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FEATURED | May 1, 2025

Why I’m Getting Naked for Skin Health 

Guest blog post by Ian Michael Crumm, Celebrity Esthetician, Podcast Host, Key Opinion Leader, Melanoma Advocate and 2025 #GetNaked Spokesperson: Some moments stick with yo...

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March 9, 2023

#OutoftheShadows: Toni English

Guest blog by Toni English, a Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma survivor who was diagnosed in 2015: Toni English grew up in a military family and traveled all over the US and to J...

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March 8, 2023

Katie Doble: My experience with Brain Mets & ...

Guest blog by Katie Doble, ocular melanoma (OM) survivor, MRF Courage Award recipient and OM advocate who shares her journey with Brain mets: Not to brag, but I was a 1A. I...

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February 28, 2023

Welcome Kristina Baum to the Board of Directors

In January, the Board of Directors welcomed its newest member, Kristina Baum, who has been a longtime advocate for the melanoma community. Kristina is a senior vice preside...

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February 28, 2023

Family Establishes Legacy Gift to Advance Research

Written by MRF supporter, Sally Landenberger: Unfortunately, I became involved in the melanoma community through my son, Aaron’s, diagnosis and disease. It was not my cho...

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January 18, 2023

CancerCoachLive, Melanoma Research Foundation and ...

Partnering with Your Team to Select Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Melanoma Live Date and Time: Wednesday, January 25 at 10:00 AM ET Washington, DC (January 18, 2023) –...

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January 4, 2023

Patient Perspective: Chris White’s Journey

Guest blog by Chris White, a mucosal melanoma survivor whose journey started in 2018: Early 2018, Chris developed what he thought was a hemorrhoid followed shortly by a lum...

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December 8, 2022

MRF Board Member Cheryl Stratos Joins Peer Review ...

Scientific peer review of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs’ Melanoma Research Program for the Department of Defense The Congressionally Directed Med...

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November 30, 2022

#EyeGetDilated Month – Chad Taylor’s S...

For #EyeGetDilated Month, we share Chad Taylor’s Journey as an OM thriver who was diagnosed with ocular melanoma: Destruction from a hurricane of record along the nor...

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November 28, 2022

The Melanoma Research Foundation Celebrates Giving...

Neutrogena to generously match the first $20,000 donated. Washington, DC (November 28, 2022) – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) and Neutrogena will partner together...

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November 23, 2022

#EyeGetDilated Month – Karen Merritt’s...

For our #EyeGetDilated Month, we share Karen’s journey as a caregiver for her daughter Devyn, who was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 2013: My name is Karen Merritt...

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November 18, 2022

The Voice of Dodgers Stadium, Todd Leitz, to Emcee...

Los Angeles, CA (November 18, 2022) – The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) is thrilled to announce this year’s Los Angeles Miles for Melanoma 5K, emceed by the Voice ...

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November 15, 2022

#EyeGetDilated Month – Kathryn (Kitty) Welle...

  For our #EyeGetDilated Month, we share Kathryn’s story who was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in 2019: In July of 2019, as I was driving back from a trip out of to...

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