The charge of the Early Investigators Committee is to support research skills development and career advancement of trainees and early career investigators in the field of pediatric dermatology.
Responsibilities of the committee include:
• Providing mentorship opportunities for early career investigators.
• Providing other resources for early career investigators to enable success in research.
• Ensuring that contributions of early career investigators are recognized within PeDRA and that the needs of early career investigators are understood within PeDRA and the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.

Lisa Arkin, MD
Chair
University of Wisconsin

Yvonne Chiu, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Maria Teresa Garcia-Romero, MD, MPH
Instituto Nacional de Pediatría

Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School

Anubhav Mathur, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

Megha Tollefson, MD
Mayo Clinic

Jeff Yu, MD
Harvard Medical School

Heather Brandling-Bennett, MD
University of Washington

Cynthia DeKlotz, MD
Georgetown University

Deepti Gupta, MD
University of Washington

Jennifer Huang, MD
Harvard Medical School

Dominique Pichard, MD
NIH (formerly)

Joy Wan, MD, MSCE
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Interested in participating in one of PeDRA’s committees? Contact us for more information. View PeDRA’s complete organization structure here.