2024

Full Grant

Christoph Ellebrecht, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology

Adaptation Mechanisms of Tissue Resident Memory T Cells in Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases: A Multiomics Approach.

Paul Planet, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)

Bacterial Interference at the Skin Barrier to Prevent Staphylococcus aureus Colonization

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Heather Dingwall, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Yana Kamberov Lab

Uncovering extrinsic drivers of eccrine gland development

2023

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Emily Baumrin, MD, Physician, Department of Dermatology, Joel Gelfand Lab

Identification of Skin-specific Patient-reported Outcomes in Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease

Victoria Fang, MD, PhD, Resident Physician & Research Fellow, Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics, John Wherry Lab and Department of Dermatology, Aimee Payne Lab

Characterization of tertiary lymphoid structures in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa

Juan Inclan Rico, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Veterinary Medicine, De’Broski Herbert Lab

Neuronal suppression of myeloid-derived IL-33 exacerbates keratinization and skin barrier function.

Aayushi Uberoi, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Dermatology, Elizabeth Grice Lab

Leveraging microbiome-host interactions to improve skin barrier

Leo Wang, MD, PhD, Resident Physician, Department of Dermatology, George Cotsarelis Lab

Local and sustained baricitinib delivery to the skin from injectable hydrogels through reversible thioimidate adducts

2022

Full Grant

Wenqin Luo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

Targeting TRPC3 and NP1 afferents for Alleviating Contact Dermatitis Pruritus

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Nikhil Jiwrajka, MD, MS, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Rheumatology, Montserrat Anguera Lab

Elucidating the Role of Dynamic X-Chromosome Inactivation Maintenance in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis

2021

Full Grant

Taku Kambayashi, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

The role of TSLP-induced sebum release in promoting skin barrier function

2020

Full Grant

Yana Kamberov, Department of Genetics

Cellular mechanisms of Engrailed-1 function in eccrine sweat gland development

Patrick Seale, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Metabolic regulation of dermal fibroblast differentiation and fibrotic skin disease

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Donna Brennan-Crispi, Department of Dermatology

Investigate the role of Fzd2-mediated non-canonical Wnt signaling in maintenance of hair follicle stem cells

2019

Full Grant

Thomas Leung, Department of Dermatology

Understanding the pathogenesis of neutrophilic dermatoses

Christoph Thaiss, Department of Microbiology

Circadian regulation of skin inflammation by the microbiome

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Mackenzie Wehner, Department of Dermatology

Actinic keratosis validation, incidence, and association with future skin cancers

2018

Full Grant

Brian Capell, Department of Dermatology

Epigenetic enhancer regulation in epidermal development and carcinogenesis

Todd Ridky, Department of Dermatology

Using GPCR-driven cellular differentiation to prevent melanoma

Pantelis Rompolas, Department of Dermatology

The role of peripheral nerves in cutaneous stem cell activity and wound healing

Sarah Tishkoff, Departments of Genetics and Biology

Functional genomic characterization of gene regulation at loci associated with skin pigmentation in African populations

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Xuming Zhu, Department of Dermatology

Mechanisms underlying Meibomian gland carcinoma in mice and humans

2017

Full Grant

Thomas Leung, Department of Dermatology

SDF1 control of tissue regeneration and fibrosis in mice and humans

Pantelis Rompolas, Department of Dermatology

Notch regulation of stem cell fate in skin homeostasis and tumorigenesis

Jonathan Katz, Department of Medicine

The role of KLF4 in UV-mediated squamous cell cancer of the skin

Minigrant for Investigator in Training

Cory Simpson, Department of Dermatology

Role of NIX in programmed and damage-induced mitophagy in epidermis