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Medical Research Foundation honors top Oregon scientists, mentors

November 17, 2014

The Medical Research Foundation of Oregon has announced the recipients of its 2014 awards for scientific leadership and innovation in Oregon. The awards were presented Wednesday, Nov. 12, at a reception in Portland. Honorees The Mentor Award was ...

The Ford Family Foundation awards $5 million grant to advance the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s outreach to rural Oregonians

November 05, 2014

The Ford Family Foundation has made a significant grant — $5 million — to the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to expand delivery of prevention and care expertise to rural Oregonians. The grant will also contribute ...

Study identifies new genetic risk factors for autism

October 29, 2014

A new study published online today in the journal Nature identifies 27 genes that, if mutated, will either cause autism or contribute to its risk. The study is the most comprehensive look at the genomes of parents and children where one child is ...

BDMS and OHSU collaborate to improve human health in Southeast Asia

October 28, 2014

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services is teaming with Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., to improve health in both countries through shared knowledge and skills, and the creation of centers of excellence focused on key challenges. ...

The Oregon Community Foundation’s John and Robin Jaqua Fund creates $5 million endowment to benefit OHSU’s Knight Cancer Challenge

October 21, 2014

The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) has created a $5 million fund to support the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and its ambitious effort to transform cancer detection and treatment with the $1 billion Knight ...

OHSU, partners Kineta, U of Washington, VGTI Florida awarded $10M NIH contract to develop new vaccine adjuvants

October 20, 2014

Oregon Health & Science University's Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute (OHSU) has been awarded a $10 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Kineta, Inc., ...

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute launches program to support communities in reducing cancer’s impact

October 20, 2014

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program will offer grants and other resources to address cancer-related needs most important to Oregonians

OHSU scientist awarded $25 million grant to further HIV vaccine research

September 03, 2014

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have received a $25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance work on a promising vaccine candidate that may someday prevent or cure infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ...

Oregon Health Plan members get more access to health care providers; providers get help paying off student loans

August 21, 2014

OHSU named U.S. West Coast branch for international Cochrane Collaboration

August 21, 2014

The international Cochrane Collaboration — the world's leading organization for conducting systematic reviews on what works in health care — announced today that its new West Coast branch of the U.S. Cochrane Center will be at Oregon Health & Science ...

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