{"id":205,"date":"2024-11-19T18:07:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T18:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dermatology.upenn.edu\/ccsd\/ccsd_home_test_1\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:47:19","slug":"ccsd_home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dermatology.upenn.edu\/ccsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-row alignfull nectar-block nectar-blocks-row @media (max-width: 768px) {  .site-footer, .footer-widgets, .site-main, .entry-content margin-bottom: 0 !important; padding-bottom: }\" id=\"block-Juaq18qmxy\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-row__wrapper parent-block-block-Juaq18qmxy\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layers parent-block-block-Juaq18qmxy\"><div class=\"nectar__bg-layer nectar__bg-color\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"nectar-blocks-row__inner parent-block-block-Juaq18qmxy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-column nectar-blocks-column nectar-block\" id=\"block-Pa5uyDqOmh\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-column__inner nectar-blocks-column__content-wrap parent-block-block-Pa5uyDqOmh nectar-blocks-column__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-row nectar-block nectar-blocks-row nectar-blocks-row__inner nectar-blocks-row__wrapper parent-block-block-8oDGDrpe0A\" id=\"block-8oDGDrpe0A\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-column nectar-blocks-column nectar-block\" id=\"block-q4iD72HBrw\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-column__inner nectar-blocks-column__content-wrap parent-block-block-q4iD72HBrw nectar-blocks-column__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-video-player nectar-blocks-video-player\" data-autoplay-trigger=\"false\" id=\"block-7vKH5F0cGs\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-video-player__video display-desktop\"><video class=\"nectar-aspect-ratio nectar-aspect-ratio--16-9\" poster=\"https:\/\/dermatology.upenn.edu\/ccsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/09\/Still-1024x576.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" loop controls><source src=\"https:\/\/dermatology.upenn.edu\/ccsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/09\/CCSD_Overview_11-No-Caption.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-column nectar-blocks-column nectar-block\" id=\"block-0n6r3Ofkbz\"><div class=\"nectar-blocks-column__inner nectar-blocks-column__content-wrap parent-block-block-0n6r3Ofkbz nectar-blocks-column__wrapper\">\n<h1 id=\"block-MZtlKrBQyx\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text nectar-font-h2 pre-animated text-animation--rotate text-animation--desktop text-animation--tablet text-animation--mobile\" data-text-animation=\"{&quot;highlightAnimation&quot;:false,&quot;textAnimationEffect&quot;:&quot;rotate&quot;,&quot;timeBetween&quot;:0,&quot;easing&quot;:[0.33,1,0.68,1],&quot;duration&quot;:2,&quot;delay&quot;:0.1,&quot;triggerType&quot;:&quot;In View&quot;,&quot;deviceTrigger&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">Welcome to the Center for Clinical Sciences in Dermatology<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-D0S6VtI1uz\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text nectar-font-body\">CCSD researchers are working to integrate knowledge from the basic study of cutaneous illnesses to the population at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-cshj7EMJ1C\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text nectar-font-body\">CCSD was  founded in 2023 by Drs. <a href=\"https:\/\/dermatology.upenn.edu\/ccsd\/ccsd_people\/ccsd_people_1\/\">Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/dermatology.upenn.edu\/ccsd\/ccsd_people\/ccsd_people_1\/\">David J. Margolis, MD, PhD<\/a> who serve as the Director and Associate Director, respectively, of this new Center.<br>As a scientific home for both new and established faculty, we are dedicated to pioneering clinical sciences research applied to dermatology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-flex-box nectar-block nectar-blocks-flex-box nectar-blocks-flex-box__inner nectar-blocks-flex-box__wrapper parent-block-block-9cUTriwll4\" id=\"block-9cUTriwll4\">\n<h2 id=\"block-EI2D9W3ae3\" class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-text nectar-blocks-text nectar-font-h4\">CCSD BY THE NUMBERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-flex-box nectar-block nectar-blocks-flex-box nectar-blocks-flex-box__inner nectar-blocks-flex-box__wrapper parent-block-block-0yTzggikQb\" id=\"block-0yTzggikQb\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nectar-blocks-flex-box nectar-block nectar-blocks-flex-box\" id=\"block-IP93TMbwo5\"><a 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