Grant Recipients
The AARS offers dermatology residents, research fellows, and recent graduates the opportunity to apply for clinical research grants. The AARS Grant Committee reviews each grant application and rates each within the following criteria: specific aims, significance, preliminary studies, organizational structure, and experimental design.
2023 Research Scholar Awardee
Christopher G. Bunick, MD, PhD
Yale University
2022 Research Scholar Awardees
Tamia Harris Tryon, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Amanda M. Nelson, PhD
Penn State University College of Medicine
2020 Grant Recipients
Ashaki Patel, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Howa Yeung, MD, MSC
Emory University
Lucinda Kohn, MD, MHS
University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
2018 Grant Recipients
Alan O’Neill
University of California, San Diego
Lauren Claire Hollins
The Pennsylvania State University
Emily Stevenson, MD
University of Colorado
Albert Chiou, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
2017 Research Scholar Awardee
William H. McCoy, IV, MD, PhD
Washington University Department of Medicine
2017 Grant Recipients
Rivka C. Stone, MD, PhD
University of Miami
Vikash S. Oza, MD
New York University, School of Medicine
Chante Karimkhani Aksut, MD
University of Colorado
Allison Paine, MD
Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine
Brittany Barros, MD
Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine
2016 Grant Recipients
Shehla Admani, MD
University of California, San Diego
Lauren C. Cook, MD
Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine
Natanel Jourabchi, MD
John Hopkins School of Medicine
Haley B. Naik, M.D., M.H.Sc.
University of California, San Francisco
Jason M. Rizzo, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Joanne Smucker, M.D.
Pennsylvania State University, School of Medicine
2015 Grant Recipients
Benjamin H. Kaffenberger, MD
Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Andrew Krakowski, MD
Rady Children’s Hospital and University of California
William Howard McCoy, IV, MD, PhD
Washington University Department of Medicine
2014 Grant Recipients
Maryam Afshar, MD
University of California, San Diego
Carrie C. Coughlin, MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Young H. Lee, MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Jean-Phillip Okhovat, MD
University of California, Los Angeles; David Geffen School of Medicine
Yang Yu
UCLA Department of Medicine
2013 Grant Recipients
Rachel H. Gormley, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Joslyn Kirby, MD
Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Barbara Rainer, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Raja Sivamani, MD
University of California, Davis, Davis Medical Center
2012 Grant Recipients
Grace Kim, DO
Las Vegas, NV Mentorship Grant
Aslan Pirouz, MD
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Kim Quach, MD
Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Ki-Young Suh, MD
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Noori Kim, MD
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
2011 Grant Recipients
Jacquelyn Dosal, MD
University of Miami
Luis Garza, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Emmy Graber, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Victoria Kuohung, MD
Tufts University/Boston University
Laura Marinelli, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
2010 Grant Recipients
Anna L. Chein, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Melanie Dispenza, MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Pranita Vemulapalli, BS
Wayne State University School of Medicine