Past Seminars
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.
Below is a list of past speakers. For a list of currect speakers, please click here.
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 |