Clinical & Translational Investigators in Skin Cancer

Ongoing Projects, Research and Efforts

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All MCC Registry Clinical Trials Biomarkers Regulatory Medicine Data Science Clinical Educator Real World Data

Clinical Educator

Participating in the education of tomorrow’s clinicians

Real World Data Analysis

Optimizing Real World Data Collection

Clinical Trials for Skin Cancer

Investigating novel therapies for patients with advanced skin cancer

Biomarkers of Response and Resistance to Cancer Therapy

Investigating why patients do or do not respond to cancer therapies

Data Science Tool Development

Developing Data Science tools to facilitate clinical and translational research

Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patient Registry

Developing a multi-institutional Patient Registry.

Evolving Landscape of Regulatory Medicine

Evaluating the evolving landscape of regulatory medicine in Cutaneous Oncology and Dermatology

Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

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David Michael Miller

Medical Oncologist and Dermatologist

Clinical And Translational Research, Advanced Skin Cancer, Data Science, R

Fellows

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Sophia Shalhout

Cutaneous Oncology Research Fellow

Clinical And Translational Research, Data Science, R, Immuno-Oncology

Students

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Farees Saqlain

Medical Student

Clinical And Translational Research, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Researchers

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Kayla Wright

Clerical Data Abstractor

Biomedical Research, Photography

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Work Up and Management

Pearls for the Work Up & Management of CSCC
Sep 9, 2020 9:00 PM — 10:00 PM UMass Memorial Dermatology
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The Evolving Landscape of Regulatory Medicine in Cutaneous Oncology

Analysis of the changing regulatory environment in skin cancer
Sep 9, 2020 6:30 PM — 7:30 PM UMass Memorial Department of Dermatology
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Management of Cutaneous Melanoma

Pearls for the management of cutaneous melanoma
Aug 21, 2020 7:45 AM — 8:45 AM Massachusetts General Hospital
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The MCC Patient Registry - Updates and Future Directions

Aug 7, 2020 1:30 PM — 3:00 PM
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Salt, Water, Urine, EAV

Practical pearls to help evaluate hyponatremia
May 24, 2020 10:45 AM Massachusetts General Hospital
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Acid-Base Pearls Part 1

Pearls on how to approach Acid-Base issues commonly seen on inpatient medicine
May 23, 2020 10:45 AM Massachusetts General Hospital
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Pearls from the Cascade

Overview & Learning Objectives The objective of this lecture is to provide a few clinical pearls from Coagulation Cascade There …
May 22, 2020 2:00 PM — 2:30 PM Massachusetts General Hospital
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma - Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management

Apr 16, 2020 9:00 AM — 10:00 AM Harvard Medical School
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Work Up and Management

Pearls for the Work Up & Management of CSCC
Feb 28, 2020 10:45 AM — 11:45 AM Columbia University Medical Center
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Heme-Derm - Principles at the Intersection of Blood and Skin

We review overlapping principles of Dermatology and Hematology
Feb 28, 2020 7:45 AM — 10:30 AM Columbia University Medical Center
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Recent Posts

Optimizing Real-World Data Collection: Clinical Genomics

Facilitate capture of real-world next-generation genomic data
Last updated on Sep 18, 2020 11 min read

Reference Management in RMarkdown

Integrate your EndNote library into RMarkdown
Last updated on Sep 13, 2020 4 min read

Tutorial Series on the Instruments of the Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patient Registry: Presentation and Initial Staging

Outlining the development of the “Presentation and Initial Staging Instrument” of the Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patient …
Last updated on Jun 17, 2020 8 min read

FlexDashboards for Clinical and Translational Research

A monograph on how to create Dashboards using R via a package called flexdashboard
Sep 18, 2020 16 min read

Visualizing Tumor Response using Waterfall Charts with R

Visualizing Tumor Response using Waterfall Charts with R
Aug 15, 2020 7 min read
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Publications

Evaluation of the fragility of pivotal trials used to support FDA approval for plaque psoriasis

We evaluate the fragility of pivotal trials used to support FDA approval in Plaque Psoriasis.
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Generalized Acquired Cutis Laxa Associated with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Dermatological Significance

We present a case of Acquired Cutis Laxa associated with Monocloncal Gammopathy of Monoclonal Significance.
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Inhibition of Haspin kinase promotes cell-intrinsic and extrinsic anti-tumor activity

Inhibition of Haspin kinase may overcome drug resistance in melanoma, modulate the immune environment and target a vulnerability in …
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Clinical spectrum of cutaneous melanoma morphology.

The clinical spectrum of cutaneous melanoma morphology is surprisingly diverse
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Eczema Tvecium

Novel finding of Eczema TVecium in a patient with melanoma and ALCL treated with T-VEC
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Past and Current Funding

Project Data Sphere’s Mentoring Award in Oncology, Advanced Analytics and Regulatory Science

Merkel Cell Carcinoma Patient Registry
Last updated on Dec 12, 2019

ECOG ACRIN Paul Carbone, MD Fellowship Award

A Novel JAK1 Inhibitor to Overcome BRAF/MEK Inhibitor Resistance in V600-BRAF Mutant Melanoma
Last updated on Dec 12, 2019

American Skin Association Research Grant

JAK1 Inhibition to Overcome BRAF/MEK Inhibitor Resistance in V600-BRAF Mutant Melanoma
Last updated on Dec 12, 2019

American Diabetes Association Physician Scientist Training Award

Umbilical cord blood stem cells as therapy for Diabetes Mellitus
Last updated on Dec 12, 2019

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Contact

Clinical Matters:

For clinical questions, please contact the MGH Cancer Center
Telephone: 617-724-5197
Fax: 617-643-1740

Lab Related Matters

The below contact information is for The Miller Lab related matters

Email

  • 617-726-2667
  • 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
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