Three UW Dermatologists are hosting a patient forum on Cutaneous Lymphoma in Milwaukee on October 19, 2019.
Research News
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 …
Deeba Syed Confirms Efficacy of Revolutionary Genetic Treatment
Department of Dermatology Associate Scientist Deeba Syed, MBBS, PhD, recently confirmed the validity of early tests for a revolutionary anti-cancer mechanism developed by Aseem Ansari’s lab in the Department of Biochemistry. The molecule synthesized by …
2017 Pilot Awardees Announced
2017 UW Skin Disease Research Center Pilot and Feasibility Awards The UW Skin Disease Research Center, now in its fourth year, has selected three pilot proposals (totaling $90,000) exploring innovative research ideas covering distinct areas …
UW Launches Directory of Resources for Researchers
The University of Wisconsin has created an online search tool to find resources for researchers, included are resources available at The Department of Dermatology
A Career Studying Botanical Antioxidants
The Fall 2016 issue of “Dermatology Focus,” the Dermatology Foundation’s quarterly newsletter, featured a profile on the career of Hasan Mukhtar, PhD, Vice Chair for Research and Helfaer Professor for Cancer Research at the Department of Dermatology.
Two New VA Merit Review Awards Bring Total for UW Dermatology Faculty to Five
Two faculty in the Department of Dermatology, B. Jack Longley, MD, and Nihal Ahmad, PhD, are preparing to start work on new research projects in early 2017 after receiving Merit Review Award funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs this June.
Cowlicky Mice: Hao Chang, PhD, Studies Links Between Hair Patterns and Skin Cancer in Mice
Professor Chang researches Planar Cell Polarity–abbreviated to PCP (“not that kind of PCP,” jokes Chang)–a genetic mechanism that controls epithelial cell alignments along body and tissue axes. In simpler terms, “skin cells need to know which way is the front and which way is the rear so they can grow hair in the correct direction.”