Department of Dermatology

Cosby Stone Jr., MD, MPH, examines patient Gregory Barker’s arm following Barker’s allergy test. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
September 18, 2024

Clinic marks 10th year of diagnosis and treatment of drug allergies

The clinic, celebrating its 10th year, has seen groundbreaking discoveries in personalized care and diagnosis for allergy, especially delayed drug allergy, and has advanced discoveries in the optimal process to test patients for drug allergies.

By Nancy Humphrey
September 12, 2024

Chren, inaugural chair of the Department of Dermatology, to step down

She will become a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.

By John Howser
Nicole Ward, PhD
August 14, 2024

Nicole Ward honored by dermatological society

The award is the European research society’s highest honor.

By Paul Govern
May 30, 2024

NIH awards $4.2 million for AI patient assessment

Tkaczyk and collaborators will assemble a database of more than 11,000 photographs and associated clinical information from diverse patient populations at five centers: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, NIH, University of Pennsylvania and VUMC.

By Paul Govern
May 17, 2024

Six Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars named

Six junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows have been appointed this year to the Vanderbilt Faculty Research Scholars (VFRS) program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Bill Snyder
March 12, 2024

VUMC mourns loss of former Dermatology leader George Stricklin

By Paul Govern
December 19, 2023

Melanoma, anyone?

Collegiate tennis and golf athletes aren’t using enough sunscreen according to a recent survey; meanwhile, the deadly skin cancer melanoma is on the rise.
By Paul Govern
May 18, 2023

A critical skin enzyme

Detailed studies of the enzymatic properties of PNPLA1 support the requirement for this protein in skin barrier formation.
By Leigh MacMillan
September 22, 2022

Vanderbilt study uses AI to speed mpox drug trials

A machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at Vanderbilt performs as well as humans at identifying skin lesions in clinical photographs of people with monkeypox.
By Paul Govern
July 7, 2022

Ward honored by National Psoriasis Foundation

Vanderbilt's Nicole Ward, PhD, was one of three honorees who were the focus of attention at the National Psoriasis Foundation’s 2022 Commit to Cure Gala: Celebrating Women Who Lead, held recently in Chicago.
By Paul Govern
April 21, 2022

VUMC a national leader in physician-scientist training

Physician-scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center were well represented at the recent annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), Association of American Physicians (AAP) and the American Physician-Scientist Association.
By Bill Snyder
April 7, 2022

Computer eyeballs graft-vs-host disease

A machine learning algorithm identified areas of skin affected by chronic graft-versus-host disease on par with clinicians, opening the door to streamlining and standardizing this measure of patient response to therapy.
By Paul Govern
March 28, 2022

Study finds 10-second videos predict blood cancer relapse

Vanderbilt research shows that 10-second videos of white blood cell motion in the skin’s microvasculature greatly improved the prediction of which stem cell and bone marrow transplant patients would have a relapse of their blood cancer.
By Paul Govern
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