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From Anger to Hope – One Uveal Melanoma Patient’s Journey
By Cody Barnett, MPH, MRA Senior Director of Communications & Patient Engagement | 20 May 2020 In Melanoma Stories
Unlike many of the stories featured by CureMelanoma.org, Melody Burchett’s journey with melanoma didn’t start at her dermatologist’s office. Instead, Melody's journey with melanoma began with a pair of broken glasses that needed replacing, ASAP.
Lighting up Melanoma (One Cell at a Time)
18 May 2020 In Allies & Partnerships, Prevention, Science, Treatment
Meet Aditi Sahu, a post-doctoral fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and MRA Dermatology Research Fellow. Learn about her work and MRA's Dermatology Fellowship Award Program.
Putting Healthy Skin First - L’Oréal Active Cosmetics Division & MRA Strengthen Longstanding L’Oréal and MRA Partnership
By Cody Barnett, MPH, MRA Senior Director of Communications & Patient Engagement | 1 May 2020 In Allies & Partnerships, News, Science
Some partnerships just make sense. For example, L’Oréal-owned SkinCeuticals, CeraVe and La Roche-Posay apart of the L’Oreal Active Cosmetics Division and MRA both share a mission and ethos for promoting healthy skin. It is no surprise that the two are longtime partners in the fight against melanoma. In fact, these brands and MRA have just announced an expanded partnership just in time for Melanoma Awareness Month.
MRA Announces $11 Million for 26 Grant Awards to Advance Melanoma Research
By Cody Barnett, MPH, MRA Senior Director of Communications & Patient Engagement | 30 April 2020 In News, Science
With the world’s attention focused on the response to COVID-19, the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) knows that long after this pandemic has ended, melanoma research will still be urgently needed. To this end, and in recognition of Melanoma Awareness Month, the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA), the largest non-profit funder of melanoma research, is proud to announce funding for 26 research awards totaling $10.9 million.
Bridging the Knowledge Gap Through AI
30 April 2020 In Science
Meet Enrica Quattrocchi, a clinical dermatology fellow at the Mayo Clinic, and MRA Dermatology Research Fellow. Learn about her work and MRA's Dermatology Fellowship Award Program.
To the Twilight Zone & Back – Ian Schuman’s Story
By Cody Barnett, MPH, MRA Senior Director of Communications & Patient Engagement | 31 March 2020 In Melanoma Stories
For Ian Schuman, the news of his melanoma diagnosis came as a shock. For him, it all started in the spring of 2018 when he noticed a small lump on his left collar bone. As part of preliminary testing before the surgery to remove it, he also had a biopsy.
Dr. Villanueva Takes Aim at NRAS Mutant Melanoma
By Cody Barnett, MPH, MRA Senior Director of Communications & Patient Engagement | 28 March 2020 In Melanoma Stories, Science, Treatment
When Dr. Villanueva began her work in melanoma, some 15 years ago, it was the perfect scientific challenge. How could a disease be so aggressive – and still be such a mystery?
Then things got personal.
Coronavirus: What People with Cancer Should Know
24 March 2020 In News, Policy, Science, Treatment
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals. CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and has now been detected in the United States and many other countries.
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Detect Melanoma Earlier
2 March 2020 In Science
As an internist, Dr. Joann Elmore was taught to ask questions. Those questions led her to spend much of her career in breast cancer research where she found extensive variability among radiologists’ interpretation of mammograms. “Radiology data is subjective, just like art. You’re being asked to classify visual data,” Elmore says.
Keeping You Connected to the Melanoma Community
By Cody Barnett, MPH, MRA Senior Director of Communications & Patient Engagement | 18 February 2020 In Allies & Partnerships
With the launch of the brand-new Inspire App, the Melanoma > Exchange community is getting even better. Available for iPhone and iPad – the app was designed from the ground up to make connecting and sharing even easier and as mobile as you are.