Find a Mentor
The SID is building this Mentorship Database to assist residents and fellows in locating potential collaborators and/or mentors. Please check back periodically as this list will continue to grow and change.

If you are an SID member who would like to possibly serve as a mentor, please send an email indicating your desire to be included in this database, as well as the keywords/fields of study from the list that best match your research interests.
Acne Actin
Actinic dermatitis Actinic keratoses
Adherens junction Adhesion molecule
Aging Albinism
Allelotype Allergic encephalitis
Alopecia Alpha hydroxy acid
Anaphylaxis Anchoring filament
Androgen/androgen receptor Angiogenesis
Animal models for disease Antigen presenting cell
Antioxidant Apoptosis
Aprotinin Arachidonic acid
Artificial skin Atopic dermatitis
Autoantibody Autoantigen
Auto-immunity B cell
B7 Bacterial infections
Barrier function Basal cell carcinoma
Basement membrane Biochemistry
Bowen’s disease Bullous disease
Cadherin Calcium
Calreticulin cAMP
Capsaicin Carbohydrates
Carcinogenesis Catecholamines
cDNA cloning Cell adhesion
Cell biology Cell cycle control
Cell motility Chemokine
Cholesterol Chymase
Clinical research Clinical trials
Collagen Collagenase
Connective tissue Contact dermatitis
Contact hypersensitivity Cornified cell envelope
Cortico steroids Cutaneous T cell lymphoma
Cuticle Cyclooxygenase
Cyclosporine A Cystic fibrosis
Cytochrome P450 Cytokine
Cytokine receptors Cytomegalovirus
Cytoskeleton Cytotoxicity
Darier’s disease Dendritic cell
Dermagraft Dermatitis herpetiformis
Dermatopathology Dermis
Desmoglein Desmosome
Desquamation Differentiation
DNA mutation DNA repair
DNA virus Eccrine gland
Eczema Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Eicosanoids Elastin
Electron microscopy Endothelial cell
Eosinophil Epidemiology
Epidermal growth factor Epidermal growth factor receptor
Epidermal permeability barrier Epidermolysis bullosa
Epiligrin Epstein-Barr virus
Erythema Extracellular matrix
Fatty acid Fibrillin
Fibroblast Fibronectin
Fibrosis Filaggrin
Fungal therapy, fungus G protein
Gangliosides Gene expression
Gene regulation Gene therapy
Genetic disease Genodermatosis
Genomics Genotyping
GM-CSF Growth factor
Hailey-Hailey disease Hair
Health services research Heat shock protein
Hemidesmosome Hepatitis C
Herpes simplex Hirsutism
Histamine History
HIV HLA
Homeobox genes Human papillomavirus
Hyaluronic acid Hyperkeratosis
Hyperkeratotic skin diseases ICAM
Ichthyosis IgA
IgE Immunoglobulin
Immunology Infection
Infectious disease Inflammation
Insulin-like growth factor Integrin
Interferon Interleukin
Involucrin Ions
Kalinin Kaposi’s sarcoma
Keloid Keratinocyte
Keratins Keratosis
Lamellar bodies Laminin
Langerhans cell Laser
Leishmania Leprosy
Leukocyte Leukocyte antigens
Ligand Linkage analysis
Lipids Loricrin
Lupus erythematosus Lyme disease
Lymphocyte Lymphoma
Macrophage MAP kinase
Mast cell Matrix biology
MCP-1 Melanin
Melanocyte Melanoma
Melanoma, epidemiology Merkel cell
Metabolism Metalloproteinase
MHC Microarray
Monocyte Morphology
Mouse mutation Mucin
Mutation Mycobacteria
Mycosis fungoides Nail
Nerve Nerve growth factor
Neural transmitters Neurofibromatosis
Neurofilament Neurokinins
Neuropathy Neuropeptides
Neutrophil Nevus
Nitric oxide NK cell
Occupational skin disease Oncogene
Oral cavity Orithine decarboxylase
Oxygen radicals p53
Papillomavirus Paraneoplastic pemphigus
Parasites Patch test
Pemphigus Pemphigus foliaceus
Pemphigus vulgaris Percutaneous absorption
Permeability barrier Pharmacology
Phosphatase Phospholipase
Phosphorylation Photobiology
Photodynamic therapy Pigmentation
Platelet-derived growth factor Polymerase chain reaction
Porphyria Port-Wine stains
Profilaggrin Proliferation
Prostaglandins Protease
Protease inhibitors Protein kinase
Proteoglycans Proteomics
Pruritus Psoralen
Psoriasis Psychology
Quality of life Ras
Receptor Registry
Replication Retinoblastoma
Retinoid Retinoid binding proteins
Retinoid receptors Retrovirus
Ro/SS-A antigen SCID mouse
Scleroderma Sebaceous glands
Sezary syndrome Signal transduction
Sjogren’s syndrome Skin equivalent
Skin graft Soluble factors
Sphingosine Squamous cell carcinoma
Stem cell Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stomatitis Stratum corneum
Sturge Weber syndrome Substance P
Sunlight Superantigen
Syndecan Systemic lupus erythematosis
T cell T cell lymphoma
TGF-alpha TGF-beta
Th1/Th2 Therapeutics
Thrombomodulin Thrombospondin
TNF-alpha Toxicology
Transcription Transcription factors
Transfection Transgenic mice
Transglutaminase Trichohyalin
Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte Tumor progression
Tumor promotor Tumor suppressor gene
Tyrosinase Tyrosine kinase
Ulcer Ultraviolet
Urocanic acid Urokinase
Urushiol Vaccine
Vasculitis VCAM- 1
Vinculin Virus
Vitamin D Vitamin E
Vitiligo Warts
Wound healing Xeroderma pigmentosum

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