About Us
The Knight Scholars Program is housed at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). It is a collaboration between the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health.
Our Reach
We serve students attending Oregon schools in the following regions
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Program Structure
Knight scholars participate in a tiered, three year training program that spans OHSU and community settings.
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Peer Reviewed Publications about Knight Scholars Program
Marriott, L.K., Shugerman, S.R., Chavez, A., Crocker Daniel, L., Martinez, A., Zebroski, D.J., Mishalanie, S., Zell, A., Dest, A., Pozhidayeva, D., Wenzel, E.S., Omotoy, H.L., Druker, B.J., Shannon, J. (2022, in press). Knight Scholars Program: A tiered three-year mentored training program for urban and rural high school high school students increases interest and self-efficacy in interprofessional cancer research. In press with Journal of STEM Outreach
Huerta, J.J., Figuracion, M. T. , Vazquez-Cortes, A., Hanna, R.R., Hernandez, A.C. , Benitez, S.B., Sipelii, M.N. , Brooks, T., ZuZero, D.T., Iopu, F.M.R.V., Romero, C.R., Chavez, A., Zell, A., Shugerman, S.R., Shannon, J.S., Marriott, L.K. (2022, in press). Interprofessional near-peer mentoring teams enhance cancer research training: sustainable approaches for biomedical workforce development of historically underrepresented students. In press with Journal of STEM Outreach
Funding
The Knight Scholars Program is housed at Oregon Health & Science University and is funded by the National Cancer Institute and Kuni Foundation.