Research Recipients
The Melanoma Research Foundation is proud to present a number of Research Grant Awards. Junior Investigator (Career Development) Awards are $50,000 per year for two years. Starting in 2006 the MRF also began awarding Senior (Established) Investigator Awards. Senior Investigator Grant Awards are $100,000 per year for two years. In addition, 2011 marked the first year MRF began awarding Medical Student Research Grants. The Medical Student Awards are one-year grants of $3,000.
In memory of Kerry Daveline, Mike Revers, Kathy Bowers, Patricia Schellhardt Malone, Tom Butler, and Jonnie Newcomer - 3 year award co-funded with the Melanoma Research Alliance
Dr. J. William Harbour
Characterization of the BAP1 uveal melanoma metastasis suppressor gene
The Cosmopolitan Practice Safe Sun Research Grant
Dr. Cynthia Cooper - Washington State University
Balancing melanophore number in Danio rerio zebrafish
In honor of participants in Miles for Melanoma of New Jersey
Dr. Kosaku Iwatsubo - UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Epac1 as a target for treating melanoma
In memory of Susan Fazio and Lenore Goldberg
Dr. Matthew VanBrocklin - Nevada Cancer Institute
Evaluating c-Kit in mucosal melanoma
In honor of the participants in the Team M4M Marathon Training Program
Dr. Antoni Ribas - The Regents of the University of California
Understanding of CTLA4 blockade and its combination with BRAF inhibition
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