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Outrun the Sun believes that in-depth medical research is one of our most vital defenses against melanoma and other skin cancers.
 This is why we support young melanoma investigators through the Outrun the Sun, Inc. National Melanoma Research Scholar Program. Created in 2006, the program is open to any melanoma researcher nationwide who meets criteria established by the OTS board of directors. Financial support serves as start up funding for investigators, allowing their research studies to progress to the degree that they are able to pursue larger-scale funding from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health. The OTS Scientific Review Panel reviews all applications and makes recommendations to the OTS Board of Directors. Panelists include: Margaret Gaffney, M.D., Indianapolis, IN; Arthur Norins, M.D., Cupertino, CA; Edward Probst, M.D., Columbus, IN; and Neil Shear, M.D., Ph.D., Toronto, Ontario.
Outrun the Sun, Inc. Names New Research Scholars
OTS is pleased to announce two new Outrun the Sun, Inc. National Melanoma Research Scholars. Shernan Grace Holtan, M.D., Instructor of Medicine and Oncology at the Mayo Clinic was awarded funding to study fetomaternal immunomodulators in melanoma. Aaron Mansfield, M.D., also of the Mayo Clinic, is researching how melanoma evades the immune system and metastasizes. Findings from this study may allow his team to select novel immunotherapies to reverse immune system dysfunction and prevent distant metastasis in future clinical trials.
To date, Outrun the Sun has allocated more than $111,000 for melanoma research at the Mayo Clinic, University of Chicago, New York University, University of California—Irvine, and Wake Forest University Medical Center.
OUTRUN THE SUN, INC. NATIONAL MELANOMA RESEARCH SCHOLAR GUIDELINES/CRITERA
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