UM SOM: Department of Dermatology
Research
Research funding and initiatives have increased in recent years, with award-winning and nationally recognized staff hard at working studying the mechanisms of disease in order to better understand and combat disorders of the skin.
University of Maryland researchers are focused on cancerous and non-cancerous skin conditions as well as drug reactions, in an effort to both prevent disease and improve treatment options.
Dr. David Kouba is the 2005 recipient of the American Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator Award and the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Passano Foundation Young Investigator Award for his work on basal cell carcinoma.
One research study focuses on the molecular pathways responsible for the development of basal cell carcinoma, examining molecular targets with respect to their potential action as well as changes in host immunity. With these two complimentary approaches, the department hopes to better understand how this tumor invades tissue and identify novel methods of combating this cancer.
Dr. April Deng, director of the department’s dermatopathology laboratory, is studying a non-Hodgins lymphoma known as CTCL (cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma) as well as vasculitis and inflammation of blood vessels sometimes diagnosed via skin biopsies.
1/1/05-12/31/10 Principal Investigator (33% effort)
“Keratinocyte costimulation and Th2-cell immune deviation”
NIH R01 AR050029-01
Total Direct Costs Awarded: $1,291,076
Total Indirect Costs Awarded: $626,170
10/1/02-9/31/06 Principal Investigator (25% effort)
“Skin Sensitization to Polypeptides Associated with Natural Rubber Latex”
VA Merit Award
Total Direct Costs Awarded: $524,000
Total Indirect Costs Awarded: Not applicable
- Dermatopathology Laboratory
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