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- June 1982 Certain gay male patients of a Portland public sexually transmitted disease clinic are noted to complain of unusual symptoms of fatigue and lymph node swelling without obvious cause.
- October 1982 First patient death in a Portland hospital from what appears to be the disease AIDS.
- January 1983 A group of Portland physicians and public health officials begin to meet informally to discuss issues of caring for persons with AIDS . . . the beginning of The Oregon AIDS Task Force.
- April 1985 Widespread HIV testing becomes available in Oregon through public health departments and physicians’ offices.
- July 1986 The Research & Education Group, a community based HIV research consortium, is formed to increase access to HIV therapies in Oregon and SW Washington. The first clinical trial testing AZT begins in Portland.
- September 1989 The Research & Education Group is awarded a 5 year $3.7 million contract by the National Institutes for Health for HIV clinical research.
- December 1990 The Research & Education Group Community Input Group is formed to ensure participation in HIV trials by traditionally under-represented populations at risk for HIV disease.
- October 1995 A second 5 year award of $4.9 million is awarded to The Research & Education Group by the NIH.
- November 1996 The Research & Education Group initiates its 30th clinical trial for HIV treatment and has enrolled over 2000 people living with HIV disease in clinical research trials.
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