DERMATOLOGY FELLOWS AWARDS

MRA Dermatology Fellowship Awards are designed to drive greater interest in the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and early intervention of melanoma among dermatologists by investing in post-docs and medical residents focused on dermatology.


Targeted Advertising to Promote Melanoma Awareness Among Black Americans

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Leandra Barnes, MD, Stanford University

Germline Genetic Mutations in Patients with Multiple Primary Melanoma

Polka Dot Mama Melanoma Foundation — MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Audris Chiang, MD, Stanford University

Targeting Lipids for Melanoma Detection and Prevention

Grace Wenzel MRA Dermatology Fellows Award for Women in Melanoma Research
Marianne Collard, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine

Leveraging Social Media to Augment Education on Melanoma in Hispanics

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Collin Costello, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Novel Biomarkers and Treatment Strategies for Acral Lentiginous Melanomas

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Dekker Deacon, MD, PhD, The University of Utah

Genomic Instability in Melanomagenesis and Progression

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Prashanthi Dharanipragada, PhD, The University of California, Los Angeles

Validation of the Melanoma Risk Evaluation (MRE)

L’Oréal Dermatologic Beauty Brands — MRA Dermatology Fellowship Award
Steven Caleb Freeman, MD, Oregon Health & Science University

Delineating Mutational Consequences of Tanning Bed Use in Human Melanocytes

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Bishal Tandukar, PhD, The University of California, San Francisco

Individualized Melanoma Prediction Using Self-Adaptive Machine Learning

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Guihong Wan, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Alcohol Metabolism in Human Melanocytes

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Takeshi Yamauchi, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Distant Metastasis by Early ALM in Patients with Skin of Color

MRA Dermatology Fellows Award
Zhentao Yang, PhD, The University of California, Los Angeles

Kim Blenman, PhD, moderates a session at the 2022 Scientific Retreat

Kim Blenman, PhD — Yale University — moderates a session at the 2022 Scientific Retreat