PeDRA

Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance

Education for Researchers

Webinar: Catalyzing Your Research: From Idea to Action

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Live webinar on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET. So you’ve got the funding, now how do you make the research happen? Hear from three funded PeDRA investigators and learn how they assembled their teams, tackled the paperwork, and got their projects off the ground. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn from their experiences!

This program is run in partnership with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology Junior Faculty/Fellows Committee.

Catalyzing Your Research: From Idea to Action
Tuesday, April 27, 5:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM CT / 8:30 PM ET

Hosts: Lisa Arkin, MD and JiaDe Yu, MD
Speakers: Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD, Lucinda Kohn, MD and Leo Shmuylovich, MD, PhD

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Speakers

Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD

Elena B. Hawryluk, MD, PhD is a board-certified Dermatologist and Pediatric Dermatologist, and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, where she serves as the Faculty Director of Pediatric Dermatology for the Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Program.  After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with degrees in Computer Science and Biological Sciences, she completed her medical degree (MD) and PhD (Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s Medical Scientist Training Program.  Dr. Hawryluk completed her internship at St. Vincent Hospital, followed by dermatology residency at Harvard Medical School, where she served as a Chief Resident.  Subsequently, she undertook advanced fellowship training in Pediatric Dermatology at Boston Children’s Hospital and was supported by the Dermatology Foundation’s Fellowship in Pediatric Dermatology award.  She serves on committees for the American Academy of Dermatology and Society for Pediatric Dermatology and is the Chair of the American Academy of Dermatology’s Melanoma and Skin Cancer Community Program Committee. Dr. Hawryluk has a clinical interest in pigmented lesions and melanoma, particularly in the pediatric population.  She has authored both primary research and review articles on melanoma and pigmented lesions and has delivered presentations at regional and national meetings on these topics. She has been supported by the Society for Pediatric Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance’s Weston Career Development Award and the Dermatology Foundation Pediatric Dermatology Career Development Award.

    Lucinda Kohn, MD

    Lucinda Kohn, MD is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus and practices pediatric dermatology at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. Dr. Kohn’s main area of academic interest is focused on increasing access to pediatric dermatology care for all children. She is affiliated with the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the Colorado School of Public Health and is particularly focused on addressing disparities in dermatology care in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Her overall career goal is to develop high quality, ethical, and replicable programs to expand pediatric dermatology to American Indian and Alaska Native youth.

      Leo Smuylovich, MD, PhD

      Dr. Shmuylovich is a Pediatric Dermatologist in the Division of Dermatology and a postdoctoral scholar in the Optical Radiology Laboratory at Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. He is at the start of his career as an MD/PhD dermatology physician scientist. His training has included both a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Physics PhD, and inspired by his quantitative background, he is focused on developing novel tools that objectively measure skin disease. The research mission of his lab will be the development technologies that provide all patients with access to accurate diagnosis and management of skin disease and improve treatment outcomes. 

        PeDRA Session at SID

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        Live session on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET. Hosted by Carrie Coughlin, MD from Washington University School of Medicine and Amy Paller, MD, MS from Northwestern University, this session will feature keynote speaker Eli Sprecher, MD, PhD from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and presentations from five selected abstracts. To access this register using the link below. You need not have registered for the SID virtual meeting to participate, and registration is free of charge. 

        PeDRA Session at the 2021 Society for Investigative Dermatology Virtual Meeting
        Wednesday, May 5, 2021 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET

        Hosts: Carrie Coughlin, MD and Amy Paller MS, MD
        Keynote Speaker: Eli Sprecher, MD, PhD

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        Carrie Couglin, MD

        Dr. Coughlin is the Director of the Section of Pediatric Dermatology and Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Her practice is general pediatric dermatology, but she specializes in treating patients with pigmented skin lesions and immunosuppressed patients. She directs the Pediatric Melanoma and Nevus Clinic, part of Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She also holds a joint clinic with pediatric neuro-oncology caring for children with skin eruptions due to cancer therapies. She is Chair of the Skin Tumors and Reactions to Cancer therapies research group and the Outcomes Committee for the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance. She is the Treasurer for the International immunosuppression and Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative. She enjoys leading an Art and Medicine class for first year medical students. 

          Eli Sprecher, MD, PhD

          Dr. Sprecher chairs the Division of Dermatology and serves as Deputy Director for Research and Development at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. He is Frederick Reiss Professor of Dermatology at the Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University. He received an MD degree from the Hebrew University, a PhD degree in molecular virology from the Hebrew University and an MBA degree from Tel Aviv University. He specialized in dermatology at the Rambam Medical Center, Haifa and spent a post-doctoral fellowship in Human Genetics at the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. He served as Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at the Rappaport Institute for Research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and founded as well as directed the Center for Translational Genetics at the same institution. He has co-authored over 300 scientific publications, has mentored over 50 students and has received numerous national and international prizes and honors. His research focuses on the genetic basis of skin diseases. His group aims at understanding the molecular genetics of both simple and complex traits, deciphering their pathogenesis and then attempting at translating this new knowledge into innovative therapeutic tools.

            Amy Paller, MS, MD

            Dr. Paller is the Walter J. Hamlin Professor and Chair of Dermatology, Professor of Pediatrics, and Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (SBDRC) at Northwestern. She served as Chief of Pediatric Dermatology at Northwestern’s Children’s Hospital until she became Chair of Dermatology at Northwestern in 2004. An author of more than 500 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Paller has also edited several major textbooks in dermatology, among them Hurwitz’s Clinical Pediatric Dermatology (now 6th edition) and Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine. She is an NIH-funded investigator in both her laboratory-based and clinical research. She has directed the Pediatric Dermatology Clinical Trials Unit at Northwestern/ Lurie Children’s for the past 30 years and has been the lead investigator on several landmark trials in pediatric skin disease, particularly related to atopic dermatitis (AD), psoriasis, and genodermatoses. Her laboratory focuses on skin innervation in inflammatory diseases, wound healing, and topically delivered gene regulation through nanotherapy. She has defined skin and blood biomarkers for children with AD and ichthyoses towards pathogenesis-directed therapy and has developed new patient-related outcomes scales for itch and stigma in children. Dr. Paller was the inaugural President of the International Eczema Council and inaugural co-President of the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance. She has been President of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, and the Women’s Dermatologic Society. She is currently President of the International Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She has served on Council and the Board of Scientific Councilors for NIH/NIAMS, and on numerous boards for dermatology patient advocacy organizations. She has received several honors for her scholarship, leadership and mentorship, among them election to the American Association of Physicians and the American Dermatological Association, and awarding of the Stephen Rothman Award from the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Mentor of the Year, Rose Hirschler, and the Wilma Bergfeld, MD Visionary & Leadership awards from the Women’s Dermatological Society, the Clarence S. Livingood, MD Memorial Award from the AAD, the Founder’s Award from the Chicago Dermatological Society, the Tanioku Kihei Memorial Award from the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatologist, and the inaugural Paula Stern Outstanding Women in Science and Medicine Award from Northwestern.