The Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, a division of Providence Cancer Institute, is a world-class research facility locate ... in Portland, Ore. Founded in 1993 by Walter Urba, M.D., Ph.D., director of cancer research, and a team of internationally-recognized scientists, our main area of investigation is cancer immunotherapy, a specialized field of study focused on harnessing the innate power of the immune system to cure cancer. The Earle A. Chiles Research Institute garners more than $4.5 million annually in federal, private and other sponsored grant funding and has a research staff of more than 100 team members. read more