Komen Funding to OHSU Now Exceeds $10 Million

March 14th, 2013 (Portland, Oregon) – Susan G. Komen for the Cure is proud to announce  that its regional and national organization has exceeded the $10 million milestone in total 

funds awarded to Oregon Health & Science University in support of crucial breast cancer research and other projects to further Komen’s mission to save lives and end breast cancer 

forever. This cumulative commitment represents Komen’s single largest investment in Oregon. 

 

Komen’s Research Program plays an essential role in energizing science to pursue new treatments and potential cures. The most 

recent investment of $6.5 million comes via a Komen Promise Grant. Promise grants support the rapid translation of scientific discoveries into new or enhanced treatments with the 

highest potential to reduce breast cancer incidence or mortality. 

 

Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D., Hildegard Lamfrom Chair in Basic Science, Professor and Chair of the OHSU the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, Associate Director of Basic Research for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, along with two other collaborators, is the recipient of the grant, Komen’s most 

prestigious grant award. Her project aims to establish whether immune and collagen status is correlated with density-associated breast cancer risk.  

 

OHSU will celebrate this remarkable philanthropic milestone of support at a luncheon honoring Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Tuesday, March 19th. Media are invited to attend and cover the event. Lisa Coussens, Ph.D, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker; OHSU President Joe Robertson, JR, M.D., M.B.A, and OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Director Brian Druker, M.D., will also be in attendance alongside major donors and other key stakeholders and supporters of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and OHSU.  

 

 

Event information is as follows: 

Date: Tuesday, March 19th

Time: Noon-1pm 

Location: OHSU Marquam Hill Campus, BICC Library Conference Center 

First Floor - Biomedical Information Communication Center  

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland 

Any media interested in attending or securing one-on-one interviews with Lisa Coussens, Joe 

Robertson or Brian Druker should contact Elisa Williams at 503 494-4530 or via email at 

willieli@ohsu.edu.