Researcher Stories

As a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, Leonard Zon says, “I certainly never expected I would end up...

Medical research is fraught with challenges, and melanoma poses an especially difficult set of questions.

Levi Garraway admits melanoma was not on his radar screen when he started in research.

Padmanee “Pam” Sharma was hooked on science after her first biology class in high school.

As a student, Edwin Bremer quickly discovered his interest in the physiology of the human body, and the immune system...

Hensin Tsao learned to fear, and respect, cancer at an early age when he witnessed his grandmother pass away from...

Dr. Susana Ortiz Urda developed an interest in the medical field at an early age.

Dr. Don Morton, an internationally renowned surgical oncologist,  changed standards of care for  patients with early stage melanoma.

Understanding the molecular pathways that are disrupted by melanoma to uncover future targets for therapy, particularly for patients who have NRAS mutant melanoma.