Seas
10/08/2008 Online Ordering Now Available for Doernbecher’s 2008 Holiday Cards for Kids
10/09/2008 The Tax-Free IRA Charitable Rollover is Back!
10/13/2008 OHSU Vollum Co-Director Gary Westbrook elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine
10/13/2008 OHSU Announces Free “Ask the Health Experts” Lecture Series for November
10/14/2008 OHSU School of Dentistry Faculty, Staff Receive Awards, Appointments
10/15/2008 National Study of Children's Health Grant Awarded
10/16/2008 Public Hearing to Discuss Having Armed Officers on OHSU Campus
10/21/2008 OHSU launches web site in preparation for new claims from animal rights group PETA
10/21/2008 Diversity Council Launches New Website
10/21/2008 Although Mom, Dad Have Health Insurance Through Work, Kids May Go Without
10/21/2008 The Life Raft Group Presents Research Grants To Dr. Christopher Corless and Dr. Michael Heinrich
10/28/2008 Maria Elena Ruiz, Diversity Advisory Council member, to receive Betty J. Cleckley Minority Research Award
10/29/2008 Knights to give $100 million to OHSU Cancer Institute
10/31/2008 School of Nursing Ashland Campus Continues to Address Barriers for Underrepresented Students, Staff and Faculty to Achieve Success
10/31/2008 OHSU Finds Abuse of Children, Women Is Often Overlooked in the Emergency Department
10/31/2008 Research Center for Gender-Based Medicine Announces Seed-Funding Awards
11/03/2008 New OHSU Research Demonstrates How MRI Can Detect Cancerous Breast Tumors
11/05/2008 OHSU Foundation Announces New President
11/06/2008 Brain Chemistry for Lovers: OHSU Brain Awareness Season unlocks secrets of the heart, head
11/06/2008 Dr. Tamara Phillips Receives Festival of Lights Award
11/10/2008 Crossing the Digital Divide
11/10/2008 Ethan Beckley Receives APA Dissertation Research Award
11/10/2008 OHSU School of Dentistry Discovers Association Between Epstein-Barr Virus, Mouth Disease
11/12/2008 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Researcher Leads Study That May Result In More Personalized Treatment
11/13/2008 Medical Informatics Group Honors Hersh
11/20/2008 Confronting Racial Barriers in Medicine
12/01/2008 Statin Drugs Benefit Heart Disease Patients, but May Cause Eye Disorders in Some
12/01/2008 OHSU Announces Financial Adjustments in Response to the Global Economic Downturn
12/05/2008 SON Researcher Receives National Grant
12/08/2008 OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Discovers Why Gleevec-Type Drugs Control, But Do Not Eradicate Leukemia
12/09/2008 Promising New Drug Blocks Mutation in Bone Marrow Cancers
12/10/2008 OHSU CFO Brad King Accepts Offer to Return to Consulting
12/12/2008 OBGYN Launches New Website
12/12/2008 Oregon Poison Center Offers Advice on How to Avoid Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
12/15/2008 OHSU Resuscitation Studies Conducted at Scene of Incident Continue to Enroll People
12/15/2008 Proactive Care Saves Lives of Seniors, Study Finds
12/18/2008 Enterprise Calendar: Coming Soon
12/29/2008 OHSU Research Generated Four New Startups in FY08
12/30/2008 OHSU Cardiac ICU Wins National Recognition
12/30/2008 Tram Proved Its Mettle During Storm

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