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SOCS Grant Recipients & Projects
2020
Jaleel Tarannum, MD, MHSc
Racial Variation in the Effect of Sex Hormones in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Maggi Ahmed, MD, MSc
Melanocyte Transplantation Plus Topical JAK Inhibitor or Tacrolimus for Treatment of Vitiligo: A Randomized Comparative Study
2019
Crystal Aguh, MD
Investigating the Role of Metabolic Dysregulation in the Pathogenesis of CCCA
2018
Shawn G. Kwatra, MD
Molecular Basis of Itch in African Americans
2017
Temitayo A. Ogunleye, MD
Molecular Analysis of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
2016
Courtney Bagayoko, MD
Treatment outcomes for patients with Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA)
2015
Giang-Huong Nguyen, MD
MicroRNA Expression Profiling of Acral Melanoma in Asian Population
2014
Steven H. Yang, MD, PhD
Epigenetic Changes in Ethnic Human Skin During Skin Aging
2013
Jenna O’Neil, MD
Genetic Factors in CCCA
2012
Nada Elbuluk MD, MS
Stretch Stimulus on Melanocyte Function and Dyspigmentation in Human Skin in Vivo: A Pilot Study on Striae Distensae
2011
Donald A. Glass, II, MD, PhD
Uncovering the Genetic Causes of Keloid Formation
2010
Ammar Ahmed, MD
A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Polypodium Leucotomos Extract as an Adjunct to Sunscreen in the Treatment of Melasma
Ginette A. Hinds (Okoye), MD
Improving acne keloidalis nuchae with targeted ultraviolet B treatment: a prospective, randomized, split-scalp comparison study
2009
John E. Harris, MD, PhD
T cells in mouse model of vitiligo
2008
Roopal V. Kundu, MD
Development and Validation of a Vitiligo-specific Quality of Life Instrument (VitiQol)


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Did You Know
Skin of color patients comprise the majority in California, New Mexico and Texas…and soon will be the majority in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, New York and Florida.
By 2050, more than 50% of the US population will have skin of color.