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.
Impact Area: Cancer
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Gleevec story: Fifteen years later
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 […]
Donations fuel the future
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 […]
Announcement makes national news
Watch Phil Knight and OHSU’s Brian Druker, M.D., in an interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America.
Today, we make history
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 […]
People will talk
In our favorite video from the Knight Cancer Challenge, Gert Boyle speculates about who made an anonymous $100 million donation.
Columbia Sportswear’s Tim and Mary Boyle make $10 million gift
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 […]
