Research Areas
Clinical Trials and Teledermatology
April W. Armstrong, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Research interests: Clinical outcomes research, telemedicine, psoriasis, and atopic dermatitis
Epithelial Cell Biology
Rivkah Isseroff, M.D.
Professor
Research interests: Keratinocyte differentiation, migration and wound healing, signal transduction, bioengineered tissue replacement, and toxicology of the skin
Min Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Research interests: Control of directed cell motility and directed cell division, the role played by small physiological electrical fields in wound healing, the development and regeneration of many tissues
Gene Regulation of Viruses
Yoshihiro Izumiya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Gene regulation of viruses such as Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Immunotherapy and Cutaneous Immunology
Fu-Tong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Research interests: Galectins, atopic dermatitis, mast cell-mediated diseases, immunobullous dermatoses
William J. Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair Research
Research Interests: Cancer Immunotherapy and graft vs host disease
Emanual Maverakis, M.D.
Assistant Professor in-Residence
Research interests: Immunotherapies for melanoma, T cell mediated skin diseases, and the murine models of autoimmunity, and clinical trials for melanoma and autoimmunity
Integrins (Cancer and Inflammation)
Yoshikazu Takada, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Research Interests: Integrins, cellular processes that promote inflammation, understanding how integrin-binding results in pro-inflammatory signals

