2026 Symposium Speakers

In alphabetical order. Subject to change

 

 SpeakerTitleInstitution
Patrick Brunner, M.D., M.Sc.Professor of Dermatology and Vice-Chair of ResearchIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marcus Buggert, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorKarolinska Institutet
Frank Carbone, Ph.D.Emeritus ProfessorDoherty Institute

 

Jaehyuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D.Director, Center for Cellular Therapies and Cancer Immunology and Vice Chair, Translational Research and Innovation, Department of DermatologyUT Southwestern Medical Center

 

Rachael Clark, M.D., Ph.D.Shing-Yiu Yip and Cecilia M. Hepp Professor of DermatologyHarvard Medical School

 

Laura Cooney, Ph.D.Director, Biomarker Discovery ResearchImmune Tolerance Network; University of Michigan

 

William J. Crisler, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of DermatologyHarvard Medical School

 

Shawn Demehri, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor, Dermatology and Director, High Risk Skin Cancer ClinicHarvard Medical School

 

Liv Eidsmo, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Dermatology and VenereologyKarolinska Institutet
Donna Farber, Ph.D.Professor & Division Chief of Surgical Sciences and Professor of Microbiology & ImmunologyColumbia University
Lukas Flatz, M.D.Medical Director and Senior Physician, Dermato-Oncology SectionEberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Joseph Fraietta, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department Microbiology and Director, Translational & Correlative Sciences, Perelman School of MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania
Thomas Gebhardt, M.D., Ph.D.Professor & Head of Gebhardt LabUniversity of Melbourne
Johann Gudjonsson, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Dermatology, Professor of Internal Medicine and Research ProfessorUniversity of Michigan

 

John Harris, M.D., Ph.D.Chair, Department of DermatologyMass General Brigham
Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor of DermatologyUT Southwestern Medical Center
Dan Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of Dermatology and ImmunologyUniversity of Pittsburgh
Thomas Kupper, M.D.Professor and Founding Chair, Department of DermatologyHarvard Medical School
Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.Adjunct Professor of DermatologyOHSU
Marine-Alexia Lefevre, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor, Immunology, Allergy & DermatologyUniversity Hospital of Saint-Étienne, France
Tiago Matos, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.Global Project HeadSanofi
Jean McGee, M.D., Ph.D., MSAssociate Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical AffairsColumbia University Irving Medical Center
Shruti Naik, Ph.D.Professor and Director, Colton Center for AutoimmunityIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Alex Ortega Loayza, M.D., M.C.R.Professor and Chair of DermatologyOHSU
Christoph Schlapbach, M.D., Ph.D.Professor & Chair, Department of DermatologyInselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern
Phillip Scott, Ph.D.Vice Dean for Research & Academic Resources and Professor of ImmunologyUniversity of Pennsylvania
Georg Stary, M.D.Professor of Dermatology and ImmunologyMedical University of Vienna
Rei Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.Professor of DermatologyJuntendo University
Jia Zhu, Ph.D.Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and Professor in Research, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Washington School of MedicineFred Hutchinson Cancer Center & University of Washington

Short Talk Speakers

Jake FischmanNSF Graduate Research Fellow, PhD Candidate, Immunology Graduate GroupUniversity of Pennsylvania

 

Sasan Jalili, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorThe Jackson Laboratory
Rundong Jiang, M.D.Immunology Program Graduate Student PhD CandidateUniversity of Michigan
Catherine Pei-ju Lu, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorNew York University Grossman School of Medicine
Daniel Sortebech, M.D.MD, PhD studentKarolinska Institute
Daniel Stein, MEngPhD StudentHarvard Medical School