Mary, Johnston, melanoma, research
Mary Johnston Professorship in Melanoma Research - Alberta Cancer Board
Mary’s Legacy
Establishing The Mary Johnston Professorship in Melanoma Research provided Dr. Bill Johnston with a measure of closure
For 21 years he and his wife, Mary, dealt with her recurring malignant melanoma; they discussed Mary’s wish to make a donation that would impact melanoma, a cancer with one of the fastest growing rates of incidence. The $1.1 million donation from Mary’s family and friends will provide funds to attract a leading melanoma researcher to Edmonton’s Cross Cancer Institute and leverage additional research grants for melanoma research. Johnston hopes the application of scientific medical research to bedside treatment of melanoma patients will have residual effects: “Often something that will benefit one disease may have an impact on other research,” says Johnston. “There are lots of ways of getting at the puzzle of cancer.”
Above all, this tangible gift in memory of a much-loved wife, mother, friend and advocate is a positive tribute. “This is forward-looking — the naming, the memory, the dollars we have been able to give to the Alberta Cancer Foundation will hopefully make a difference in fighting cancer in the future.”
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