1. Increase communication among melanoma researchers. The exchange of knowledge and ideas is critical for the field. To increase communication among its researchers, the Melanoma Research Society should hold annual (or biennial) meetings of all interested in the field. The emphasis should be on new research results. The meetings should also be of interest to clinical researchers.
2. Organize workshops of selected topics to integrate novel concepts and state-of-the-art technologies into the field and discuss their implications for and translation to patient care. Such workshops will foster integration of new investigators into the field.
3. Develop a newsletter/journal for all melanoma-related issues that regularly informs the researchers on new developments in the field.
4. Support young investigators interested in establishing a career in the field through travel awards and fellowships.
5. Coordinate with advocacy groups to increase awareness of the fundamental importance of research to lessening the burden of morbidity and mortality of melanoma and to increase funding for the research enterprise.
6. Coordinate efforts in melanoma prevention, screening, and surveillance with private and governmental organizations.
7. Coordinate major clinical and experimental research groups supported by federal or comparable peer-reviewed grants.
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The Foundation for Melanoma Research is committed to funding research efforts into the treatment and cure of malignant melanoma. The Foundation is also committed to education about early detection and awareness of the dangers of the disease.
Foundation for Melanoma Research
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To support medical RESEARCH for finding effective treatments and eventually a cure for melanoma. To EDUCATE patients and physicians about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of melanoma. To act as an ADVOCATE for the melanoma community to raise the awareness of this disease and the need for a cure.
The Melanoma Research Foundation was founded by melanoma patients and survivors to fund melanoma research because there is no cure for melanoma. We are dedicated to finding a cure. The MRF seeks donations and other sources of contributions to in turn fund research grants to the top melanoma researchers. We are striving to ensure that a cure for melanoma will be found at the earliest possible moment. Since MRF research grants go directly to melanoma researchers, nearly all individual donations go directly to fund research. MRF invites you to join us in our quest for a melanoma cure by browsing further on our website and taking advantage of the opportunities we provide to join in the fight against melanoma.
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Peg Cheirrett (Washington)
The Word Works – Writer/Editor
WASSER Industries – Technical Writer and Editor
WASSER, Inc. – President and CEO
Modis Professional Services, Inc. (WASSER, Inc.) – President and CEO
Eco Chemical, Inc. – Benefits Consultant
BA, English – University of Southern California
Joe Fazio (Pennsylvania)
Consultant - Independent Contractor providing Business Development Services to Construction, Engineering and Architectural clients.
Mommy’s Light - Chief Operating Officer of a non-profit organization based in Exton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1997, Mommy’s Light Lives On Fund brings comfort to children whose mothers have died by helping them keep alive traditions they shared with their mothers. Mommy’s Light provides free bereavement materials nationally and directly serves children between the ages of 3 and 18 throughout the greater Philadelphia area.
IMC Construction, Malvern, Pennsylvania, a national commercial construction firm, serving as its Director of Business Development.
Genuardi’s Family Markets, Norristown, Pennsylvania - Director of Operations where he was instrumental in leading Genuardi’s through its growth years, managing all operational functions for the company.
BS - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MBA - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc. (Pennsylvania)
The Wistar Institute - Professor, Leader, Oncogenesis Program, Deputy Director for Translational Research
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Dermatology
Member, Graduate Programs in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Bioengineering
DVM - University of Hannover, Germany
Post Doctorate - University of Munich, Germany
DS - University of Munich, Germany
Larry Hunt (Illinois)
Hunt Consulting LLC - President and sole shareholder. Legal consulting
Charles River Associates (based in Boston, MA) - Senior Consultant
Sidley Austin LLP – Retired partner. Partner from 1975 to 2006. Head of derivatives practice group and member of the firm's Executive Committee from 1985 to 2002. Sidley Austin LLP is an international law firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. JD, University of Chicago Law School
Sciences Po - Institut d,Etudes Politiques(Paris, France) (certificat)
AB, Dartmouth College - Senior Fellow and Dartmouth Reynolds Scholar
Biography in Who’s Who in the World and Best Lawyers in America
C. Randy Lomax, MA, MFT, Chairman of the Board (California)
De Anza College in Cupertino, Ca. - Counselor and Instructor and Human Development Department Head specializing in marriage and family therapy
BA and MA in Counseling Psychology - San Jose State University
Post graduate studies in Drug and Alcohol treatment
Post graduate training in human sexuality and has taught for 30 years
Chad MacDonald (Virginia)
ServiceForce – Founder who has become nationally known for his visionary approach to the strategic growth of business, the facilities maintenance industry, and emerging technologies.
Service Management USA, Inc. – Founder of one of the nation’s preeminent facilities maintenance service contractors -- Service Management USA, Inc. became the platform company for Building One Services Corporation (NASDAQ:BOSS).
PurchasePro – Lead Investor
NISSCO – Owner
AccessNationalBank.com – Founding Shareholder
Board Member of Washington Metro Chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Chairman of The BM Research Foundation and Advisory Board Member of WashingtonFirst Bank, WashingtonFirst Bank Children’s Foundation and Destination Cellars
Twice honored in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year program
Listed in Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Companies for two successive years
Awarded Arthur Anderson’s Fast Trace Growth Award
Named to Virginia Business Magazine’s Fantastic Fifty
Michael Quattro (California)
Nektar Therapeutics Inc. - Vice President, Strategic Marketing
Q&A Consulting/LLC - President and CEO
Amylin Pharmaceutical - Vice President of Marketing
Sicor Pharmaceuticals - Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Berlex Laboratories, Inc. - Vice President of Marketing
BA, Rhode Island College
MA, Rhode Island College
Greg Rush (New York)
Dune Capital Management LP – Partner, Dune Real Estate Funds
Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch – Investment Banking
BA - University of Pennsylvania
MBA - NYU Stern School of Business
Member - Urban Land Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers and several charitable organizations
David W. Schropfer (Massachusetts)
EnviroDerm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. – President. The company developed IvyBlock, the only product that can prevent poison ivy.
Proctor & Gamble – Development and Marketing
Saatchi & Saatchi, WP Ogilvy & Mather and Interpublic – Advertising
BS, Economics/Marketing – New York University
Graduate studies in Guidance and Counseling – Hunter College of the City University of New York
Lynn M. Schuchter, MD (Pennsylvania)
University of Pennsylvania - Professor of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center. Lynn also serves as Program Leader of the Melanoma Program and is the Division Chief of Hematology/Oncology.
Undergraduate Degree – University of Michigan
Medical Degree – Chicago Medical School
Medical Oncology Training – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Cara Tindell, CPA (Illinois)
Mulcahy, Pauritsch, Salvador & Co. – Staff Accountant, B.A., University of Cincinnati
Treasurer of the Melanoma Research Foundation
Joel M. Zaklin (New Jersey)
G&W Laboratories, Inc. – Vice President, Sales and Marketing
RZA, Inc. – Founder and President of an international marketing and adverting agency
MovieMedia, Inc. – Founder and President of an in-theatre and in-store media company
Prentice Hall, Inc. – Advertising Supervisor
Volkswagen of America, Inc. – Creative Services Supervisor
BA - Fairleigh Dickinson University
Pan American Pigment Cell Society (PASPCR)
The PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) is a scientific society devoted to those of us interested in various aspects of pigment cells. Our Society is a very interactive one, meeting on an annual basis, and is composed of clinicians, developmental biologists, biochemists, immunologists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, chemists and physicists, among other disciplines.
International Federation of Pigment Cell Society
The International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS). The IFPCS consists of three regional scientific societies devoted to the study of various aspects of pigment cells, the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR), the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR) and the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR). The International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies (IFPCS) is a federation of regional scientific societies devoted to the study of various aspects of pigment cells. As one of the initiatives of the IFPCS, a Committee has been established to collect data on resources available to the pigment cell community; that Committee includes a member from each constituent Society of the IFPCS and is chaired by Prof. Patrick A. Riley. The InterPig DataBase is available to all researchers, especially to members of constituent Societies of the IFPCS. Listed in the InterPig DataBase will be all reagents, probes and other materials available for research targeted towards pigment cells, including those for chemical, biochemical, immunological, molecular biology and other types of studies. The IFPCS has also set up a series of Special Interest Groups chaired by internationally respected scientists. These groups focus on specific topics in pigment cell research. We invite you to contact the chair of the IFPCS Special Interest Group in which you are interested.
Melanoma Patients’ Information Page
The Melanoma Patients' Information Page (MPIP) is a noncommercial site founded to provide support and information to melanoma patients and those who care for them. It is our desire to provide patients with the latest high-quality information from reputable sources and the tools to decipher and organize that information. The MPIP is founded on the belief that proactive patients who educate themselves to take an active role in decisions regarding their therapy can effect their outcome in a positive way. MPIP is supported by the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF).
The MPIP provides various forums
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patients to provide support and share experiences
and resources.
All services provided by the MPIP are free
to all users.