National Press Club address: MIA calls for urgent federal government action to prevent melanoma
Sun Safe Sport initiative and modernised awareness campaign critical to preventing melanoma which claims more lives than our annual road toll.
Swimming champion Sam Short becomes youngest MIA ambassador
18-year-old Sam calls for young Aussies to start taking sun safety seriously, after being diagnosed with melanoma just weeks before the Commonwealth Games.
National Press Club address on Wed 21 Sept
Olympian and melanoma survivor Cate Campbell, and Melanoma Institute Australia Co-Medical Directors Professor Georgina Long AO and Professor Richard Scolyer AO, will address the National Press Club of Australia.
Skin Cancer Tasmania merges with Melanoma Institute Australia
Tasmanian skin cancer patients to benefit from increased prevention and awareness campaigns, and bolstered melanoma support services.
Research predicts global melanoma rate to increase by 50% by 2040
New research, co-authored by MIA's Prof Anne Cust, published in the journal JAMA Dermatology.
Federal Budget omission a missed opportunity to save lives from melanoma
Urgent long-term funding needed to modernise the ‘Slip Slop Slap’ campaign.
State of the Nation – A Report into Melanoma
A landmark report provides status of melanoma in Australia, and the the roadmap to achieve zero deaths from melanoma this decade.
Olympians join forces for melanoma warning
Jana Pittman and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor back our Game On Mole campaign, in support of their much loved coach.
Aussies urged to mark start of summer by checking their skin
National day of action called amidst fears COVID lockdowns have deterred patients from seeking potentially life-saving medical treatment.
Peter Overton our new MIA National Ambassador
MIA is proud to announce that the Nine Network’s newsreader and journalist Peter Overton AM has joined us as a National Ambassador.