12 projects receive funding from OHSU Knight Cancer Institute to address local cancer-related needs

Projects aim to prevent lung cancer, increase awareness around risk for pancreatic cancer, provide resources to patients with cancer in rural Oregon

By Amanda Gibbs December 22, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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Barb Snyder

Barb Snyder, R.N., is the quality and risk manager at Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center. She is co-leading the “Coos Fights Cancer” effort with her colleagues at the South Coast Rural Health Integrated Project Team and says their team is “thrilled” to receive funding from the Community Partnership Program. (Courtesy of Barb Snyder)

Amanda Sharie

Amanda Sharie, community care coordinator at Mid-Columbia Medical Center, is helping lead a new project that aims to expand access to cancer screenings and treatment for underserved communities in Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman and Wasco counties. She says the project will expand an existing local initiative to increase outreach and access to breast cancer and colorectal cancer screenings. (Courtesy of Amanda Sharie)

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., is co-director of the Community Partnership Program. (OHSU)