PeDRA

Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance

Past PeDRA Fellows

Morgan Dykman, MD

PeDRA Fellow 2022 – 2024

Morgan Dykman served as the PeDRA Fellow from 2022-2024. Upon joining PeDRA in late 2021, Morgan quickly began networking and collaborating on projects with her mentor, Dr. Jillian Rork. As the PeDRA Fellow, she supported Executive Committee and Board Meetings and led an internal research project all about PeDRA’s connections. She played a large role in the success of the 2022 and 2023 PeDRA Annual Conferences and attended partner meetings on PeDRA’s behalf. Additionally, Morgan was the recipient of a 2023 Emerging Investigator Research Grant and published a paper in Pediatric Dermatology. Morgan matched into dermatology at the University of Minnesota.

    Holly Neale, MD

    PeDRA Fellow 2021 – 2022

    Holly Neale served as the PeDRA Fellow from 2021-2022. As Fellow, Holly continued to grow PeDRA’s social media presence, provided support for two consensus guidelines efforts, and synthesized results from a priorities-setting initiative conducted by the PeDRA Patient Advisory Committee. In 2022, she matched into the Dermatology Residency Program at UMass Medical School. Holly plans to maintain activities as a PeDRA Member and part of PeDRA’s Early Investigator Committee throughout her residency.

      Olivia Davies, MD

      PeDRA Fellow 2019 – 2021

      Olivia Davies served as the PeDRA Fellow from 2019-2021. During her tenure she provided support to PeDRA’s Board of Directors and took an active role in consensus guidelines activities. She also extensively grew and managed PeDRA’s social media presence on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook. In March of 2021, she matched into Harvard-Combined’s Dermatology Residency Class of 2025.

        Nikki Stefanko, MD

        PeDRA Fellow 2017 – 2019

        Nikki completed her intern year in Pediatrics at Children’s Wisconsin and is currently a PGY-2 Dermatology Resident at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. She continues to be actively involved in pediatric dermatology research and is planning to pursue a fellowship in pediatric dermatology following residency training.

          Colleen Cotton, MD

          PeDRA Fellow 2014 – 2015

          Colleen was the first PeDRA Fellow, back before we really understood what that meant. She focused on building infrastructure, organizing the membership, and defining the role of the fellow. It set the stage for her remaining very active in PeDRA to this day. Since her time as Fellow, Collen did her residency in dermatology at the University of Arizona, pediatric dermatology fellowship at CHOP, and is now an assistant professor in pediatric dermatology at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is involved in multiple PeDRA committees, Focused Study Groups, and projects.