The Society for Melanoma Research
Advancement Through Collaboration
Advancement Through Collaboration
This award was established in 2010 in memory of Estela Medrano. Estela was a leader in the study of TGFb-related signaling in melanoma as well as senescence. She was also an active participant in SMR activities and was about to become the new secretary/treasurer for SMR. Estela was tragically killed in an automobile accident in August 2010. Although originally given to the keynote lecturer at the Society for Melanoma Research annual international congress, in 2013, an ad hoc review committee recommended that specific consideration be given to a woman who has made major contributions in the fight against melanoma to fully honor Estela's memory. The winner of this award is selected each year by the Local Organizing Committee. They are invited to be a speaker at the annual Congress.
Georgina Long
2024 – Georgina Long, AO, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, FAHMS
2023 - Eva Hernando-Monge, PhD
2022 - Victoria Sanz-Moreno, PhD
2021 – Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc
2020 - Yardena Samuels, PhD
2019 - Sheri Holmen, PhD
2018 - Caroline Robert, MD, PhD
2017 - Marisol Soengas, PhD
2016 - Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD
2015 - Suzanne Topalian, MD
2014 - Lynda Chin, MD
2013 - Dorothy Bennett, PhD
2012 - Michael Stratton, MD, PhD
2011 - Richard Marais, PhD
2010 - Keith T. Flaherty, MD