OHSU researchers receive more than $2 million for cancer research from Kuni Foundation

Grants will help early detection of colorectal cancer, advancing a cure for aggressive brain tumor

By Angela Yeager June 11, 2025 Portland, Oregon

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Melissa Wong, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Summer Gibbs, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Ramon Barajas, Jr., M.D. (OHSU)

Domenico Tupone, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Colorectal cancer progress

Melissa Wong, Ph.D., and Summer Gibbs, Ph.D., were awarded $1,050,000 for a project titled “Noninvasive circulating hybrid cell biomarker: Early detection and monitoring of colorectal cancer.” (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Ramon Barajas and Domenico Tupone

Ramon Barajas, Jr., M.D., left, and Domenico Tupone, Ph.D., were awarded $1,050,000 for their project, “Leveraging hibernation to advance a cure for Glioblastoma.” (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Cutting edge cancer research

The Kuni Foundation awarded research teams at Oregon Health & Science University more than $2 million to improve detection and treatment of colorectal cancer and to develop a better approach to treat an aggressive form of brain cancer. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)