Each year, we hold a symposium that brings together basic scientists, translational and clinical researchers, and clinicians to showcase their work on the theme of the year.
The purpose is to provide attendees with state of the art updates on skin disease. Please look below to see previous symposia lineups.
Pinnell Center for Investigative Dermatology Annual Research Symposium
September 6, 2024 | 8:00am—5:00pm | Trent Semans Center, Great Hall
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 |
Welcome |
| 8:10 | Cutaneous toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors Sabrina Shearer, MD Duke Dermatology |
| 8:30 | Shared mechanisms of Anti-PD1 efficacy in tumor, and toxicity in tissue Niroshana Anandasabapathy, MD, PhD Weill Cornell Medicine |
| 9:20 | Melanoma in Veterans: clinical characteristics, genetics, and real-world effectiveness of immunotherapy Michelle Pavlis, MD Duke Dermatology |
| 9:40 | Break |
| 9:55 | Dermatology in the era of Immunotherapy: from skin toxicities to melanoma prognostication Eugene Semenov, MD, MA Massachusetts General, Harvard Medical School |
| 10:50 | Deciphering the etiology of skin malignancies through large-scale epidemiologic and multi-omic profiling Michael Sargen, MD National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
| 11:40 | The challenges of clinical margin assessment Matthew Draelos, MD, PhD Duke Dermatology |
| 11:55 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Anti-leprosy drug clofazimine: an inhibitor of AhR signaling and a potent immunomodulator Mikhail Nikiforov, PhD Duke University |
| 1:50 | Targeting PCSK9 to overcome the resistance of LKB1-deficient lung cancer to immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy Meng Jiao, PhD Duke University |
| 2:05 | Targeting regulatory T-cells to enhance immunity against melanoma Wanying Miao, MD, PhD Duke University |
| 2:20 | Role of Inflammation and Stress in Melanoma Immune Evasion, Relapse, and Immunotherapy Resistance Brent Hanks, MD, PhD Duke University |
| 3:10 | Closing Remarks |
| 3:15- 5:00 |
Poster Session |
Pinnell Center for Investigative Dermatology Annual Research Symposium
October 27, 2023 | 8:00am—5:00pm | Trent Semans Great Hall
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 - 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 8:15 am | Suephy Chen, MD, MS | Welcome/Introduction |
| 8:15 - 8:45 am | Tatiana Segura, PhD | Multicolor Flow |
| 8:45 - 9:45 am | Tamia Harris-Tryon, MD, Ph.D. | Dissecting Host-Microbial Interactions at the Skin Surface |
| 9:45 -10:00 am | Q/A | |
| 10:00 -10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 am | Min Jin Lee | UBE2N in keratinocytes is critical for skin homeostasis and suppression of inflammation |
| 10:30 - 11:30 am | Sarah Millar, PhD | Mechanisms of Skin Patterning and Regeneration |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Dong Pan, PhD | Targeting FDPS to overcome cancer immunotherapy resistance |
| 11:45 - 12:00 pm | Q/A | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 - 1:15 pm | Suephy Chen, MD, MS | Announcements |
| 1:15 - 1:45 pm | Melodi Javid Whitley, MD, PhD | Skin Cancer in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Understanding and Mitigating Risk |
| 1:45 - 2:45 pm | Andrew Ji, MD | Insights from single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses of human skin |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Amy Petty, MD | Single cell transcriptome reveals complex keratinocyte landscape in cutaneous acute chronic graft-versus-host disease |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | Q/A | |
| 3:15 - 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Alec D’Alessandro | Translational regulation of desmosomes |
| 3:45 - 4:15 pm | Ru-Rong Ji, PhD | Mechanisms of chronic itch in a mouse model of cutaneous T cell lymphoma |
| 4:15 - 4:45 pm | Emily F. Cole, MD, MPH | Transcriptomic analysis of cutaneous immunotherapy related adverse events |
| 4:45 - 5:00 pm | Q/A and Closing Remarks |
Pinnell Center for Investigative Dermatology Annual Research Symposium
September 16, 2022 | 8:00am—5:15pm | Searle Conference Center
| Time | Speaker | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30am-8:00am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00am-8:15am | Suephy Chen, MD, MS | Welcome/Introduction |
| 8:15am-8:30am | Russell Hall, MD | Pinnell History and Thanks |
| 8:30am-9:30am | Elizabeth Grice, PhD | Skin microbiota regulation of barrier integrity and repair |
| 9:30am-10:00am | Tara Jaleel, MD | Microbiome in Hidradenitis |
| 10:00am-10:15am | Break | |
| 10:15am-10:30am | Gerald Lazarus, MD | Duke Celebratory Moment |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Jennifer Zhang, PhD | Gene regulation of skin immunity and inflammation |
| 11:00am-11:30am | Terry Lechler, PhD | Desmosomal Control of Translation |
| 11:30am-11:45am | Lowell Goldsmith, MD | Duke Celebratory Moment |
| 11:45pm-12:45pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45pm-1:00pm | Suephy Chen, MD, MS | Duke Retirements |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Anthony Oro, MD, PhD | Dynamic Plasticity and Drug Resistance of Keratocarcinomas |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | Meenal Kheterpal, MD | New therapies in Cutaneous Oncology |
| 2:30pm-2:45pm | Break | |
| 2:45pm-3:00pm | John Murray, MD | Announcement of Teaching Award Endowment |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Chuan-Yuan Li, PhD | Novel targets for cancer immunotherapy |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm | Brian Kim, MD, MTR | Neuroimmune Regulation of Itch |
| 4:30pm-5:00pm | Elise Olsen, MD | Pruritus in Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma |
| 5:00pm-5-15pm | Closing Remarks |