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February 24, 2023

SMR Young Investigator Award

SMR Young Investigator Award – Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD

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December 23, 2022

Therapeutic Combinations against Melanoma Brain Me...

Melanoma is a lethal form of skin cancer because it has a high propensity to metastasize, especially to the brain (often causing death). Compounding this problem is the obs...

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December 23, 2022

Exploring the Association of County-Level Social V...

Description: For patients with melanoma, timely diagnosis and prompt treatment are important for optimal outcomes, but some groups of patients may face barriers to accessin...

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December 23, 2022

The Causal Role of Skin Pigmentation in Melanoma: ...

Description: Pigmentation, or the coloring of the skin, hair and mucous membranes, has been shown to influence melanoma risk. Most, if not all traits and diseases, have a g...

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December 23, 2022

Mechanisms Underlying Effectiveness of PI3Kd-Inhib...

Description: Findings from this grant will shed light on 1) how stemness is sustained by modulating PI3Kδ signaling in T cells using FDA-approved drugs and 2) how transcri...

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December 23, 2022

Harnessing Resveratrol Mediated Upregulation of MH...

Description: While immunotherapy treatment has radically improved the outcomes of patients with advanced melanoma, around half of patients have no response. This is in part...

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December 23, 2022

Incidences and Clinical Characteristics of Subsequ...

Description: According to the latest published statistics by the NIH, there are almost half a million individuals who are cancer survivors after having been diagnosed with ...

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December 23, 2022

Nanoparticle Delivered Chemotherapy and Immunother...

Description: While several medications, immune stimulating agents, and radiation therapies have been developed and used for the treatment of melanoma, the treatment options...

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December 23, 2022

Identifying Cell-Intrinsic Mechanisms of Melanoma ...

Medical Student Award – Nneoma Adaku

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December 23, 2022

Racial, Sex, and Socioeconomic Inequities in Melan...

Description: Background: Racial inequities in melanoma survival have been documented in the literature. The largest Black-white difference in overall cancer survival is for...

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December 23, 2022

Exhausted CD8 T cells as an early indicator of lym...

Description: Immunotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating melanoma, even at an early stage of disease. Patients with Stage II melanoma are now able to receive a...

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December 23, 2022

Melanoma Immunotherapy with GPR182 blockade

Description: Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy has greatly improved survival of patients with late-stage melanoma. However, about 2/3 of patients do not benefit from this...

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Feb 08, 2026 ET

Miami Miles for Melanoma 5K

Feb 22, 2026 ET

Orange County Miles for Melanoma 5K

Mar 01, 2026 ET - Mar 03, 2026

2026 Advocacy Days

Apr 17, 2026 ET - Apr 19, 2026

2026 Eyes on a Cure: Ocular Melanoma Patient & Caregiver Symposium

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