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2024 Pilot & Feasibility Grant Awardees

Current Awardees

 Edward Li MD, PhD
Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Dissection of Inflammatory Hair Loss Disorders

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PI: Edward Li MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow of Dermatology 

 Colby S Thaxton, MD, PhD

High-Density Lipoprotein Receptor Expression and Targeting in Inflammatory Skin Disease

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PI: Colby S Thaxton, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Urology 

 

 William A Muller, MD, PhD
Spatiotemporal Dissection of Dermal Inflammation and Therapeutic Intervention Through High-Resolution, Long-Term Intravital Imaging

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PI: William A Muller, MD, PhD, Janardan K. Reddy, MD Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology, Autopsy)

Aim 1: Intravital imaging of acute and chronic dermal inflammation
A. Determine optimal parameters for multiphoton imaging of sterile inflammation in the ear skin.
B. Determine how anti-inflammatory therapy affects the natural history of sterile inflammation.

Aim 2: Intravital imaging of the development and progression of psoriasis in the ear skin.
A. Determine the spatiotemporal parameters of inflammation in the Imiquimod model of psoriasis.
B. Determine how selected anti-inflammatory agents affect the natural history of psoriasis.

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