Rudy Alvarado MS, CEMT, a research associate at the Multiscale Microscopy Core, uses imaging equipment in the Lopez lab. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

From left: Erin Stempinski, M.S., is a research associate; Claudia López Ph.D., director of the Multiscale Microscopy Core and associate professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department, operationally oversees the Multiscale Microscopy Core; Raakhee Shankar, Ph.D., an associate core scientist; and Rudy Alvarado MS, CEMT, a research associate. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Raakhee Shankar, Ph.D., an associate core scientist at the Multiscale Microscopy Core, loads samples on a Helios UC5 FIB-SEM microscope. The Multiscale Microscopy Core is in OHSU’s Robertson Life Sciences Building, along with the Pacific Northwest Cryo-EM Center. Together, these centers form an unmatched resource for OHSU researchers studying everything from molecular biology to cancer and infectious diseases. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Raakhee Shankar, Ph.D., an associate core scientist at the Multiscale Microscopy Core, loads samples on a Helios UC5 FIB-SEM microscope. The Multiscale Microscopy Core is in OHSU’s Robertson Life Sciences Building, along with the Pacific Northwest Cryo-EM Center. Together, these centers form an unmatched resource for OHSU researchers studying everything from molecular biology to cancer and infectious diseases. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Nicole Norris, chief quality officer for Waterfall Community Health Center, distributes produce with the mobile health unit team. The organization’s newly funded project aims to increase cancer prevention education and cancer screening rates in Coos County. (Courtesy of Waterfall Community Health Center)

With locations throughout the Portland-metro area, the Coalition of Slavic and Eastern European Organizations will use funding from the Community Partnership Program to continue their efforts to deliver colorectal cancer screening educational materials and workshops in Russian, Ukrainian, and other relevant languages. (Courtesy of the Coalition of Slavic and Eastern European Organizations)

With locations throughout the Portland-metro area, the Coalition of Slavic and Eastern European Organizations will use funding from the Community Partnership Program to continue their efforts to deliver colorectal cancer screening educational materials and workshops in Russian, Ukrainian, and other relevant languages. (Courtesy of the Coalition of Slavic and Eastern European Organizations)