Research Programs
The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s 150 plus members are affiliated with one or more of our research programs supported by our NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG).
These programs form an interdisciplinary and collaborative infrastructure to enable the full spectrum of translational research to be conducted. Work done by Knight physicians and scientists advance our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of this disease and advance discoveries to improve detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer.
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Research Programs
PROGRAM MEMBERS
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cancer prostate bladder oncology |
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leukemia |
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Cervical neoplasia American Indian Alaska Native Community-based participatory research |
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prostate cancer |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor of Medicine |
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Appointments: Behavioral Neurocience |
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Mammography Cervical cancer screening Colorectal screening breast cancer research |
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Appointments: St. Baldrick’s Scholar |
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Appointments: Department Chair, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, OHSU Director of Basic Research, OHSU Knight Cancer Research |
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MDM2 c-Myc ribosomal protein nucleolar stress |
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Appointments: Director of Clinical Research, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Professor of Healthcare Management, Division of Management |
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myeloid leukemia |
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Appointments: Director, Quality/Research/Magnet Recognition Program, Patient Care Services |
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health promotion obesity research eating disorders |
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Appointments: Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology |
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Flow cytometry Lymphoma Leukemia Hematology |
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Appointments: Transgenic Core Director |
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stem cells |
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Mitochondria Calcium Permeability transition Pore Signaling |
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Appointments: 2005-present, Senior Scientist, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Inst, OHSU, Beaverton, OR; 2005-present, Senior Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR; 2005-present, Professor, Department for Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, OHSU |
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Psychiatry (Geriatrics) |
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smoking cessation pharmacotherapies nicotine vaccine cancer prevention COPD |
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Appointments: Director, Vollum Institute Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Professor of Biochemistry Professor of Molecular Biology |
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Appointments: Gordon Moore Endowed Chair Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering Director, OHSU Center for Spatial Systems Biomedicine Associate Director for Translational Research, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine, OHSU OHSU — General Medicine |
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metabolism |
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carcinogenesis novel molecular therapeutics Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands Microsurgery |
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Appointments: Director, Affymetrix Microarray Core |
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Hematology |
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Information retrieval Search Health information technology workforce development Educational technology |
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Appointments: Associate Professor |
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dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI sarcoma MRI breast cancer |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor |
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tissue optics optical diagnostics biomedical engineering lasers |
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Appointments: Professor |
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Appointments: Leader, Pediatric Cancer Biology Program |
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ubiquitin ligase trim32 piasy p73 |
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Fanconi Anemia stem cell transplantation |
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asian Americans health disparity immigrant health Survivorship |
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mouse models genomic instability colon cancer research OHSU colorectal cancer |
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symptom incongruence couples family communication and relationships survivorship |
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puberty thyroid diabetes and adrenal disorders; pediatric obesity; failure to thrive |
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bone marrow transplant |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor, Department of Cell & Development Biology |
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oxidative stress ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage formaldehyde-induced DNA damage DNA repair |
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Computational Biology Network Reconstruction Statistical Methodology for functional genomics data data cleaning and data integration |
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Appointments: Head, Division of Biostatistics Director, Biostatistics Shared Resource, OHSU Cancer Institute Director, Biostatistics & Design Program, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute |
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Vaccine Gene Therapy |
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dna repair |
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Appointments: Professor and Senior Scientist |
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west Nile virus (WNV) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) miRNAs pathogenesis |
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fetal development |
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Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Bile Duct Cancer Cysts Tumors Liver Liver Cancer |
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lymphocyte activation immunological tolerance immunological synapse intercellular communication |
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Myeloma Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Sarcoma |
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genetic alterations |
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chemotherapy hypoxia genetics metabolism |
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Appointments: Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience? Professor, Department of Neurology ?Affiliate Scientist, Division of Neuroscience, ONPRC |
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insulin-like growth factor action prostate cancer metabolic disease diabetes |
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Appointments: Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Professor of Anesthesiology |
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Brain and Spinal Cord Cancer |
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Appointments: Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Director, Program in Chemical Biology |
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Appointments: Associate Professor |
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diet epidemiology prostate cancer breast cancer |
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Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery GI Tract - Upper (includes esophagus stomach gallbladder and biliary system) Pancreatic Cancer Laparoscopic Surgery |
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Demyelinating diseases Oligodendrocytes Schwann cells Multiple sclerosis |
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Polytopic membrane proteins ER-associated degradation |
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Communication prevention chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Lung Cancer |
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investigational agents leukemia |
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Mohs surgery melanoma |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor |
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Appointments: Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department |
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Appointments: Associate Professor Director, Pathology Core, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of PHPM, OHSU Cancer Research Center Adjunct Research Scientist - CROET |
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Breast Pathology Renal Pathology Transplantation Pathology |
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Gene silencing Somatic Mutation Radiation mutagenesis Environmental Exposure |
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Melanoma |
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Appointments: Faculty member, Center for Spatial Systems Biology Research member, Knight Cancer Institute Faculty member, Neuroscience Graduate Program Leadership Team, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies- Institute (ONAMI) |
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wnt/B-catenin signaling axin arrow LDL receptor related protein (LRP) |
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Appointments: Associate Professor, School of Nursing |
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intestinal stem cell niche metastatic cancer cell fusion colorectal cancer |
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intestinal stem cell niche metastatic cancer cell fusion colorectal cancer |
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Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, OHSU Member, Cancer Biology Program, Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU |
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Appointments: Research Assistant Professor, Knight Cancer Institute, Bioinformatics Shared Resource |
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Appointments: Director, Division of Molecular Radiation & Cancer Biology Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine |
EXTERNAL PROGRAM MEMBERS
| Researcher | Research Area |
Program |
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| Jeffery Fellows, Ph.D. |
Kaiser | 4 |
| Bernard Fox, Ph.D. |
Providence | 3 |
| Mark Hornbrook, Ph.D. | Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Kaiser | 4 |
| Peter Hurlin, Ph.D. | Cell & Developmental Biology, Shriners | 1 |
| Arup Indra, Ph.D. | Molecular & Medical Genetics, Shriners | 3 |
| Carmit McMullen, Ph.D. | Kaiser | 4 |
| Jefferey Singer, Ph.D. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Portland State University | 1 |
| Scott Stadler, Ph.D. | Molecular & Medical Genetics, Shriners | 1 |
| Victor Stevens, Ph.D. | Public Health & Preventative Medicine, Kaiser | 4 |
| Walter Urba, M.D., Ph.D. | Providence | 3 |
| Andrew Weinberg, Ph.D. | Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Providence | 3 |
| Sheila Weinmann, Ph.D. | Public Health & Preventative Medicine, Kaiser | 4 |
