Research — Rare Subtypes
ADVANCING RESEARCH FOR OCULAR MELANOMA AND MUCOSAL MELANOMA
Hosted Meeting CURE OM Global Science Meeting
New OM Grant Opportunity in 2024 The MRF is offering a new grant opportunity targeting residents and fellows to promote early- career research opportunities. We are excited to announce that one of these grants will be awarded specifically for ocular melanoma research.
CURE OM leads the ocular melanoma (OM) field forward each year by convening an annual global science meeting in partnership with the Society for Melanoma Research Congress. In the fall of 2023, the meeting was held in Philadelphia, PA bringing together an interdisciplinary group of global researchers and clinicians to catalyze critical research conversations focused on overcoming barriers and strengthening facilitators of progress bringing hope to patients. More than 30 speakers and close to 100 participants from around the world gathered in person with a shared interest to move the field forward, increase collaboration and coordination and improve the lives of patients with OM. The next CURE OM Global Science Meeting will be held in October 2024.
Publications Following the MRF Mucosal Melanoma Meeting, a white paper titled “Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022)” was published in the journal Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research.
CURE OM Team Science Award: Options Bring Hope This Team Award provides funding for research focused on all patients with metastatic uveal melanoma not limited by HLA type. It was awarded to researchers focused on the “Identification of Molecular Pathways that Drive Uveal Melanoma Metastasis.”
Mucosal Melanoma Translational Working Group Launched in 2023, the Mucosal Melanoma
Translational Working Group is led by Richard D. Carvajal, MD (Northwell Health), Kasey Couts, PhD (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) and Benjamin Izar, MD, PhD (Columbia University). This group meets quarterly and focuses on collaborative opportunities, basic research and clinical trials/updates in mucosal melanoma.
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