11 proyectos reciben fondos del OHSU Knight Cancer Institute para abordar necesidades locales en relación con el cáncer en todo el estado
11 projects receive OHSU Knight Cancer Institute funding to address local cancer-related needs across the state
Bilingual Yachats Event
The Knight mobile outreach provided cancer prevention resources in Spanish and English for community members at the Pride Market in Yachats, Oregon. (OHSU)
Community Health Fair in Gervais, Oregon
Raul Oviedo, Paul Bollinger and Derrik Zebroski, and members of Salem Health, OHSU School of Medicine, and OHSU Knight Cancer Institutes Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, or CEDAR, distribute health education resources to community members at the Community Health Fair in Gervais, Oregon. (OHSU)
KCI van at 2022 CPP Grantee Conference
Members of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Outreach and Engagement team and grantees of the Knight Cancer Institutes Community Partnership Program gather by the van during the 2022 CPP Grantee Conference. (OHSU)
KCI van at the Melanoma Walk
The mobile outreach van joined the 10th Annual Steps Against Melanoma walk in Portland on Sunday, May 21, and provided space for Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., and members of the Dermatology Student Interest Group at OHSU to offer free skin cancer screenings for interested participants. Walk participants also received health information about HPV vaccination as cancer prevention, colorectal cancer screenings, and the Healthy Oregon Project, a no-cost cancer early detection research study. (OHSU)
KCI van in Beatty
The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute mobile outreach van delivers cancer education and prevention resources to people across the state. Pictured here at the Irwin Weiser Memorial Community Center in Beatty, Oregon. (OHSU)
Chiloquin Event
Derrik Zebroski, mobile outreach coordinator for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, and Elena Paz Munoz, OHSU Latino Medical Student Association student, provide Cologuard kits and free skin cancer checks at Klamath Tribal Health in Chiloquin, Oregon. (OHSU)
Dr. Brian Druker with KCI van
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Director Brian Druker, M.D., says the institutes goal is to reach underrepresented and underserved populations by showing up in their community. (OHSU)
KCI van_skin cancer screenings
The OHSU Knight Cancer Institutes mobile outreach van delivered free skin cancer screenings and resources at a community health fair in Salem. Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., and members of the Latino Medical Student Association and Dermatology Student Interest Group at OHSU provided skin cancer screenings and prevention information. More than 200 people attended the annual event and received information about the institutes community health education resources, the Healthy Oregon Project and Start Seeing Melanoma. (OHSU)
