Researcher Stories
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Leonard Zon
As a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, Leonard Zon says, “I certainly never expected I would end up...
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Timothy Bullock
Medical research is fraught with challenges, and melanoma poses an especially difficult set of questions.
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Levi Garraway
Levi Garraway admits melanoma was not on his radar screen when he started in research.
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Padmanee Sharma
Padmanee “Pam” Sharma was hooked on science after her first biology class in high school.
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Edwin Bremer
As a student, Edwin Bremer quickly discovered his interest in the physiology of the human body, and the immune system...
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Hensin Tsao
Hensin Tsao learned to fear, and respect, cancer at an early age when he witnessed his grandmother pass away from...
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Susana Ortiz Urda
Dr. Susana Ortiz Urda developed an interest in the medical field at an early age.
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Donald L. Morton
Dr. Don Morton, an internationally renowned surgical oncologist, changed standards of care for patients with early stage melanoma.
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Jessie Villanueva
Understanding the molecular pathways that are disrupted by melanoma to uncover future targets for therapy, particularly for patients who have NRAS mutant melanoma.