News & Publications

Kelly Paulson has completed her PhD. She's now off to complete her MD. Remarkably, she will have more than ten publications from her three full-time years in the lab.

The MMIG (Merkel cell carcinoma Multicenter Interest Group) had its annual meeting in Miami, FL, at the American Academy of Dermatology.

The Nghiem Lab has been awarded an RC2 Grand Opportunity "GO" grant for $1M entitled: "Targeting MCPyV to Overcome Immune Evasion in Merkel Cell Carcinoma". This award will allow us to greatly expand our MCC resources in collaboration with Dr. Maryam Asgari at Kaiser Permanente Northern California,...

The MMIG (Merkel cell carcinoma Multicenter Interest Group) had its annual meeting in San Francisco, CA, at the American Academy of Dermatology.

Drs. Jayasri Iyer & Paul Nghiem have led an effort to petitioned to the CDC and appropriate World Health Organization entities to create ICD-9 codes that are specific for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), rather than having MCC bundled under the 173 code for malignant neoplasm of skin (most commonly used...

Dr. Nghiem attended the NIH sponsored MCC Workshop. Topics discussed included Merkel cell polyomavirus; immunopathological and microscopic features of MCC; epidemiology of polyomaviruses; presentation, staging and prognosis of MCC as well as the current gaps in our understanding of MCC. A goal of ...

Dr. Paul Ngheim joined Andrew Schorr on Patient Power to discuss the dangers of MCC, how the sun factors in and who is at risk.

Patients, family, friends and researchers join together for a MCC Open House and dinner. The event was held at UW Medicine's South Lake Union campus. There were also Nghiem lab tours and a presentation of the current and future state of MCC research.

Patients with Merkel cell carcinoma create an informational flyer to educate patients and physicians about this deadly cancer. The flyer contains general information about MCC and provides resources of where to get more detailed information. This grass-roots effort is aimed at increasing awareness o...

George Campbell (from the MCC Google Group) created posters based on the AEIOU Features to raise awareness about MCC.