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What does cutting-edge cancer research look like?
What does cutting-edge cancer research look like?
Students in the Knight Scholars Program will participate in a 6-week intensive summer research project mentored by leading cancer researchers at OHSU. **
The Knight Cancer Institute supports four core cancer research programs:
The Knight Cancer Institute supports four core cancer research programs:
Each program offers multiple laboratories and centers that offer deeper dives into cancer research.
Cancer Biology, including how cells talk to each other, impairments with cancer, and tumor microenvironments.
Quantitative Oncology, including computational biology, statistics, imaging, omics, and systems biology
Translational Oncology, including cancer early detection and cancer precision medicine
Cancer prevention and control, including prevention, risk reduction, screening, and cancer survivorship
Research Learning Objectives
Research Learning Objectives
At the end of the research placements, the scholar will:
Develop objectives and goals based on their interests for the research lab placement to refine their research design.
Construct a list of research skills and scientific fields that are used by the research team to study cancer.
Describe how the data is collected and what it portrays and how the findings may apply to different communities.
Help scholars see the bigger picture
Help scholars see the bigger picture
Include the following frames when showing scholars your work:
Process
Process
Research process questions:
How is research conducted?
What research ethics are in place to protect humans and animals in research?
What models are used to make predictions?
Context
Context
Research context questions:
Who are the people on a research team? What degrees or schooling is needed?
What are the settings where research happens?
Where in the cancer continuum is care being provided?
Have students think about
Have students think about
Who are the vulnerable populations in research?
How does cancer research or clinical trials differ for adult and pediatric populations?
What disparities or inequities are observed in this research field? (e.g., age, racial/ethnic, gender, geographic)
What research advancements are you most excited about in your field? What is still needed?
How have virtual conferences and online science meetings changed the way that cancer research occurs?
What do cancer research placements look like?
What do cancer research placements look like?
Example Activities
Example Activities
Attend research lab meetings and observe the collaboration efforts as a team.
Learn and practice common techniques or skills used by the research team.
Collect data and analyze results by utilizing visualization techniques.
Participate in journal clubs.
Upcoming Intensive Year: Research Placements
Upcoming Intensive Year: Research Placements
During the Summer of 2023, scholars spend 6 weeks in a cancer lab aligned with their interests. Cancer labs do not need to be wet labs. We encourage placements in a broad range of research settings. If you do research with a team and would like to host scholars to work with your group, please join us!
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