Overview
Childhood skin diseases are associated with severe burden on patients, families, and health care providers. Despite this burden, effective treatments remain sparse and the pace of research slow. To help overcome these challenges, the PeDRA Research Fellowship program supports one year of mentored research for post-graduate trainees and medical students in the field of pediatric dermatology.
Goals
The Research Fellowships program is driven by PeDRA’s mission to create, inspire, and sustain research to prevent, treat, and cure childhood skin disease. Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement of active research projects in the field of pediatric dermatology.
Important Details
- Up to $20,000 to support a one-year fellowship stipend for a trainee or medical student conducting a project relevant to pediatric dermatology.
- Research Fellowship terms to take place at the institution of the fellowship mentor.
- Fellowship mentors must be Active Members of PeDRA.
- As many as eight fellowships anticipated in 2023.
- Application deadline was Thursday, March 30, 2023.
Previous Research Fellowships Program Recipients
Siri Choragudi & Gil Yosipovitch, MD
2022 Research Fellowship Award
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Effects of IBAT inhibitors on itch in pediatric liver disease patients
Austin Johnson & Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
2022 Research Fellowship Award
Stanford School of Medicine
Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex Disease Activity and Response Tool (EBSdart): Scoring Clinical Severity and Outcomes in Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex
Jaron Nazaroff & Jean Tang, MD, PhD
2022 Research Fellowship Award
Stanford University
Online, Home-Based Epidermolysis Bullosa Patient Registry
Micah Pascual & Lucinda Kohn, MD, MHS
2022 Research Fellowship Award
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Daxpe: Native Skin Health Survey
Roseline Okonkwo, MD & Michele Ramien, MD, MSc, FRCPC
2022 Research Fellowship Award
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Consensus Management of RIME in Children and Adolescents
Jennifer Sui & Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD
2022 Research Fellowship Award
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Characterization of non-coding genetic loci and transcription factors that drive development of linear morphea
Yaron Noam Zafrir & Elena Pope, MD
2022 Research Fellowship Award
SickKids Hospital – Toronto, Canada
Hypopigmented mycosis fungoides True lymphoma or T-cell dyscrasia: A Retrospective and prospective cohort study
Diana Zarowin & James Treat, MD
2022 Research Fellowship Award
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
N-Acetylcysteine for Habit – Based Cutaneous Conditions: A Review of Real-World Use in the Pediatric Population
Special thanks to AbbVie, Incyte, Pfizer, Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and individual donors for their support of 2022 PeDRA Research Fellowships.