MRA Press Releases
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Cody Barnett, Director of Communications
(202) 336-8922
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7/8/2021 | MRA Announces 13 Dermatology Fellowship Award Recipients
4/27/2021 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces $8.1 million in Research Awards
10/8/2020 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces 13 Dermatology Fellowship Awards
8/3/2020 | Melanoma Research Alliance Hails FDA’s First ‘Triplet’ Combination Approval for Melanoma
4/30/2020 | MRA Announces $11 Million in New Funding for 26 Grant Awards to Advance Melanoma Research
12/19/2019 | Leading Melanoma Organizations Applaud Congress for Supporting $20 million for Defense-Funded Melanoma Research
11/5/2019 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces Almost $20 Million in New Funding to Support Melanoma Research Program
10/10/19 | Two New $1 Million Research Grants Focus on Metastasis of Melanoma
9/4/19 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces Nine Research Awards in Inaugural Class of Dermatology Fellows
5/23/19 | Leveraged Finance Community Unites to Raise Awareness and Critical Funding for Melanoma Research
4/30/19 | MRA Announces $8.2 Million for 33 Grant Awards to Advance Melanoma Research
2/20/19 | Melanoma Research Alliance Welcomes FDA Approval of Pembrolizumab in Adjuvant Setting
10/4/18 | Melanoma Research Alliance Appoints Marc Hurlbert, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer
10/1/18 | Melanoma Research Alliance Applauds Advisory Panel Member Jim Allison for Nobel Prize in Medicine
8/7/18 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces New Funding Opportunity for
Research to Accelerate Progress Toward Curing Melanoma
6/27/18 | MRA Applauds Latest Melanoma Drug Approval
5/24/18 | Leveraged Finance Industry Raises Record $2 million for Life-Saving Melanoma Research
5/10/18 | New Grants Totaling $2.6 Million Fund Work to Reduce Immunotherapy Side Effects
4/24/18 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces $11.8 Million in 28 New Grants to Advance Melanoma Research
12/21/17 | MRA Applauds FDA Approval of Nivolumab to Reduce the Risk of Melanoma Returning After Surgery
12/5/2017 | Melanoma Research Alliance and Antidote Technologies Unveil Clinical Trial Locator, Giving Patients Better Access to Clinical Trials and Accelerating Research
11/15/2017 | Melanoma Research Alliance and Inspire Launch Online Community Focused on Research and Clinical Trials
6/30/2017 | American Cancer Society and Melanoma Research Alliance Partner to Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes
5/25/2017 | Leveraged Finance Industry Raises $1.8 million at Sixth Annual Melanoma Benefit
5/1/2017 | Leveraged Finance Industry to Gather at Sixth Annual Melanoma Benefit
4/27/2017 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces More Than $8.5 million in New Grants for Melanoma Research
05/26/2016 | Senate Appropriations Committee Increases Military Cancer Research Funding to $60 Million
05/17/2016 | Patient advocate Michael Kaplan to lead Melanoma Research Alliance
05/03/2016 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces Over $10.5 Million in New Research Awards
03/30/2016 | Immunotherapy and Melanoma Research Get Big Boost with Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute
01/20/2016 | MRA Provides Comments to FDA on Sunlamp Products
12/23/2015 | Melanoma Treatments Made Great Strides in 2015
11/10/2015 | Melanoma Research Alliance Applauds Latest Approved Combination Therapy
11/09/2015 | Melanoma Research Alliance Hosts Benefit Dinner at Sotheby’s to Raise Funds for Groundbreaking Melanoma Research
10/29/2015 | MRA Hails FDA Approval of Expanded Treatment for Melanoma
10/28/2015 | MRA Lauds FDA Approval of First Vaccine for Melanoma Treatment
10/01/2015 | MRA Hails FDA Approval of First Combination Immunotherapy for Melanoma
09/09/2015 | Melanoma Research Alliance Appoints Robin L. Davisson, Ph.D., President and CEO-Elect
09/08/2015 | MRA Applauds James Allison for Prestigious Lasker Award
08/27/2015 | MRA Applauds Latest Drug Approval Abroad
08/17/2015 | Melanoma Research Alliance Elects Mary Jo Rogers to Board of Directors
06/23/2015 | Melanoma Research Alliance Announces More Than $13 million in New Grants for Melanoma Research
06/17/2015 | Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $50 Million for Military Cancer Research
06/03/2015 | 2015 ASCO Meeting Highlights Impact of Melanoma Research On Field of Oncology
05/04/2015 | MRA Teams with L’Oréal Paris for It’s THAT Worth It™ Public Health Campaign & Social Media Call to Action
04/24/2015 | 2015 AACR Annual Meeting Highlights Developments in Melanoma Research
04/07/2015 | Leveraged Finance Industry to Gather to Fight Melanoma
02/09/2015 | MELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE REPORTS WENDY SELIG TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT AND CEO
01/30/2015 | MRA Applauds President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative
01/13/2015 | MRA Lauds Chair of Scientific Advisory Panel for Peer Recognition
12/22/2014 | MRA Applauds Latest Melanoma Drug Approval
12/11/2014 | MRA-MRF Urge Congress to Approve Funding for Melanoma Research
12/10/2014 | Final Budget Bill Doubles DoD Funding Available for Melanoma Research
12/03/2014 | NCI FY 2016 Budget Plan Highlights Critical Opportunities
11/17/2014 | Society of Melanoma Research International Congress
11/13/2014 | MRA Applauds Congress for Getting the Sunscreen Innovation Act over the Goal Line
09/26/2014 | AACR Conference Showcases Developments in Melanoma
09/17/2014 | MRA Applauds Senate Passage of the Sunscreen Innovation Act
09/12/2014 | MRA Letter of Support to Senate on the Sunscreen Innovation Act
09/04/2014 | MRA Applauds Latest Drug Approval as Major Breakthrough
09/02/2014 | MRA Announces 2014-2015 Request For Proposals
08/29/2014 | MRA Comments to Senate HELP Committee on the Sunscreen Innovation Act
07/28/2014 | MRA Applauds Speedy Passage of Sunscreen Innovation Act
07/21/2014 | (Video) Watch Melanoma Expert Dr. Jedd Wolchok Talk about PD-1 Clinical Trials
07/11/2014 | MRA Hails Launch of Expanded Access Program in Advanced Melanoma
TEST
07/07/2014 | MRA Applauds Hawaii for Becoming 10th State to Ban Indoor Tanning for Minors
06/16/2014 | MRA Ranked #1 Grant-Giving Disease Foundation by GEN
06/03/2014 | ASCO Annual Meeting Features Developments in Melanoma Research and Immunotherapies
05/29/2014 | MRA Applauds Louisiana for Becoming 9th State to Ban Indoor Tanning for Minors
05/29/2014 | MRA Applauds FDA's Reclassification of Tanning Devices
05/27/2014 | MRA Welcomes Distinguished Physician-Scientist Suzanne L. Topalian, M.D., to its Board of Directors
05/27/2014 | MRA Applauds Minnesota for Becoming 8th State to Ban Indoor Tanning for Minors
05/22/2014 | MRA Applauds Launch of Expanded Access Program in Advanced Melanoma
04/16/2014 | AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! 2014 TOUR Supports the Melanoma Research Alliance
12/03/2013 | Melanoma Research Alliance and the Hidary Foundation Fund Research Study of Melanoma Genomics
11/22/2013 | New Research Progress Highlighted at the SMR Annual Congress Meeting
11/15/2013 | Melanoma Research Alliance Holds Record-Breaking Benefit Dinner at Sotheby’s New York
10/21/2013 | MRA Welcomes Two New Board Members-Cindy Hensley McCain and Dr. Elliott Sigal
08/16/2013 | MRA Commends Illinois on New Tanning Bed Restrictions for Minors
08/12/2013 | MRA Releases 2013-2014 Request For Proposals
08/08/2013 | MRA Applauds CDC, Office of the Surgeon General for Focusing on Skin Cancer Prevention
08/02/2013 | Senate Recommends Increased Funding for Medical Research
08/02/2013 | MRA Letter to FDA Supporting Reclassification of Tanning Devices
06/26/2013 | MRA Rings Closing Bell at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
06/18/2013 | Texas Becomes Fifth State to Enact New Tanning Bed Restrictions
06/06/2013 | MRA Applauds Nevada on New Tanning Bed Restrictions
06/04/2013 | MRA Statement on Melanoma Developments at the ASCO 2013 Annual Meeting
05/29/2013 | MRA Statement on FDA Approval of Two Genetically-Targeted Melanoma Therapies and Companion Diagnostic
05/22/2013 | MRA Applauds Oregon on New Tanning Bed Restrictions
05/13/2013 | Leveraged Finance Community Unites to Support Melanoma Research Alliance
05/06/2013 | MRA Statement on FDA's Proposed Reclassification of Tanning Devices
04/18/2013 | AMERICAN IDOL® LIVE! 2013 TOUR PARTNERS WITH MELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
04/15/2013 | Melanoma Research Alliance awards $9.6 million in research grants
04/11/2013 | Giada De Laurentiis Appears in New PSA For the Melanoma Research Alliance and Stand Up To Cancer
04/10/2013 | Melanoma Developments Highlighted at 2013 AACR Annual Meeting
01/29/2013 | MRA Names Louise M. Perkins, Ph.D., as First Full-time Chief Science Officer
12/18/2012 | New Cancer Immunology Dream Team Announced
09/27/2012 | Stand Up To Cancer and the Melanoma Research Alliance collaborate on PSA starring Laura Linney
09/26/2012 | MRA's letter to support Life-Threatening Diseases Compassion Through Combination Therapy Act of 2012
09/21/2012 | MRA Welcomes MD Anderson’s “Moon Shots” Program Effort
09/11/2012 | The Melanoma Research Alliance featured in Stand Up To Cancer Telecast
07/06/2012 | MRA releases comments on USPSTF Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
06/20/2012 | Dermascope: The Science of Prevention by MRA's Laura Brockway-Lunardi
06/04/2012 | MRA-Funded Studies Take Center Stage in Fight against Deadly Skin Cancer at ASCO
05/17/2012 | A preview of melanoma discoveries to come at ASCO 2012
05/14/2012 | MRA's Letter to Congressman Bilbray in support of establishing a skin cancer fund at NIH
05/08/2012 | MRA releases statement on Federal Task Force recommendations on preventing skin cancer
04/24/2012 | MRA awards $4.9 million in research grants to investigators at 22 labs
04/05/2012 | MRA Releases Statement on the Mayo Clinic's Study Concerning the Increasing Incidence of Melanoma
04/04/2012 | Progress in melanoma highlighted at 2012 AACR meeting
02/01/2012 | MRA releases statement on new report about the dangers of tanning beds
12/15/2011 | Statement from MRA's Wendy Selig about Innovative Dream Team
12/14/2011 | MRA and SU2C announce Melanoma Dream Team Award
10/10/2011 | MRA Congratulates California on New Tanning Bed Restrictions
09/20/2011 | Wendy Selig comments on release of AACR Cancer Progress Report 2011
08/17/2011 | MRA Applauds Today's FDA Approval of Breakthrough New Treatment for Fighting Melanoma
07/25/2011 | MRA Corporate Allies Step Up Efforts in May
07/12/2011 | MRA Awards $5.6 Million in Research Grants
06/15/2011 | MRA Welcomes FDA Regulations on Sunscreen Products
06/12/2011 | MRA Remembers Courage of Laura Ziskin
06/06/2011 | MRA Welcomes Latest Advances in Melanomaand Research Findings Revealed at ASCO Annual Meeting
03/25/2011 | Melanoma Research Alliance Welcomes Approval of Ipilimumab to Treat Melanoma
11/11/2010 | MRA Salutes Progress in Melanoma Research
11/01/2010 | Melanoma Research Alliance Raises $5 Million at First Annual Benefit Dinner