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Cure / Research Activities

The Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation is committed to funding research activities to help find a cure for melanoma. The Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Research Scholar Award, started in 2006 is provided to graduate students focused on advancing melanoma research. 2010 Research Scholar Application

2009 Award Recipients
The JMNMF was very pleased to award the following students and their institutions:

• Hsiang Ho - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, Irvine
• Whei F. Moriarity - Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University
• Janet Barry - H. Lee Moffett Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida
• Gao Zhang - The Wistar Institute.

Below: JMNMF President, Greg Safko (L) with the Dr. Meenhard Herlyn (R) The Wistar Institute’s Deputy Director and 2009 Research Scholar Award recipient Gao Zhang (C).

2008 Award Recipients
Mr. Jason D. Howard and Mr. D. Landon Grills

2007 Award Recipients
Ms. Megan Keefe and Ms. Courtney Silverthorn

Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Research Scholar Award Recipients
2006 Award Recipient
Ms. Staci Cummings

Other Research Grant
In 2004, The Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation funded a $50,000 research grant in cooperation with the Melanoma Research Foundation.

The grant was awarded to Dr. Suzie Chen of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The grant is entitled the Characterization of Melanocyte Transformation by Grm1.