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As the past Director of the Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer (YSPORE) for 11 years, and the Co-Director of Core 2, Biospecimen Resource Core, I have coordinated several studies with investigators on melanoma research and provided funds as well as specimens and reagents to investigators for different projects. I have established operating procedures for the collection of tumors, tissues, blood, normal skin, nevi and clinical information, growing melanoma cells and normal lymphocytes in culture for multiple purposes, such as protein analyses, DNA extraction and sequence analysis of novel mutations. These samples are shared with investigators at Yale, other Skin SPOREs, nationally and around the world. My main goals as the Biospecimen Resource Core Director are to continue these activities, to foster collaboration between investigators at Yale and outside institutions, and to ensure that the molecular and clinical information becomes available upon request. My research goals are: 1) to test novel mutations and genomic aberrations in melanoma that promote tumor initiation and metastasis; 2) to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms that lead to melanoma resistance to therapy; 3) to identify new targets for therapy; and 4) to promote the application of molecular diagnosis of melanoma in the clinic. I have trained numerous pre- and post-doctoral fellows and have worked within the department of Dermatology to enhance research programs. Married to Eytan Halaban for the past 60 year, have 2 sons and 4 grandchildren, one, Zoe, a sophomore at Yale, Davenport college all we love.

I received my PhD from Princeton University in 1968.

I am the director of the nation's premier fellowship supporting immigrants and the children of immigrants who are attending graduate school. I live in New York City with my wife and two kids.

Professor Hazari's research involves synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry, with an emphasis on reaction mechanisms and catalysis. The long-term goal of most projects is to develop homogeneous transition metal catalysts for chemical transformations, which could result in the development of more energy-efficient and affordable industrial processes. Furthermore, we believe that it is important to understand reaction mechanisms, as this can play a crucial role in improving catalysts.

Professor Hazari received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney in 2002, his Masters of Science in 2003, and his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 2006.

Jennifer Herdt has published widely on virtue ethics and ethical formation in early modern and modern moral thought, including Assuming Responsibility: Ecstatic Eudaimonism and the Call to Live Well (2022), Forming Humanity: Redeeming the German Bildung Tradition (2019), and Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices (2008). She served as the 2020 president of the Society of Christian Ethics, and for eight years as the Senior Associate Dean of Yale's Divinity School. Her current research focuses on nonhuman ethical capacities in the context of science-engaged theological anthropology. Jennifer Herdt is the mother of two Yale College students and an avid runner, hiker, baker, and choral singer.