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 2022
- Application deadline of Thursday, March 31, 2022.
- View the 2022 Request for Applications.
Last Year’s Research Fellowship Recipients:
Wenelia Baghoomian & Eric Simpson, MD
Research Fellowship Award
Oregon Health & Science University
The Impact of Topical Prescription Drug Delivery Devices in the Adherence and Ease of Use of Corticosteroids in Pediatric Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
Henry Chen & Heidi Jacobe MD, MSCS
Research Fellowship Award
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Identifying Dysregulated Immune-Related Gene Networks at the Single-Cell Level in Pediatric Morphea
Jennifer Gionah Laborada & Wynnis Tom, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of California, San Diego
Characterization of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver in Pediatric Psoriasis
Angel Pagan & Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Award
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Investigating the Role of Age, Race and Ethnicity in Response to Immunomodulating Agents in Children with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
Mitchell Braun & Erin Mathes, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of California, San Francisco
Long term outcomes and quality of life in PHACE syndrome
Emily Croce & Moise Levy, MD
Research Fellowship Award
The University of Texas
Effects of poverty and environmental exposures across race and ethnicity in children with atopic dermatitis
Ashley Ng & Beth Drolet, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Multi Center Phenotype-Genotype Analysis of Vascular Overgrowth Syndromes
Special thanks to AbbVie, Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and Sun Pharma for their support of 2021 PeDRA Research Fellowships.
