After losing her father to melanoma, Corina Lake turned grief into advocacy—raising awareness and running the Boston Marathon with Team IMPACT.| IMPACT Melanoma
Start your New Year with simple resolutions that make a BIG impact on your health. At IMPACT Melanoma, we suggest five easy ways to protect your skin and prevent skin cancer, including wearing sunscreen, sunglasses, and hats, avoiding tanning beds, and scheduling annual skin screenings. Small changes can lead to healthier habits and a happier, safer 2025!| IMPACT Melanoma
Listen to the recording of our June 4, 2024 symposium to learn about a new treatment for melanoma.| IMPACT Melanoma
A study published in early November revealed a stronger than expected association between tanning beds and melanoma. The public health concern remains high for the accessibility of tanning beds and the increasing rates of melanoma over the past two decades, especially among women in the United States. Melanoma is increasing among women at a rate of 1% annually while melanoma rates in men in America have stabilized.| IMPACT Melanoma
Held Thursday, October 17, 2024 Harvard Institutes of Medicine Boston, MA As part of our 25th Anniversary Celebration we organized a symposium with leaders from public health, prevention education, clinical research, and biotech sharing information from the first study on the use of free community sunscreen and the latest information on a new melanoma vaccine. Watch the Recording| IMPACT Melanoma
Meta Tag: IMPACT Melanoma organized a symposium bringing leaders together to present advances in treatments for melanoma. Read and watch the recorded symposium| IMPACT Melanoma
Tom, an Atlanta native and soccer player, fondly remembers his childhood friend Cameron and their birthday parties together. After Cameron was diagnosed with melanoma in 8th grade and battled it through high school, they reconnected at the University of Georgia.| IMPACT Melanoma
Fun in the Sun on the Rose Kennedy Greenway The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a beautiful park in Downtown Boston, an ongoing reminder of the transformation of this part of the city as an outcome of the Big Dig. For more than four years, Mass General Brigham has sponsored access to free sunscreen throughout Boston… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
Contact IMPACT Melanoma via phone, email or our contact form to join us in prevention education and saving lives throughout the United States.| IMPACT Melanoma
IMPACT Melanoma and University of North Texas Institute for Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning Gerald Knezek, Ph.D. and Regents Professor and Rhonda Christensen, Ph.D., Research Professor, are Co-Directors of the Institute for Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning (IITTL) at the University of North Texas (UNT). IITTL is chartered by the UNT Council… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma
Marla Serwin was 55 years old when she passed away from melanoma in November, 2012. She fought long and hard, but with determination, hope and action| IMPACT Melanoma
IMPACT Melanoma was thrilled to hear of the federal funds made available to enhance urban forestry and access to green spaces throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in urban areas surrounding Boston. The Commonwealth secured $22 million in funding, with $11 million to benefit Chinatown, East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury. As we all know,… Read More »| IMPACT Melanoma