If you’d asked him more than a decade ago, Doug never would have guessed he’d make it into his fifties, preparing to welcome his seventh grandchild into the world. In...
Utah has the highest rate of melanoma—the deadliest form of skin cancer—in the United States. Factors such as high altitude and residents who enjoy outdoor activities such as skiing and...
Yelena Wu, PhD, has been awarded a multi-year Research Scholar Grant totaling nearly $800,000. This award, given by the American Cancer Society, will expand Dr. Wu’s work to rigorously test...
Only a few months after she retired in October 2018, Lynn Walker knew something was wrong with her health. Without any prior history of skin cancers, she learned that she...
Sheri Holmen, PhD, went to school as a music major, but her mother’s cancer diagnosis sparked her interest in research. When she’s not in the lab, she’s officiating swim meets.
When Davis Moore found out he had metastatic melanoma, he says the fear he felt was debilitating. "I would wake up every morning and remember I had cancer. It felt...
