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FEATURED | September 11, 2025

Jason Chambers Headlines the Melanoma Research Fou...

Superyacht Captain, TV Personality, Melanoma Patient and Advocate Poised to Emcee Event Honoring the Melanoma Community  New York City, NY (September 11, 2025) – The...

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Blogs |
November 22, 2017

#EyeGetDilated: Deborah Smith

Guest blog post by OM survivor and #EyeGetDilated advocate, Deborah Smith: I am Deborah Smith from Georgia and I have a Class II choroidal melanoma tumor. My walk with canc...

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November 15, 2017

#EyeGetDilated: William Karp

Guest blog post by OM survivor and #EyeGetDilated advocate, William Karp: My OM journey began so quietly that I didn't know I was even on a journey. For a long time, I ...

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Blogs |
October 25, 2017

Near Life Experiences

Ocular melanoma survivor and 2017 MRF Courage Award recipient Aaron Davis on the importance of “near life experiences.”

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September 29, 2017

The MRF Welcomes CEO Elly Brtva

The Board of Directors of the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is excited to announce that Eleanor (Elly) Brtva will assume the role of CEO of the Melanoma Research ...

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Blogs |
September 26, 2017

Congress Must Protect DoD Medical Research Funding

Since 1992, the Department of Defense Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) has transformed healthcare for service members and the American public ...

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Blogs |
September 1, 2017

Apply for the Medical Student Research Award

The Melanoma Reserach Foundation (MRF) is now accepting applications for the 2018 Medical Student Research Award. The MRF has been awarding this research grant since 2011 a...

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Blogs |
August 2, 2017

Indoor Tanning Association Ends Operations

Statement from the Melanoma Research Foundation This week, the Indoor Tanning Association (ITA) announced that it will cease operations and dissolve the organization. For d...

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Blogs |
June 15, 2017

FY17 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Announc...

The MRF is pleased to report that the Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) announcements—the Career Development Award, Idea Award with Special Focus, and the...

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Blogs |
June 2, 2017

Update on the CURE OM Patient Registry

“As a patient with choroidal melanoma with metastasis to liver, lymph node and brain, I want to share as much information as possible with other patients, researchers...

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Blogs |
May 1, 2017

Melanoma Awareness Month and a New Look for the M...

Dear Friends, Today marks the beginning of Melanoma Awareness Month, a time for our community to come together to educate others and support melanoma survivors and patients...

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Blogs |
April 20, 2017

MRF Statement on Sunscreen in Schools

Statement from the Melanoma Research Foundation Earlier this week, NBC’s Today Show ran an important story about the use of sunscreen in schools and the difficulty many p...

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Blogs |
April 19, 2017

Take Action: Students Need Sunscreen at School

Yesterday, both the Today Show and NBC Nightly News broadcast stories about a disturbing prohibition of sunscreen in schools and the difficulty many parents have in ensurin...

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Ask the Expert: Mucosal Melanoma – Current and Emerging Treatments, Research and Patient Perspectives

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5th Annual #GetNakedJax

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San Diego Miles for Melanoma 5K

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CURE OM Global Science Meeting

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