Dr. Atwater's Achievements in Contact Dermatitis

Dr. Amber Atwater, Director of the Duke Dermatology Contact Dermatitis Clinic, has received many rewards for her achievement in the field. 

She is President-Elect for the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS), whose mission is to promote, support, develop, and stimulate information about contact dermatitis and occupational skin disease for improved patient care.  She was also the Chair for the ACDS Annual Meeting Committee.  The meeting took place March 1-2, 2017 before the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.  She serves as the Chair of the ACDS Fundraising Committee.

She has also collaborated in multiple publications, presentations, and posters.  They are listed below:

Holcomb ZE, Van Noord MG, Atwater AR. Gallate Contact Dermatitis: Systemic Review and Product Update. Dermatitis 2017 Feb 6 [epub ahead of print].

Qin R, Gastrell P, Lampel H, Atwater AR. Association Between Glove While Preparing Patch Tests and Development of Rash. Dermatitis 2017; 28(1): 89-91

Atwater AR. Contact Allergens of the Year: Fragrance and Preservatives. American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting March 2017 (Orlando, FL).

Smith JS, Nicholson LT, Suwanpradid J, Glenn RA, Gundry JN, Alagesan, Knape NM, Atwater AR, Gunn MD, MacLeod AS, Lefkowitz RJ, Rajagopal S. Biased CXCR3 Ligands differentially alter Allergic Contact Hypersensitivity and Chemotaxis. Society of Investigative Dermatology Meeting April 2017 (Portland, OR) (plenary talk).

Smith JS, Nochilson LT, Suwanpradid J, Glenn RA, Alagesan P, Knape NM, Atwater AR, Gunn MD, MacLeod AS, Rajagopal S. Allergic Contact Hypersensitivity and Chemotaxis of Effector T-cells are mediated by Beta-arrestin Signaling. Southeastern Consortium for Dermatology Annual Meeting October 2016 (Richmond, VA)

Jiang B, Atwater AR. An atypical clinical and histologic presentation of allergic contact dermatitis. American Contact Dermatitis Society Annual Meeting March 2017 (Orlando, FL).