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A building with a purpose


On Sept. 7 and 8, OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute opened the doors to its new Knight Cancer Research Building — an innovative building that will house up to 650 cancer researchers and staff focused on the early detection of cancer. We spoke with attendees on what they thought of the building.

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Why early detection matters to Bree Mitchell, PhD


A Q&A with Bree Mitchell, PhD, who leads strategic planning, scientific program development, organizational development, operations, and scientific collaboration building as the Associate Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR).

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$2.5 million gift funds endowed chair for cancer research


One of the most highly cited medical scientists in the world, Gordon Mills, M.D., will be joining the faculty of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. He will hold the new Wayne and Julie Drinkward Chair in Precision Oncology. The Drinkwards, who established the chair with a gift of $2.5 million to OHSU, are longtime supporters […]

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Meet Gordon Mills, MD, PhD


OHSU announced that internationally renowned scientist Gordon B. Mills, MD, PhD, has been recruited to lead precision oncology for the Knight Cancer Institute. Here are a few interesting facts about him.

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Gordon B. Mills on the next revolution in cancer


Gordon B. Mills, M.D., Ph.D., is the new director of precision oncology at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. His role will be to provide an “integrative force” across various efforts in progress at the institute, including the Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research (CEDAR) Center, immuno-oncology and the system biology groups. In this video, Mills talks […]

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A new age of cancer research


The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute has launched the largest program of its kind in the world: the Center for Cancer Early Detection and Research (CEDAR). Early detection remains one of the largest unmet needs in cancer research — yet we know that when we find and treat cancer earlier, more people live. That’s easy to […]

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Engineering a new future in cancer care


OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Director Brian Druker, M.D., is famous for ignoring the conventional wisdom. He disregarded those who called his research “voodoo science” and his work resulted in GleevecTM – a landmark drug proven effective in 10 types of cancer. In selecting Sadik Esener, Ph.D., to lead the institute’s newly established Center for Early […]

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