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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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May 19, 2021

MRF’s 25th Anniversary: The Impact of Resear...

In honor of Melanoma Awareness Month, we pair a young investigator’s recently funded innovative research with her mentor’s witness of the impact of research on improvin...

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May 17, 2021

#GetNaked: Darren Reilly

A few years ago, my wife was diagnosed with a rare form of melanoma. Because of this, I decided to get yearly skin checks with a dermatologist. At my first visit, ...

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May 14, 2021

Funding Opportunities for the FY21 Melanoma Resear...

May 14, 2021 – The MRF is pleased to announce that the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program’s Melanoma Research Program is now accepting pre-applications ...

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Blogs |
May 14, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: Eva’s Story on Lea...

Guest blog from Eva Cook, a melanoma survivor who shares her struggles of trying to live up to beauty standards at a young age and learning to love the skin she’s in:...

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May 14, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: In My Darkest Time I Mad...

Guest blog from Kent Gilliam, stage IV melanoma survivor and a member of The Melahomies:  What a whirlwind the past six years have been (which is an amazing understatem...

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May 14, 2021

CURE OM 10 Years Later

Guest blog from Dr. Sara Selig, Co-Founder & Director, CURE Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM):  May Day is an important day in my life. It is the day my best friend and eventu...

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May 10, 2021

Melanoma Research Foundation Launches Historic Pat...

  The MRF’s CURE Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) initiative announces the first-of-its-kind patient-reported registry to accelerate the pace of research and treatment ...

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May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: A Doctor’s Perspec...

Guest blog from Dr. Amy Wechsler, board-certified dermatologist and psychiatrist: When I was asked to write this blog post for the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) abo...

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Blogs |
May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: The Evolution of Sun Saf...

Guest blog from Rebecca Dreman, Miss America 1974 and stage IV melanoma survivor:  I have had a front row seat watching the evolution of sun safety among young women. When...

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May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: A Mother and Daughter...

Guest blog from Rachael Payne, a stage IIIb melanoma survivor and mother of Delilah-Anne, a spitzoid melanoma survivor:  My name is Rachael and I am 36 years old. I have t...

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May 7, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month: The Creation of Steve...

Guest blog from Steve Precker, stage IV melanoma survivor and founder of a top funding Miles for Melanoma team known as Steve’s Army:  In July 2019 I received the wo...

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May 3, 2021

Melanoma Awareness Month – A Caregiver’...

Guest blog from Melissa Beisel, mother of Cassie Beisel who is the MRF’s Senior Advocacy Officer and the 2021 #GetNaked spokeswoman: “Worry never robs tomorrow of i...

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Oct 16, 2025 ET

5th Annual #GetNakedJax

Oct 16, 2025 ET

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

Oct 18, 2025 ET

San Diego Miles for Melanoma 5K

Oct 25, 2025 ET

CURE OM Global Science Meeting

Oct 30, 2025 ET

Ask The Expert: Minimal Residual Disease Testing in Melanoma Management

Oct 30, 2025 ET

24th Annual New York Gala

Nov 02, 2025 ET

Atlanta Miles for Melanoma 5K

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