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 Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) is committed to supporting an annual competitive research grants program.
Goals
PeDRA Research Grants are driven by the mission to create, inspire, and sustain research to prevent, treat, and cure childhood skin disease. They are intended to provide financial support for early-stage studies that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere, and to provide a mentorship opportunity for both grant preparation and project execution. Ultimately, PeDRA Research Grants are expected to generate data, establish research infrastructure, and foster collaborations that form the basis for larger scale studies with a high impact on patient lives.
Important Details
- Up to $15,000 for one year to support early stage research, with the opportunity to renew
- May be submitted by individuals or teams
- Applications due Thursday, December 2, 2021
- Optional opportunity to submit a preliminary application by September 9, 2021 to be eligible to receive preliminary reviewer comments and discuss their applications with a representative from the PeDRA Grants Committee in October 2021
- Request for Applications (RFA)
Last Year’s Research Fellowship Recipients:
Kristen Berrebi, MD
Research Grant
University of Iowa
A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study on the Utility of Ancillary Studies in the Risk Assessment and Management of Spitz Nevi, Atypical Spitzoid Tumors, and Spitzoid Melanoma in the Pediatric Population
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Yvonne Chiu, MD, Michele Ramien, MD, & Beth Drolet, MD
Research Grant
Medical College of Wisconsin
Clinical and Genetic Characterization of Recurrent Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption
Sonia Kamath, MD
Research Grant
University of Southern California
Characterization of the presenting cutaneous manifestations of juvenile dermatomyositis
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Jennifer Boles-Scott, MD & Amy Paller, MD
Research Grant
Northwestern University
TNF inhibitor-induced psoriasiform dermatitis in children: Clinical and mechanistic analyses
Carrie Coughlin, MD
Research Grant
Washington University
Beyond the phenotype – A targeted sequencing study to identify the spectrum of genetic mutations in pyogenic granulomas
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Reid Oldenburg, MD, PhD
Research Grant
University of California, San Diego
Optimizing Clinical Application of Lymphocyte Activation Tests for the Detection of Causative Medications in severe cutaneous Adverse Reactions
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Amy Paller, MD & Antonia Reimer-Taschenbrecker, MD
Research Grant
Northwestern University
Deciphering the “ugly duckling” – Natural history and molecular characterization of epidermolysis bullosa nevi
