PeDRA Research Grants
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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.
As part of this program, this year PeDRA is offering PeDRA Research Grants to support early-stage research projects where preliminary data may be lacking, and to establish infrastructure and foster collaborations that support larger-scale studies in future. Applications may be submitted by either a single investigator or multiple investigators at multiple institutions to receive:
$40,000 to be used over two years to support larger scale projects.
or
Up to $20,000 to be used over either one or two years to support more modestly sized projects requiring less financial support or smaller scale projects.
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 $40,000 for two years to support larger scale projects, or $20,000 for up to two years to support more modestly sized projects
- May be submitted by individuals or teams.
- Application deadline: Thursday, September 18, 2025
Past PeDRA Research Grant Recipients
Jenna Rudo-Stern, PhD
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
2024 Research Grant
Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
Stanford University
2023 Research Grant
Elena Pope, MD, MSc
The Hospital for Sick Children
2023 Research Grant
Yakir Levin, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
2022 Research Grant
Hazel Wilkie, PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital
2022 Research Grant
Anna Garza-Mayers, MD, PhD
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2021 Research Grant
Sonal Shah, MD
Case Western Reserve University
2021 Research Grant
JiaDe Yu, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
2021 Research Grant
Kristen Berrebi, MD
University of Iowa
2020 Research Grant
Jennifer Boles-Scott, MD & Amy Paller, MD
Northwestern University
2020 Research Grant
Yvonne Chiu, MD, Michele Ramien, MD, & Beth Drolet, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
2020 Research Grant
Carrie Coughlin, MD
Washington University
2020 Research Grant
Sonia Kamath, MD
University of Southern California
2020 Research Grant
Reid Oldenburg, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego
2020 Research Grant
Amy Paller, MD & Antonia Reimer-Taschenbrecker, MD
Northwestern University
2020 Research Grant
Steven Feldman, MD, PhD
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
2019 Research Grant
Joel Fish, MD, FRCS(c)
The Hospital for Sick Children
2019 Research Grant
Annie Grossberg, MD
Johns Hopkins
2019 Research Grant
Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
2019 Research Grant
Jennifer Huang, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
2019 Research Grant
Markus Boos, MD, PhD
Seattle Children’s Hospital
2018 Pilot Grant – Single Site
Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2018 Pilot Grant—Single Site
Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD
University of California, San Diego
2018 Pilot Grant—Single Site
Marcia Hogeling, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
2018 Pilot Grant—Collaborative
Alana McEvoy, MD
University of Ottawa
2018 Pilot Grant – Single Site
Elaine Siegfried, MD
Saint Louis University
2018 Team Grant
Lisa Arkin, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
2017 Team Grant
Minnelly Luu, MD
University of Southern California
2017 Team Grant
Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
Harvard
2017 Pilot Grant
Megha Tollefson, MD
Mayo Clinic
2017 Pilot Grant
Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2017 Team Grant
Jennifer Schoch, MD
University of Florida
2017 Pilot Grant
Beth Drolet, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 Team Grant
Christine Lauren, MD
Columbia University
2016 Pilot Grant
Christina Boull, MD
University of Minnesota
2016 Pilot Grant
Michele Ramien, MD
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
2016 Team Grant
Kristen Hook, MD
University of Minnesota
2016 Pilot Grant
Carrie Coughlin, MD
Washington University in St Louis
2016 Pilot Grant
Esteban Fernandez Faith, MD
Nationwide Children’s
2016 Team Grant
Yvonne Chiu, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
2015 Pilot Grant
Victoria Barrio, MD
University of California, San Diego
2015 Pilot Grant
Jennifer Huang, MD
Harvard Medical School
2015 Pilot Grant
Wynnis Tom, MD
University of California, San Diego
2015 Pilot Grant