Team Science Awards
Targeting BAP1-dependent alterations in metastatic uveal melanoma
The Helman Family-MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Andrew Aplin, Thomas Jefferson University
Emily Bernstein, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
J. William Harbour, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami Health Systems
Young Investigator: Marlana Orloff, Thomas Jefferson University
Diet, mental health, and the microbiome in response to immunotherapy
MRA Team Science Award, collaboratively funded by University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2018-2021
Lorenzo Cohen, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer Wargo, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Young Investigator: Jennifer McQuade, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Autophagy in the tumor microenvironment as a target for drug development
The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation-MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Hilary Coller, University of California, Los Angeles
Beatrice Knudsen, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Lili Yang, University of California, Los Angeles
Young Investigator: Claudio Scafoglio, University of California, Los Angeles
Telomere crisis in acral melanoma: Diagnostic and prognostic potentials
The Black Family-MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Titia de Lange, The Rockefeller University
Marcin Imielinski, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Young Investigator: John Maciejowski, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Commensal microbiota and anti-PD-1 efficacy
MRA Team Science Award, collaboratively funded by The University of Chicago, 2018-2021
Thomas Gajewski, The University of Chicago
Jason Luke, The University of Chicago
Cathryn Nagler, The University of Chicago
Young Investigator: Riyue Bao, The University of Chicago
Patient focused therapy for acral melanoma
The Sokoloff Family-MRA Team Science Award, with collaborative funding from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2018-2021
Ruth Halaban, Yale University
Charlotte Ariyan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alfred Bothwell, Yale University
Jian Cao, Yale University
Neal Rosen, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Richard White, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jedd Wolchok, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Qin Yan, Yale University
Young Investigator: Gauri Panse, Yale University
Identifying genetic dependencies in rare forms of melanoma
MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Nicholas Hayward, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Francisca Vazquez, Broad Institute
Young Investigator: Ken Dutton-Regester, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
Prognostic and functional role of altered circular RNAs in melanoma
Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma-MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Eva Hernando, New York University School of Medicine
Ernesto Guccione, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Edward and Julie Minskoff – Young Investigator: Melissa Wilson, New York University School of Medicine
Next-generation neoantigen-targeting peptide vaccines for melanoma patients
BJ’s Wholesale Club-MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Patrick Ott, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Bradley Pentelute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Catherine Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Young Investigator: Osama Rahma, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Regulating telomerase & telomere homeostasis in acral melanoma development
MRA Team Science Award, collaboratively funded by the research institutions, 2018-2021
Gavin Robertson, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Jiyue Zhu, Washington State University
Young Investigator: De Cheng, Washington State University
Young Investigator: Shobhan Gaddameedhi, Washington State University
Young Investigator: Raghavendra Gowda, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Defining and targeting driver events in acral melanoma
U.S. Trust-MRA Team Science Award, 2018-2021
Keiran Smalley, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Yian Chen, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
John Koomen, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Jane Messina, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Jamie Teer, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Young Investigator, Florian Karreth, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Directing adaptive immune responses to non-polymorphic MHCs in melanoma
MRA Team Science Award, collaboratively funded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018-2021
Forest White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Dane Wittrup, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Young Investigator: Michael Birnbaum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Young Investigator: Stefani Spranger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
DAMPening immunotherapy adverse events in melanoma
MRA Team Science Award, collaboratively funded by the research institutions, 2018-2021
Pan Zheng, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Yang Liu, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Young Investigator: Siwen Hu-Lieskovan, The University of California, Los Angele
