The primary focus of the Pinnell Center is to promote collaboration between investigators within the Department of Dermatology, Duke University School of Medicine and throughout Duke University.
The Duke Pinnell Center through its Core Laboratories provides high quality state of the art technical services for investigators and facilities for the collection and analysis of human and animal tissues. These services and facilities are available to all investigators at Duke and will facilitate new research focused on skin biology and skin diseases. The Pinnell Center support a voucher program to provide assistance to investigators in order to stimulate to new research, new investigators and Pinnell members.
In addition, the Duke Pinnell Center has a strong enrichment program supporting monthly seminars and a yearly symposium on skin biology and disease. The Pinnell Center supports mentoring programs for which is focused on developing interest in skin biology and skin diseases research in. undergraduates and medical student, especially those underrepresented in dermatology and science Finally the Duke Pinnell Center sponsors awards for investigators with potential translational applications of their research through a multi-disciplinary Translational and Innovations Research Support program.