Overview

• The $2 billion gift surpasses Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins as the largest single gift to a U.S. university or academic health center.
• OHSU will launch the Knight Cancer Group as a self-governing entity to oversee the institute’s research and treatment operations under its own board.
• Dr. Brian Druker, lead developer of Gleevec, is named inaugural president of the Knight Cancer Group and will steer integrated diagnostics, trial access and patient support services.
• OHSU says the funds will accelerate diagnostic capabilities, broaden clinical-trial participation and expand comprehensive support from nutrition to survivorship care.
• The donation builds on the Knights’ long-term philanthropy in Oregon, including a 2008 center naming gift and the 2013 $500 million match that spurred the $1 billion Knight Cancer Challenge.