Family doctors like Katie Putnam, M.D., M.P.H., play a critical role in helping patients who smoke understand the benefits and risks of getting screened for lung cancer. Putnam is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU interventional pulmonologist Peter Lee, M.D., M.H.S., helps people with lung nodules using the Ion robotic navigation system (nicknamed Rosey). Under Lee’s direction, the system guides a thin probe through a patient’s lung to examine nodules for signs of cancer. He is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

OHSU interventional pulmonologist Peter Lee, M.D., M.H.S., helps people with lung nodules using the Ion robotic navigation system (nicknamed Rosey). Under Lee’s direction, the system guides a thin probe through a patient’s lung to examine nodules for signs of cancer. He is one of the medical co-directors of OHSU’s new lung cancer screening program. (OHSU/Chris Lydgate)

“My brother had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. When he passed away I was dumbfounded that not a single treatment was capable of curing a common cancer," says 2018 CURE Program intern Guadalupe Duran. "I questioned everything and it made me want to know why this type of cancer couldn’t be cured in him when the treatment had cured others. It sparked my interest in cancer research.” (OHSU/Darsen Campbell-Prissel)

“I am humbled to be a part of the CURE Program," says 2018 CURE Program intern Carlos Quiahua, 18. "It’s not often that people my age get the opportunity to work in labs and get hands-on learning. Even more when working with people who are trying to stop cancer." (OHSU/Darsen Campbell-Prissel)

“I’ve learned so much about cancer research," says 2018 CURE Program intern Sang Dang. "Before I started the CURE Program, I thought there would be breakthrough discoveries every day like you see in movies and TV shows. In reality, it’s a lot of time, research, people, hard work, and you really have to be prepared for the long term. It’s important to understand the big picture and know that your work will help further science and build knowledge but you won’t find a cure every day.”  (OHSU/Darsen Campbell-Prissel)

Jackilen Shannon, Ph.D., R.D., co-director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program.
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Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., shows an engineered material that replicates human bone tissue. The material is being used to explore disease processes such as the origin of metastatic tumors in bone, and as a treatment for large bone injuries. (OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)

Avathamsa Athirasala, M.Sc.Eng. (OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., Ph.D., shows an engineered material that replicates human bone tissue. The material is being used to explore disease processes such as the origin of metastatic tumors in bone, and as a treatment for large bone injuries. (OHSU/Joe Rojas-Burke)