Cutaneous Biology Trainees
Andrea Calvert, PhD
Dr. Calvert's post-doctoral research focused on using bio-inspired nanomaterials to treat various diseases, including cancer and inflammation.
Rosa Ventrella, PhD
Dr. Ventrella's post-doctoral research focused on utilizing Xenopus skin to elucidate mechanisms that regulate cellular transdifferentiation.
Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD
As a clinician scientist, Dr. Chovatiya was interested in applying a combination of approaches to better understand and treat patients with atopic dermatitis and pruritus.
Shuai (Steve) Xu, MD, MSc
As a physician-engineer, Dr. Xu was interested in the translation of breakthrough electrical engineering, materials science, and health information technology towards addressing major unmet clinical needs.
Xiaolong (Alan) Zhou, MD
Dr. Zhou focused his post-doctoral research in the area of the genomics of cutaneous lymphomas.
Lauren Graham, MD/PhD
Dr. Graham collaborated on a study demonstrating that loss of the intradermal fat layer occurs before fibrosis. Using a lineage tracing model, myofibroblasts in fibrosis developed from adiponectin-positive intradermal progenitors.
Duncan Dam, PhD
Dr. Dam studied the membrane-based molecular mechanism for activation of IGF-1 receptor in normal keratinocytes, including with GM3 depletion.
Bethany E. Perez White, PhD
Dr. White's doctoral studies were focused on defining a novel epithelial-mesenchymal transition mechanism in breast cancer as a result of PKCα overexpression.
Joshua Broussard, PhD
Dr. Broussard studied the function of DSMs in mechanotransduction.
Laura Walsh, PhD, MD
Dr. Walsh studied the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory skin conditions and skin cancers, as well as performing procedures, including the treatment and removal of skin cancers, growths, and cysts.
Abbey Perl, PhD
Dr. Perl’s post-doctoral research is focused on how protein phosphatases coordinate to regulate proper desmosome function required for epidermal stratification and barrier formation.
Thomas Holmes, PhD
Dr. Holmes post-doctoral work involves the use of 3D human skin equivalents (HSE) containing human-derived diabetic foot ulcer fibroblasts (DFUF) to investigate wound healing, keratinocyte-fibroblast signaling and keratinocyte proliferation.
John Devany, PhD
Dr. Devany's post-doctoral research focused on improving T cell therapies for cancer treatment.
Seong-Min Kim, PhD
Dr. Kim's postdoctoral research is focused on understanding the communication between subcutaneous adipocytes and skin-resident immune cells in development of skin inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.