Skin Research Interest Group
The Skin Research Interest Group is a seminar, data club and journal club that meets Mondays at noon once per month throughout the academic year. We have a variety of internal and external speakers from all levels in their careers. Our discussions focus on skin biology and translational research.
Please also consider attending Global Dermatology Talks on other Mondays each month!
Faculty Organizers: Jillian Richmond, PhD & Sarah Whitley, MD PhD
Email jillian.richmond@umassmed.edu to be added to the mailing list or to sign up to present!
2023 Speakers:
| Month | Speaker | Institution | Topic | Location | Zoom Link |
| January 23 | Yuqing Wang | UMass (Garber Lab) | Single cell transcriptomics in inflammatory skin diseases | ||
| February 6 | Qi Tang | UMass (Khvorova Lab) | siRNA therapeutics for inflammatory skin diseases | ||
| March 20 | Jillian Richmond | UMass | Resident memory T cells in cutaneous lupus | ||
| April 3 | Hassan Fakih | UMass (Khvorova Lab) | Delivery of therapeutic RNA medicine into skin through novel tools | ||
| May 2 (note: Tuesday date) | Lupus Day | UMass & LFNE | Register here | ||
| June 12 | Mushi Li | UMass (Whitley lab) | Neuroimmune interactions in control of cutaneous immune homeostasis | 8th floor LRB (rm 816) | Click here to livestream this talk |
| July – holiday | |||||
| August 14 | Katherine Gross | UMass (Khvorova Lab) | Chemical engineering of therapeutic siRNAs for the modulation of gene expression in skin | 8th floor LRB (rm 816) | Click here to livestream this talk |
| September - holiday | |||||
| October 2 | Sarah Whitley | UMass | TBD | 8th floor LRB (rm 816) | |
| November 6 | Matt Vesely | Yale | TBD | 8th floor LRB (rm 816) | |
| December 4 | Chinmayee Dash | UMass (Harris Lab) | Role of CD103 expression in maintaining regulatory T cells in vitiligo skin | 8th floor LRB (rm 816) |
2022 Speakers:
| Month | Speaker | Institution | Topic |
| January | moved d/t residency interviews | ||
| February | Allen Ho | Harvard/DFCI | T cell immunity: mechanistic insights into tolerance and inflammation |
| March | Erica Katz | UMass (Harris Lab) | Vitiligo |
| April | Alice Amudzi | UMass (Richmond Lab) | canine CLE |
| May | Lupus Day | UMass & LFNE | Register here |
| June | Khashi Afshari | UMass (Rashighi/Richmond Labs) | Dermatomyositis |
| July – holiday | |||
| August | Pooja Parameswaran | UMass (Orzalli Lab) | HSV in human skin equivalents |
| September - holiday | |||
| October | Jae Choi | Northwestern | CTCL |
| November | Gulsum Yildiz-Altay | UMass (Richmond Lab) | Autoimmune hair loss |
| December | Angel Byrd | Howard U | Hidradenitis suppurativa |
2021 Speakers:
| Month | Speaker | Institution | Topic |
| January | Jeff Zhou | UMass (Fitzgerald Lab) | The role of UV light in skin inflammation |
| February | cancelled d/t weather | ||
| March | Ken Okamura | UMass (Harris Lab) | Functional role of a GWAS-identified SNP (rs706779) on the pathogenesis of vitiligo |
| April | Haya Raef & Jadé Olayinka | UMass (Richmond Lab) | Current research in CLE & CTCL |
| May | Lupus Day | UMass & LFNE | Registration info TBD |
| June | Alicia Little | Yale U | Interface dermatitis conditions |
| July – holiday | |||
| August | Nazgol Haddadi | UMass (Richmond/Rashighi Labs) | Photosensitive skin disorders |
| September - holiday | |||
| October | Nuria Martinez Gutierrez | UMass (Harris Lab) | CD8 T cell metabolic reprogramming in vitiligo |
| November | Sladjana Skopelja-Gardner | Dartmouth | Local and systemic immune responses to ultraviolet light |
| December | TBD |
2020 Speakers:
| Month | Speaker | Institution | Topic |
| January | Bill Damsky | Yale | JAK inhibitors in dermatologic diseases |
| February | Jillian Richmond | UMass | The role of B cells in CLE |
| March | Colton Garelli | UMass (Richmond Lab) | Canine discoid lupus erythematosus |
| April | Maggi Ahmed Refat | UMass (Harris Lab) | Melanocyte keratinocyte transplantation surgery for vitiligo |
| May | Joe Breier | Nanostring | Morphology Driven High-Plex Spatial Analysis of Tissue Microenvironments |
| June | Karen Wiss | UMass | Epidermolysis bullosa |
| July – holiday | |||
| August | Ravi Bharadwaj | UMass (Silverman Lab) | Slc46a2 in skin development |
| September - holiday | |||
| October (Global Derm Seminar) | Brett King | Yale | JAK inhibitors |
| November | Kevin Gao | UMass (Rothstein Lab) | Skin involvement in SAVI mice |
| December | Shannon Bromley | MGH | The role of IL-4 in skin Trm formation |
2019 Speakers:
| Month | Speaker | Institution | Topic |
| February (inaugural meeting) | Jillian Richmond | UMass | Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus immunopathogenesis |
| March - canceled due to weather | |||
| April | Keith Fukuda | UMass (Harris Lab) | Melanoma mouse model |
| May 6 - Lupus Day! | Ann Rothstein | UMass/LFNE | Everyone please register and attend: https://lupusne.org/events/umass-lupus-medical-and-educational-symposium/ |
| June | Alec Gramann | UMass (Ceol Lab) | Melanoma zebrafish models |
| July – holiday | Psoriasis | ||
| August | Maryanne Senna | MGH | Autoimmune hair loss |
| September | Jillian Richmond | UMass | Morphea immunopathogenesis |
| October | Rebecca Riding | UMass (Harris Lab) | type I IFN in vitiligo and melanoma |
| November | Joonsoo Kang | UMass | Atopic dermatitis |
| December – winter break |