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Grants & Awards

Explore Our Funding Opportunities

PeDRA is committed to funding studies, investigators, and high-priority initiatives through its grants and awards. Applicants should carefully review PeDRA’s Grant Guidelines.

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Research Fellowship Program – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

OverviewChildhood skin diseases are associated with severe burden on patients, families, and health care providers. Despite this burden,…

Study Support Grants – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Study Support Grants are available to PeDRA Members only.  Please login or join PeDRA to access this content.

PeDRA Research Grants

Up to $15,000 for one year to support early stage research, with the opportunity to renewMay be submitted by individuals…

Consensus Grant

Up to $25,000 for one year to support the creation of consensus guidelines or best practice recommendations for the management…

William Weston Career Development Award

Run in partnership with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology $40,000 for one year of support for early-career pediatric dermatologistsTo…

Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant

PeDRA and the National Eczema Assocation (NEA) have collaborated to support targeted clinical research investigations focused on pediatric…

I’m looking for career support or research training…

Research Fellowship Program – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

OverviewChildhood skin diseases are associated with severe burden on patients, families, and health care providers. Despite this burden,…

PeDRA Research Grants

Up to $15,000 for one year to support early stage research, with the opportunity to renewMay be submitted by individuals…

William Weston Career Development Award

Run in partnership with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology $40,000 for one year of support for early-career pediatric dermatologistsTo…

I have a developed idea or want to pursue a special project…

Study Support Grants – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Study Support Grants are available to PeDRA Members only.  Please login or join PeDRA to access this content.

Consensus Grant

Up to $25,000 for one year to support the creation of consensus guidelines or best practice recommendations for the management…

Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant

PeDRA and the National Eczema Assocation (NEA) have collaborated to support targeted clinical research investigations focused on pediatric…

I have an early-stage idea or am an early-career investigator…

Research Fellowship Program – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

OverviewChildhood skin diseases are associated with severe burden on patients, families, and health care providers. Despite this burden,…

PeDRA Research Grants

Up to $15,000 for one year to support early stage research, with the opportunity to renewMay be submitted by individuals…

William Weston Career Development Award

Run in partnership with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology $40,000 for one year of support for early-career pediatric dermatologistsTo…


See what we’ve funded.

2020 Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant Recipient:

Co-funded with the National Eczema Association.

Junko Takeshita, MD, PhD, MSCE

Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant

University of Pennsylvania

Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Utilization for Childhood Atopic Dermatitis

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    2020 Research Fellowship Recipients:

    Laila Abbas & Heidi Jacobe, MD, MSCS

    Research Fellowship Award

    UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Investigating Constitutive and Cell-Driven Fibroblast Activation in Pediatric Morphea

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    Stephanie Lee, MD & Lawrence Eichenfield, MD

    Research Fellowship Award

    University of California, San Diego
    Rady Childrens Hospital

    Utilization of the Topical Steroid Volume Calculator and its Effect on Atopic Dermatitis Clinical Outcomes

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    Muskaan Sachdeva, BHSc & Cathryn Sibbald, MD, MScPhm, FRCPC, MSc

    Research Fellowship Award

    University of Toronto

    Keratinocyte Carcinoma in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Patients

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    Carmel Aghdasi & Kelly Cordoro, MD

    Research Fellowship Award

    University of California, San Francisco

    Discovering the Immune Phenotype of Morphologic Subsets of Atopic Dermatitis at the Single Cell Level

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    Danny Linggonegoro & Jen Huang, MD

    Research Fellowship Award

    Harvard Medical School

    The impact of dilute bleach compresses on the incidence and severity of radiation dermatitis

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    Special thanks to AbbVie, Pfizer, and Regeneron/Sanofi-Genzyme for their support of 2020 PeDRA Research Fellowships.  

    2019 Research Grant Recipients:

    Steven Feldman, MD, PhD

    Research Grant

    Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    Studying Topical Adherence in Atopic Dermatitis: What We Can Learn from Positive Outliers

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      Annie Grossberg, MD

      Research Grant

      Johns Hopkins

      Examining How Virtual Reality Improves Children’s Coping During Dermatologic Procedures

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        Jennifer Huang, MD

        Research Grant

        Boston Children’s Hospital

        Preventative Skin Care for Children Undergoing Targeted CNS Tumor Therapy

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          Joel Fish, MD, FRCS(c)

          Research Grant

          The Hospital for Sick Children

          An International Study to Develop A Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Scars (The SCAR-Q), and to Determine the Psychosocial Impact of Scarring

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            Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD

            Research Grant

            Massachusetts General Hospital

            What does a pediatric BAP1 inactivated melanocytic tumor (BIMT) look like?

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              2019 Weston Pediatric Dermatology Career Development Award Recipient:

              Co-funded with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.

              Lucinda Kohn, MD, MHS

              Weston Career Development Award

              University of Colorado Denver

              Expanding Access to Severe Acne Care for Navajo Adolescents Through Education

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                2019 Consensus Grant Recipient:

                Alex Zvulunov, MD & Elena Pope, MD, MsC

                Consensus Guidelines Award

                Ben-Gurion University

                Consensus-based recommendations for management of pediatric Mycosis Fungoides: the ARMFUL (AppRoach Mycosis FUngoides in chiLdren) study

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                2019 Research Hot Seat Recipients:

                Lisa Arkin, MD

                Research Hot Seat Award

                UW Madison

                Towards a precision-based treatment for facial port wine birthmarks

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                  Jennifer Schoch, MD

                  Research Hot Seat Award

                  University of Florida

                  The Relationship between the Cutaneous Microbiome and Skin Barrier in Infantile Atopic Dermatitis

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                    December 2018 Research Grant Recipients:

                    Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD

                    Pilot Grant—Single Site

                    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
                    Fecal Microbiome in Alopecia Areata

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                      Marcia Hogeling, MD

                      Pilot Grant—Collaborative

                      University of California, Los Angeles
                      Genomic and Non genomic Causes of Segmental Pigmentation Disorder

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                        Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD

                        Pilot Grant—Single Site

                        University of California, San Diego
                        Genetic Variations in Non-coding Regulatory Regions in Linear Morphea

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                          2018 Weston Pediatric Dermatology Career Development Award Recipient:

                          Co-funded with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.

                          Jennifer Schoch, MD

                          Weston Career Development Award

                          University of Florida

                          Unraveling Determinants of the Early Cutaneous Microbiome

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                            2018 Research Hot Seat Recipient:

                            Maria Teresa Garcia-Romero, MD, MPH

                            Research Hot Seat Award

                            National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City
                            Development and Validation of the Morphea Activity Measure

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                              May 2018 Research Grant Recipients:

                              Elaine Siegfried, MD

                              Team Grant

                              Saint Louis University
                              Guidelines for Use of Methotrexate in Pediatric Inflammatory Skin Diseases

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                                Alana McEvoy, MD

                                Pilot Grant – Single Site

                                University of Ottawa
                                A Pilot Study to Assess the Impact of a Validated Illustrated Eczema Action Plan on Pediatric Patients

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                                  Markus Boos, MD, PhD

                                  Pilot Grant – Single Site

                                  Seattle Children’s Hospital
                                  An Examination of the Dermatologic Needs of Sexual/Gender Minority Youth

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                                    2018 Pediatric Psoriasis Challenge Grant

                                    Co-funded with the National Psoriasis Foundation.

                                    Amy Paller, MD

                                    Pediatric Psoriasis Challenge Grant

                                    Northwestern University

                                    Characterization of Lipoprotein Composition and Function in Pediatric Psoriasis Before and After Treatment

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                                      December 2017 Research Grant Recipients:

                                      Minnelly Luu, MD

                                      Team Grant

                                      USC/Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles:
                                      An Assessment of Lesional Morphology in Atopic Dermatitis by Race/Ethnicity

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                                        Pranab Mukherjee, PhD

                                        Pilot Grant – Single Site

                                        Case Western Reserve University
                                        Dermatitis and the Microbiome

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                                          Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD

                                          Team Grant

                                          Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
                                          Quality of Life of Parents with Children with Alopecia Areata

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                                            Jennifer Schoch, MD

                                            Pilot Grant – Single Site

                                            University of Florida
                                            Exploring the Cutaneous Microbiome in Premature Neonates: A Pilot Study

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                                              Past Recipients

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