2022 Mentorship Experience Awardees with their mentors and members of the Mentorship Committee

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2022 AHRS Mentorship Program Experiences:

12 grants, totaling $20,000

  1. Andrea Bilger, PhD, John Sundberg, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACVP, The Jackson Laboratory - Histopathological Analysis of Hair Follicle Infection and Dysplasia
  2. Abhinav Grover, MBBS, MD, MS, Pathology Resident, Wilma  Bergfeld, MD, Cleveland Clinic - Clinicopathological correlation of lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia cases in association with seborrheic dermatitis, Demodex infestation or Pityrosporum infection
  3. Song Park, MD, Junior Faculty, Ronda Farah, MD, University of Minnesota - Research and trials in clinic operation benchmarking from expert group
  4. Donna Cummins, MB Bch BAO (Hons) MRCPI MRCP(UK), Trainee, Jerry Shapiro, MD, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine - International Observership Program in Dermatology (Hair)
  5. Genaro Briseño-Gascón, Physician / National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Dermatology resident, Rodrigo Pirmez, Membro Efetivo da Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, Centro de Estudos do Cabelo da Santa Casa de Misericórdia - Trichology training/stay
  6. Charlotte LaSenna, MD, Early career dermatologist, Maria Hordinsky, MD, University of Minnesota - Starting an alopecia specialty practice
  7. Shreya Deoghare, MBBS, Dermatology Resident, Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, University of California, Irvine-College of Medicine - AHRS Mentorship Grant under Dr. Natasha Mesinkovska/Antonella Tosti
  8. Arash Babadjouni, MS, Medical Student, Melissa Piliang, MD, Cleveland Clinic - Dermatopathology - examine multiple eccrine duct dilation (MEDD) as a highly specific marker for cicatricial alopecia
  9. Briana Paiewonsky, MS4 & Pre-doctoral Research Fellow, Medical Student, Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) & National Institutes of Health - Pediatric Alopecia
  10. Celine Phong, BS, Medical Student, Maryanne Senna, MD, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital - COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccinations, and Alopecia Areata
  11. Morinola Shobajo, BA, Medical Student, Maria Hordinsky, MD; Chair Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota- Clinica
  12. Mercy Iribarren, BS Health Sciences, MD Candidate, Medical Student, Amy McMichael, MF, FAAD, Wake Forest School of Medicine - Hair Research

Mentorship Committee:

  • John Sundberg, Chair
  • Jeffrey Donovan
  • Dirk Elston
  • Janet Hickman
  • Amy McMichael
  • Paradi Mirmirani
  • Adriana Schmidt
  • Curtis Thompson
  • Valerie Callender