2015 – Melanoma Research Foundation https://melanoma.org Leading the melanoma community through research, education and advocacy Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:54:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://melanoma.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cropped-MRF-Favicon-32x32.png 2015 – Melanoma Research Foundation https://melanoma.org 32 32 Mechanisms controlling melanoma dormancy and metastatic progression https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/mechanisms-controlling-melanoma-dormancy-and-metastatic-progression/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:57:45 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29051

Team Awards – Marcus Bosenberg, MD, PhD

]]> MEK1/2-CDK4/6 targeting and acquired resistance mechanisms in NRAS melanoma  https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/mek1-2-cdk4-6-targeting-and-acquired-resistance-mechanisms-in-nras-melanoma/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:57:04 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29049

Team Awards – Roger Lo, MD, PhD

]]> Effect of the aged microenvironment on tumor dormancy  https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/effect-of-the-aged-microenvironment-on-tumor-dormancy/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:55:53 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29048

Established Investigator Award – Ashani Weeraratna, PhD

]]> Identifying and targeting melanoma cells that metastasize to the brain  https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/identifying-and-targeting-melanoma-cells-that-metastasize-to-the-brain/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:55:07 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29046

Career Development Award – Inna Fedorenko, PhD

]]> Unraveling RAF inhibitor action to improve therapy in BRAF-mutant melanoma  https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/unraveling-raf-inhibitor-action-to-improve-therapy-in-braf-mutant-melanoma/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:54:24 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29045

Career Development Award – Poulikos Poulikakos, PhD

]]> Leveraging BET inhibition to overcome therapy resistance in melanoma https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/leveraging-bet-inhibition-to-overcome-therapy-resistance-in-melanoma/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:53:37 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29044

Career Development Award – Jessie Villanueva, PhD

]]> Gender differences in the molecular profile of metastatic melanoma https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/gender-differences-in-the-molecular-profile-of-metastatic-melanoma/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:52:53 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29043

Medical Student Award – Sameer Gupta

]]> Investigation of surgical approach, lymph node drainage patterns, and sentinel node positivity on recurrence and survival in patients with melanoma of the external ear https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/investigation-of-surgical-approach-lymph-node-drainage-patterns-and-sentinel-node-positivity-on-recurrence-and-survival-in-patients-with-melanoma-of-the-external-ear/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:52:13 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29042

MRF Medical Student Award in Dermatology in memory of Mark Rosenblatt

Medical Student Award – Amanda Truong

]]> Defining novel mechanisms of genome stability in melanoma https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/defining-novel-mechanisms-of-genome-stability-in-melanoma/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:50:57 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29041

Looney Legacy Foundation Award in Memory of Peter B. Looney

Medical Student Award – Sanghee Lim

]]> Assessing metabolic and genetic regulators of metastatic dormancy/quiescence in disseminated melanoma cells using the Pulmonary Metastasis Assay (PuMA) https://melanoma.org/news-press/research-grant/assessing-metabolic-and-genetic-regulators-of-metastatic-dormancy-quiescence-in-disseminated-melanoma-cells-using-the-pulmonary-metastasis-assay-puma/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:49:33 +0000 https://melaresear1stg.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=research_grant&p=29039

MRF Medical Student Award in Dermatology from Donna Budjenska in memory of Craig P. Merkel and James K. Saunders

Medical Student Award – Eric Young

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