Q&A: Bosenberg Honored for Melanoma Research with Lifetime Achievement Award

“I have been at YSM for 17 years. My lab’s research initially was focused on understanding how the genetic changes seen in melanoma drive melanoma formation and progression. Over the last ten years, we have still focused on melanoma, but have been looking into how the immune system can be stimulated to fight and cure melanoma in our patients.”

“Our lab collaborates with 12 other departments and 22 other laboratories at YSM. One of our larger projects involves directing the Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer (YSPORE) with Harriet Kluger, MD, Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Dermatology. YSPORE is one of the largest melanoma grants funded by the National Cancer Institute that brings together approximately 20 investigators to advance the understanding and treatment of melanoma.”

“It is very rewarding to interact with talented YSM faculty with diverse expertise to improve the care and outcomes of melanoma patients.”

“There is a strong history of excellence in melanoma research and dermatology at YSM that has attracted many of the outstanding faculty and trainees and that has enabled high-impact discovery.”

“In addition to future generations of melanoma researchers building on concepts that we have established in melanoma genetics and immunology, it will be exciting to see the work of more than 100 laboratories that utilize melanoma models that we have developed and distributed.”