“While we have known for a very long time that your diet affects your body and health, we are only beginning to appreciate that the same is true for the cells and their choice of fuel within our body.”
Research News
New Grants and Publications for Drs. Arkin, Hinshaw, and Schieke!
June has been a month to celebrate UW Dermatology clinical research, as news arrives our faculty were awarded two ICTR Pilot Awards, and a new paper was accepted for publication!
UW Health Dermatologist Researching “COVID Toes” in Children (UWHealth.org)
During the COVID-19 global pandemic, pediatric dermatologists at UW Health and elsewhere saw a surge of red to purple bruise-like blisters and bumps on otherwise healthy children. Doctors soon hypothesized there could be a link between the painful purple blistered toes and COVID-19, so the term “COVID toes” was coined and began making headlines.
Faculty Highlight: Lisa Arkin, MD
Dr. Arkin is pushing the boundaries of laser treatment by combining it with new research that shows that vascular stains like birthmarks and port-wine stains are caused by the same genetic changes that cause cancer.
Dermatologist Stefan Schieke Discovers Combination of Drugs That Can Treat Lymphoid Cancers
Early last December, dermatologist and physician-scientist Stefan Schieke, MD, published ground-breaking research in the journal Cell Reports (view article on PubMed) that could lead to the effective treatment of lymphoid cancers. These findings from Schieke …
Dermatology Department Mission, Vision and Values
To Heal, To Educate, To Discover
Drs. Glinert, Schieke, and Wood to guest-host cutaneous lymphoma patient forum on Oct 19, 2019
Three UW Dermatologists are hosting a patient forum on Cutaneous Lymphoma in Milwaukee on October 19, 2019.
Chang Wins Stiefel Research Award
Assistant Professor of Dermatology Hao Chang, PhD, received the 2019 Daneen & Charles Stiefel Investigative Scientist Award for Melanoma Research from the American Skin Association. The $100,000, one-year award will support Chang’s research on the …
UWSDRC Funds Six Pilot Awards In 2019
After a successful application cycle, the UW Skin Disease Research Center announces funding of six new pilot projects totaling almost $200,000. We are pleased to fund several applications with direct clinical relevance in this cycle, …
Dept Chair wins Spatz Foundation grant for CTCL research
New research is under way in the lab of Department Chair Dr. Gary S. Wood, MD, after he was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Spatz Foundation. The award was announced last fall with research …