Friday

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Grant Writing Mini Seminar

Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications, 546 E. Queen Street, Hampton, Virginia 23668

The Symposium will be preceded by a half-day grant writing mini-seminar, particularly targeted to minority researchers designed specifically for investigators in the early stages of their career. Learn more >>

Saturday

Location: The Hampton Roads - Hotel, Spa and Convention Center located at 1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA 23666.

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Session / Topic

Session Leader and Speakers
7:30-8:30AMRegistration & Breakfast
8:30-8:50AM

Session I
Health Disparities in Dermatology

Chair: Valerie M. Harvey MD, Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA | Co-Director Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
Health Disparities in Dermatology
8:50-9:10AM1. Kimberly Scott Salkey MD; Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology,
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Bearing the Burden of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
9:10-9:30AM2. Claudia Hernandez MD; Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Director of Medical Student Education, and Director of Dermatological and Clinical Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Public Health Strategies to Reduce Skin Cancer Disparities
9:30-9:50AM3. Alden Landry MD; MPH, Diversity Committee Chair, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Introduction to Cultural Comptetency in Medicine
9:50-10:05AMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
10:05-10:20AMBreak
10:20-10:40AM

Session II
Cutaneous Manifestations of Systemic Disease, Focus: Lupus Erythematosus

Chair: Animesh A. Sinha MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences, State University of New York and Rosewell Park Cancer Institute, Buffallo, NY
Cutaneous Lupus: Clinical & Etiologic Considerations.
Co-Chair: Valerie M. Harvey MD
Assistant Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk , Virginia
Co-Director Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
10:40-11:00AM1. Richard Sontheimer MD; Professor, University of Utah Health Care Department of Dermatology; Salt Lake City, UT
Cutaneous Manifestations of Lupus Erythematosus
11:00-11:20AM2. Graciela S. Alarcón MD, MPH. Jane Knight Lowe Chair of Medicine in Rheumatology, Emeritus, The University of Alabama at Birmingham;
Differences in Cutaneous Lupus Across Ethnic Groups
11:20-11:40AM3. Timothy B. Niewold MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Director, FOCiS Clinical Immunology Center of Excellence, Chicago, IL
Genetics of Lupus Susceptibility in Diverse Populations
11:40-12:00PMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
12:00-1:00PMLunch
1:00-1:20PM

Session III Keloids/Wound Healing

Chair: Ernst Reichenberger PhD
Associate Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Biomaterials and Skeletal Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, University of Connecticut Health Center;
Ethnic differences in genetic predisposition to dermal wound healing disorders and keloid formation
Co-Chair: Meena Katdare PhD
Professor & Scientific Director, Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
1:20-1:40PM1. Dr. Shirley Russell, Ph.D.; Research Assistant Professor, Center for Human Genetics Research, Division of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Keloid Development, Structure, Differential Diagnosis and Matrix Remodeling
1:40-2:00PM2. Dr. Brian Berman, MD, PhD; Professor of Dermatology and Internal Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Treatment of Keloids and Scars
2:00-2:20PM3. Dr. Anh Le, PhD; USC Keck School of Medicine; Los Angeles, CA
Pathological Stem Cell Niche Governs Keloid Growth
2:20-2:35PMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
2:35-2:45PMBreak
2:45-3:20PM

Session IV
Melanocytic Disorders

Chair: Vincent J. Hearing PhD
Head, Pigment Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, MD
Regulation of Skin Pigmentation Disorders
Co-Chair: Meena Katdare PhD
Professor & Scientific Director, Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
3:20-3:40PM1. Dr. Mark Shriver PHD; Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology, Penn State University; University Park, PA
Genetic Regulation of Skin Color
3:40-4:00PM2. Dr. Richard A. Spritz MD; Professor and Director, Human Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Genetic and Biological Mechanisms of Vitiligo
4:00-4:20PM3. Dr. Amit Pandya MD; Professor of Dermatology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, TX
Pathomechanisms of Melasma
4:20-4:35PMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
4:35PMAdjourn

Sunday

Location: The Hampton Roads - Hotel, Spa and Convention Center located at 1610 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA 23666.

Time

 

Session / Topic

Session Leader and Speakers
8:30-8:50AM

Session V
Advanced Imaging and Optical properties of the skin

Chair: Rox Anderson MD
Director of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Laser and Skin of Color
Co-Chair: David H. McDaniel MD
Co-Director Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
8:50-9:10AM1. Carol Hirschmugl, Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; Principal Investigator at the Synchrotron Radiation Center; Director of the Laboratory for Dynamics and Structure at Surfaces, Milwaukee, WI
Frontiers in Infrared Imaging: Chemical Imaging without Staining
9:10-9:30AM2. Dieter Manstein, MD; Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Devices and Imaging
9:30-9:50AM3. Henry H.Chan MD, PhD, FRCP; Hon. Professor, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; Visiting Faculty, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH, Harvard Medical Schoo, Boston, MA
The Use of Laser for the Treatment of Pigmentary Conditions
9:50-10:05AMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
10:05-10:15AMBreak
10:15-10:35AM

Session VI
Aging

Chair: Elliot F. Battle, Jr., MD
Cultura Dermatology & Laser Center, Assistant Clinical Professor, Howard University, Washington, DC
Aging & Skin of Color
Co-Chair: David H. McDaniel MD
Co-Director Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
10:35-10:55AM1. Andrew Alexis MD, MPH, FAAD, Director of the Skin of Color Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY
Facial Rejuvenation in Skin of Color
10:55-11:10AM2. Zoe Draelos MD, Clinical & Research Dermatologist, High Point, NC
New Understanding in Skin Physiology and Topical Skin Lightening
11:10-11:15AMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
11:15-11:35AMBreak
11:35-11:55AM

Session VII
The Industry Perspective


not for CME		Chair: David H. McDaniel MD
Co-Director Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Hampton, VA
Director, Institute of Anti-Aging Research
Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Adjunct Professor in the School of Science, Hampton University
11:55-12:15PM1 Crystal Porter, PhD, The L'Oreal Institute for Ethnic Hair and Skin Research, Chicago, IL
Hair Straighteners: Review and Recent Advancement
12:15-12:30PMPanel Discussion (Question & Answer via Audience Response System)
12:30-12:50PMCME Evaluation/ Adjourn