(subject to change)
Thursday, Oct 17 | |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Shuttle Bus from PDX (Reservation required during registration) |
| 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Arrival and Check In |
| 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Mentorship Mixer and Reception |
| Welcome and introductory comments Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D. (OHSU) and Dennis Roop, PhD (Colorado), Tamia Harris-Tryon, MD, PhD (UT Southwestern) | |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Keynote: Tina Lasisi, PhD (University of Michigan) Assistant Professor; LSA Collegiate Fellow |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Dinner Buffet |
| 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
Friday, Oct 18 | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Introductory Remarks Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D. (OHSU) and Dennis Roop, PhD (Colorado), Tamia Harris-Tryon, MD, PhD (UT Southwestern) |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. | Session 1: Cutting Edge Science in Diseases that Disproportionately Impact patients with Skin of Color Session Moderator: Ginette A. Okoye, MD (Howard University) |
| 8:25 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Ginette A. Okoye, MD (Howard University) Introduction and Framework |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | Tina Lasisi, PhD (University of Michigan) Genetics of skin color and hair texture |
| 9:20 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:35 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. | Crystal Aguh, MD (John Hopkins) Investigating the role of metabolic dysregulation in the pathogenesis of CCCA |
| 9:55 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Jillian Richmond, PhD (University of Massachusetts) Mycosis fungoides in Skin of Color research |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:45am – 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Todd W. Ridky M.D.,Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) Effects of sex steroids on human pigment synthesis |
| 11:20 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | John E. Harris, MD, PhD (University of Massachusetts) Vitiligo |
| 11:55 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:10 p.m. – 12:25 p.m. | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts Bonnie C. Carney, PhD (Georgetown) Dyschromia in burn scars in SOC |
| 12:25 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts Courtney M. Johnson, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins) MF in skin of color |
| 12:40 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:40 p.m. | Session 2: Microbiome and Metabolism in SOC Session Moderator: Tamia Harris -Tryon, MD PhD (UT Southwestern) |
| 1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Tamia Harris-Tryon, MD PhD (UT Southwestern) The influence of diet and environment on the skin microbiome |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. | Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD (UCSF) Early life microbiome and host response |
| 2:35 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. | Steven D. Townsend, PhD (Vanderbilt) How sugars in breastmilk shape infant microbiome |
| 3:10 p.m. – 3:25 p.m. | Discussion |
| 3:25 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. | Break |
| 3:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Ian Miles, MD MPH (NIH) Therapeutics in the microbiome |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. | P’ng Loke PhD (NIH) The skin microbiome and fungal infections of indigenous Malaysians |
| 4:35 p.m. – 4.50 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:50 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. | Melissa B. Manus, PhD, MSc (UT San Antonio) Anthropology and the microbiome |
| 5:10 p.m. – 5:25 p.m. | Discussion |
| 5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts |
| 5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Dinner and Awards Presentation · Society of Investigative Dermatology Eugene M. Farber Travel Awards · Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology Travel Award · Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology Travel Award · Taiwanese Society for Investigative Dermatology (TSID) Award · European Society for Dermatological Research: ESDR Travel Award · Director’s Award for Diversity |
| 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Poster Reception #1 |
Saturday, Oct 19 | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. | Announcements |
| 8:05 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. | Session 3: Inflammatory Itch and the Skin Barrier in SOC Session Moderator: Shawn G. Kwatra, MD (Johns Hopkins) |
| 8:10 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Junko Takeshita, MD, PhD, MSCE (University of Pennsylvania) Population descriptors in inflammatory skin disease research and the role of social and environmental factors“ |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m. | Cristina de Guzman Strong, PhD (Henry Ford Health) Skin barrier multiomics associated with health disparities |
| 8:55 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Tesfaye B. Mersha, PhD (University of Cincinatti) Precision medicine in atopic dermatitis care? How genomic and social determinants inform racial disparities in atopic dermatitis |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 | Discussion |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. | Shawn Kwatra, MD (Johns Hopkins) Genetic and immunologic features of prurigo nodularis in African Americans |
| 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 | Discussion |
| 10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. | Eric Simpson MD, MCR (OHSU) Clinical Trials, Ethnic/Reported-race Prevalence and Severity |
| 10:55 a.m. – 11:15 | Discussion |
| 11:15 a.m.- 11:30 a.m | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts |
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:45 | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | FREE TIME |
| 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Small Group Workshops: Senior Leaders Topics’ TBD |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Dinner |
Sunday, Oct 20 | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. | Announcements |
| 8:05 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. | Session 4: Hidradenitis suppurativa Session Moderator: Angel S. Byrd, MD PhD |
| 8:10 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Angel Byrd, MD PhD (Howard) Introduction/Overview of HS research in skin of color |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | Hailey Naik, MD (UCSF) The landscape of HS basic science/translational research |
| 9:05 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. | Christos C. Zouboulis, MD PhD (Dessau Medical Center) HS pathophysiology and unmet needs in the field |
| 9:40 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:55 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Carmelo Carmona-Rivera, PhD (NIH) Immune dysregulation of HS |
| 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
| Lynn Petukhova, PhD (NYU) HS genetic architecture and ancestral diversity in studies |
| 11:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | Margaret Lowe, PhD (UCSF) Tertiary lymphoid structures and hidradenitis suppurativa lesional evolution: Cause or consequence? |
| 11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:55 a.m. – 12:10pm | Short Talk form Selected Abstracts |
| 12:10 p.m. – 12:25pm | Short Talk form Selected Abstracts |
| Ricardo Cibotti, PhD (NIH) HS Funding Landscape – NIAMS – What gaps have been filled or need to be filled? | |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Donald Glass, MD PhD (UT Southwestern) Overview of the landscape of keloid research |
| 1:20 p.m. -1:35 p.m. | Discussion |
| 1:35 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. | Valerie Horsley, PhD (Yale) The function of dermal adipocytes in skin repair |
| 2:05 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. | Lamont R. Jones, MD, MBA, FACS (Henry Ford) miRNA keloid research |
| 2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. | Discussion |
| 2:55 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Ardeshir Bayat BSc (Hons) MB BS PhD (University of Cape Town) Immunology of keloids |
| 3:15 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Ernst Reichenberger, PhD (UConn) Genetics of familial keloids |
| 3:50 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:05 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. | Dorothy Supp, PhD (U Cinn) The function of Vitamin D in Keloid Biology |
| 4:25 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. | Short Talk from Selected Abstracts |
| 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| Presentation of Poster Competition Awards | |
Monday, Oct 21 | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast and depart |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Bus departs for PDX Airport (boarding at 8:15 am for an on-time departure) |
| ~9:30 a.m. | Bus arrives at PDX Airport |
2024 Sponsor Acknowledgement
The 2024 Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin was made possible due to NIH Grant Number 2 R13 AR009431-57 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and our generous sponsors:
Champion Level Sponsors
Sustainer Level Sponsors
Benefactor Level Sponsors
| David M.C. Ju Foundation |  |
Associate Level Sponsors
| Novartis |  |
Travel Awards made possible thanks to:
- Society for Investigative Dermatology (Eugene Farber Awards)
- Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
- Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology
- Taiwanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
- European Society for Dermatological Research
- Montagna Symposium Director’s Award for Diversity