minutes (administrative records)

Abstract This collection contains records from the Medical Research Foundation (MRF) from 1956 to 2009. Founded in 1942, MRF would go on to provide decades of funding and development for biomedical research at the University of Oregon Medical School (OHSU), the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, and other medical institutions within the state until merging with OHSU's research foundation in 1994. This collection contains administrative records, correspondence, grant proposals, newsletters,...

Abstract The Oregon Comprehensive Cancer Program began out of interest in forming an Oregon Cancer Center. The main goal was to unite Oregon hospitals under a cooperative partnership to form a united cancer center, which could then seek funding from for research and educational initiatives. The Program’s main output was the formation of the Oregon Cancer Data Program, which served as a centralized tumor registry for roughly 40 hospitals. These records document the planning of the cancer registry in...