Ascending to New Heights
The outdoors always was a place of comfort for John Waller. For 17 years, he shared his love for outdoor adventures by volunteering with a group that helps survivors of medical and traumatic...
Tag: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Kathy Sees Opportunity, Finds Resources in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials have offered Kathy Chytka opportunities and provided additional resources to manage the cancer in both her lungs and abdomen. “For me, this is a chance,” says Kathy. “I...
Elissa Looks to Pay it Forward After AML Journey
Elissa Baldwin just heard the words, ‘you’re cured.’ It was the phrase she was yearning to hear for the past five years; a phrase she wasn’t even considering prior to the fall of...
Promoting Women in Science Through American Cancer Society’s ResearcHERS Program
Shannon Nugent, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at OHSU in the Department of Psychiatry and a core investigator at the VA Portland Healthcare System, Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care...
Brea’s Rebirth-day Signifies Hope and Resiliency
Dealing with the peaks and valleys that come with a cancer diagnosis is difficult to navigate physically, mentally, and emotionally. All of this takes a lot of resilience. Brea Green is...
Life with lymphedema
Today, March 6, 2020, is World Lymphedema Day. Below, Sandy Henschel, an OHSU patient, shares how this condition has impacted her life in her own words. What is lymphedema? Lymphedema is...
Life after breast cancer: Discovering the new normal
For survivors, completing treatment and becoming cancer-free doesn’t mean their journey is over. At this year's Komen Breast Cancer Issues Conference, Sue Best, L.C.S.W., M.S.W., of OHSU’s...
I never imagined I would be diagnosed with cancer at age 23
By Katie Wilkes My name is Katie. OHSU employees may know me as the editor of OHSU Research News or the person you email when you need help finding grant funding. What they probably don’t...
Our children deserve stronger protections from cancer-causing tanning devices
By Brian Druker, M.D. Early on in my career, I promised cancer patients and their families that I would do everything I could to find new ways to treat and prevent this complex and deadly...
OHSU joins with Hood to Coast in Better Half Marathon
As a runner and as the associate director of community engagement at OHSU, I couldn’t ask for a greater opportunity to share OHSU’s commitment to health and community than the half marathon...