2024 Symposium Speakers
In alphabetical order. Subject to change
| Speaker | Title | Institution | |
 | Crystal Aguh, M.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Johns Hopkins University |
 | Ardeshir Bayat, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor & Director, Wound Healing Laboratory | University of Cape Town |
 | Angel Byrd, M.D., Ph.D.
| Associate Professor | Howard University |
 | Carmelo Carmona-Rivera, Ph.D. | Staff Scientist, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch
| NIH / NIAMS
|
 | Ricardo Cibotti, Ph.D. | Program Director, Skin Immunology and Diseases, Skin Microbiome Program | NIH / NIAMS |
 | Cristina de Guzman Strong, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Michigan State University |
 | Donald Glass, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor
| UT Southwestern Medical Center
|
 | John E. Harris, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair | University of Massachusetts |
 | Tamia A. Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Thomas L. Shields, M.D. Professorship in Dermatology | UT Southwestern |
 | Valerie Horsley, Ph.D. | Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology | Yale |
 | Lamont Jones, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S. | Vice Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery | Henry Ford Health
|
 | Shawn Kwatra, M.D. | Associate Professor of Dermatology, Director, Johns Hopkins Itch Center
| Johns Hopkins Medicine |
 | Tina Lasisi, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | University of Michigan |
 | Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor and Chair of Dermatology | OHSU |
 | P’ng Loke, Ph.D. | Chief, Type 2 Immunity Section | NIH / NIAMS |
 | Margaret Lowe, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology | University of California, San Francisco |
 | Melissa Manus, Ph.D., MS.c. | Assistant Professor of Anthropology | UT San Antonio |
 | Tesfaye Mersha, Ph.D. | Professor of Pediatrics | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
 | Ian A. Myles, M.D., M.P.H. | Principal Investigator, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit Chief Medical Research Officer, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps | NIH / NIAID |
 | Haley Naik, M.D. | Associate Professor of Dermatology | University of California, San Francisco |
 | Amanda Nelson, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Penn State College of Medicine |
 | Ginette A. Okoye, M.D. | Professor and Chair | Howard University |
 | Lynn Petukhova, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology | New York University |
 | Maksim Plikus, Ph.D. | Professor | UC Irvine |
 | Ernst J. Reichenberger, Ph.D. | Professor | University of Connecticut |
 | Jillian Richmond, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | University of Massachusetts |
 | Todd W. Ridky, M.D., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | University of Pennsylvania |
 | Dennis Roop, Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology Director, Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine | University of Colorado |
 | Tiffany Scharschmidt, M.D. | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco |
 | Eric Simpson, M.D., M.C.R. | Professor of Dermatology | OHSU |
 | Dorothy M. Supp, Ph.D. | Adjunct Professor | University of Cincinnati |
 | Junko Takeshita, M.D., Ph.D., MSCE | Assistant Professor | University of Pennsylvania |
 | Steven D. Townsend, Ph.D. | Professor | Vanderbilt University |
 | Christos Zouboulis, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology | Staedtisches Klinikum Dessau, Brandenburg Medical School
|
Short Talks
 | Beita Badiei | Research Fellow | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
 | Bonnie Carney, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Surgery | Georgetown University |
 | Olivia Choi, M.D., Ph.D., FAAD | Dermatology Physician Scientist | Johnson & Johnson |
 | Florentia Dimitriou, M.D., Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
 | Tammy Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D. | Dermatology Resident & Researcher | University of Miami |
 | Sepideh Hamzehlou, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher | UT Southwestern |
 | Courtney Johnson, M.D., Ph.D. | Dermatologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Johns Hopkins University |
 | Allen Oak, M.D. | Instructor and Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Pennsylvania |
 | Leonid Shmuylovich, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Dermatology | Washington University in Saint Louis |
 | Aayushi Uberoi, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology | Washington University in Saint Louis |
 | Yue Xing, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Mount Sinai |