The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is a world leader in targeted therapy and early detection. Help us create a world free from the burden of cancer.
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 […]
Fifteen years ago, an astounding breakthrough changed the way the world treats cancer. The discovery by Brian Druker, M.D., now director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, turned chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) from a deadly disease with a very short life expectancy into a treatable condition managed by a daily pill, called Gleevec. It was […]
The success of the Knight Cancer Challenge was a historic milestone in our race to defeat cancer. But it was not a finish line. The Knight Cancer Challenge was part of a chain reaction. The $1 billion raised will build upon achievements made possible by previous donations, and the success of the challenge has inspired […]
Watch Phil Knight and OHSU’s Brian Druker, M.D., in an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America.
Is there a higher calling than curing cancer? Phil Knight posed this question in September 2013 on the night he and his wife issued an unexpected and unprecedented fundraising challenge to OHSU. More than 10,000 donors responded. If you have been a part of the Knight Cancer Challenge campaign, you have just made history. Watch […]
In our favorite video from the Knight Cancer Challenge, Gert Boyle speculates about who made an anonymous $100 million donation.
Columbia Sportswear President and CEO Tim Boyle and his wife, Mary, have made one of the largest gifts in the campaign to date — $10 million to create a mentorship fund honoring Tim Boyle’s late aunt, Hildegard Lamfrom, Ph.D. It’s the second gift the couple has made in honor of Dr. Lamfrom, sister of Gert […]
Phil Knight issues a surprise $1 billion cancer challenge in September 2013.
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