Research:

Awarded the MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Research Program Seed Grant to conduct research at the MD Anderson Melanoma & Skin Center.

  • Conducted clinical research at MD Anderson Cancer Center with Dr. Madeleine Duvic, MD, in the Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Clinic.

  • Floyd Haar Scholarship for Cancer and Leukemia research-April 2009

  • Holman Taylor, Sr.& Jr., M.D. Scholarship for future Dermatologists-March 2009

  • American Medical Association Seed Grant Recipient-April 2008

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship-May 2008

Publications and Presentations:

Research published in the following academic journals:

  • Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

  • Journal of American Dermatology

  • The Dermatologist – Skin & Aging

  • Porphyria Cutanea Tarda and localized Bullous Pemphigoid: Concomitant or Coincidence?: http://www.the-dermatologist.com/content/what-significance-new-onset-blistering-episodes-dorsal-hands

  • Lupus erythematosus tumidus in a pre-pubescent child: http://www.the-dermatologist.com/content/diagnosis-lupus-erythematosus-tumidus-prepubescent-child

  • Research presented at the following academic meetings:

  • Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada, in May 2009

  • Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation (CLF) & International Society for Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma (ISCL) symposium, in Montreal, Canada, in May 2009

  • 69th, 70th, 7th American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)

  • Texas Dermatologic Conference- 2011 & 2012

  • International Work -Botswana-University of Pennsylvania Partnership

  • The American Academy of Dermatology and the University of Pennsylvania have established a partnership with the country of Botswana to provide permanent health care services and education.