Travel grants are awarded to early-career investigators presenting their research at the Annual Meeting and provide partial reimbursement for lodging. Awards are made to underrepresented minorities, investigators from developing countries, and on a merit basis. These grants are made possible through the generosity of the SID community, whose support helps reduce financial barriers and ensure broad participation in investigative dermatology. Learn more about supporting opportunities like these through a donation to SID or sponsoring the Annual Meeting.
Awardees will receive detailed information via email in the coming days. Congratulations to all recipients—we look forward to welcoming you to Chicago!
2026 SID Annual Meeting Travel Grant Awardees
Alphabetical by Last Name
Sümeyye Aktas, Resident
Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi Tip Fakultesi
Turkey
Samia Almoughrabie, PhD
University of California San Diego
United States
Adetola Alonge, BS
Columbia University
United States
Angelica Arzuaga, BS
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Chicago Medical School, Henry Ford Health System
United States
Jessica Ayers, BS
University of Washington
United States
Iris Bai, BS
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States
Mengjing Bao,
DSM-Firmenich AG
Switzerland
Abigail Benvie, PhD
Yale University
United States
Alexander Bergendorf, BS
Case Western Reserve University
United States
Perya Bhagchandani, BS
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Maryland Itch Center
United States
Preeti Bhanap, BS
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
United States
Joseph Bonica, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine
United States
Pedro Bonilla, MS
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
United States
Ian Boothby, MD/PhD
University of California San Francisco
United States
Nicole Bouché, BS
University of Washington
United States
Judith Canto-Santos, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Mary Casagrande, MPH
NYU Langone Health
United States
Kellen Cavagnero, PhD
University of California San Diego
United States
Vipin Shankar Chelakkot, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
United States
Yang Chen, Graduate PhD Biomedical Sciences
University of California San Diego
United States
Xue-Yan Chen, PhD
Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
China
Jeffrey Chen, BS
University of California San Diego
United States
Zeyu Chen, PhD
Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University
China
Joanna Cheng, MD Candidate
Massachusetts General Hospital
United States
Inchul Cho, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Claire Chung, BS
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
United States
Erez Cohen, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School
United States
Eran Cohen Barak, MD
Emek Medical Center, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
Julian Cortes, BS
University of California San Diego School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
United States
Lian Cui, PhD
Shanghai Skin Diseases Hospital, Institute of Psoriasis, School of Medicine, Tongji University
China
Quang-Minh Dang, BS
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Marisa Delliturri, Masters
New York University
United States
Sihui Deng, Doctor
Department of Dermatology, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Institute of Psoriasis, Tongji University School of Medicine
China
Min Deng, PhD
University of California Los Angeles
United States
Tran Do, MD/PhD
University of Michigan
United States
Kevin Einkauf, BA
Stanford Medicine
United States
Jacob Fiedler, MS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Jacob Fischman, PhD Candidate
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
United States
Chase Fishman, BS Candidate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Caitlin Frazee, MSE
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Darartu Gamada, BA
Duke University School of Medicine
United States
Khalid Garman, MD/PhD
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
United States
Luke Geis, BS
University of Iowa Health Care
United States
Raman Gill, PhD Student
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Tammy Gonzalez, MD/PhD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
United States
Emma Griffin, BS in Biomolecular Sciences
University of Michigan
United States
Chunyuan Guo, PhD
Shanghai Skin Diseases Hospital, Tongji Univeristy School of Medicine
China
Lauri Heiskanen, Dermatology Resident
Turun yliopisto, TYKS Turu yliopistollinen keskussairaala
Finland
Logan Helms, BS
Emory University School of Medicine
United States
Xuejie Huang, Master
The University of Chicago
United States
Montana Hunter, MS
Quinnipiac University
United States
Ichiro Imanishi, PhD/DVM
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Fatima Iqbal, BA
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
United States
Yosuke Ishitsuka, MD/PhD
Osaka Daigaku Daigakuin Igakukei Kenkyuka Igakubu
Japan
Brieanna Jarrell, BA
Northwestern University
United States
Rundong Jiang, MD
University of Michigan
United States
Xingyuan Jiang, MD
Yale University
United States
Jun Kang, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine
United States
Hannah Kang, BA
Duke Health
United States
Huiyi Ke, MD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical School Affiliated Ruijin Hospital
China
Danial Khayatan, PharmD
Columbia University
United States
Hye Li Kim, PhD Candidate
Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yonsei University Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science
Korea (the Republic of)
Elle Kim, MHS
Johns Hopkins Medicine
United States
Sehyeon Kim, Master
COSMAX BTI
Korea (the Republic of)
Michelle Kinney, PhD
Stanford University
United States
Stefanos Koutsoukos, BS
University of Colorado Anschutz
United States
Hana Kubo, PhD
Biohub
United States
Ben Leaker, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School
United States
Hyun-Su Lee, PhD
Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine
Korea (the Republic of)
Eudora Lee, BS
Harvard Medical School
United States
Daniel Leon, BA
The University of Chicago, The University of Chicago
United States
Li Li, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
United States
Edward Li, MD/PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States
Michelle Lin, BS
Stanford Medicine
United States
Bijun Liu, MBBS
The University of Chicago
United States
Yale Liu, PhD/MD
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical University
China
Jennifer Lo, MD/PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Broad Institute
United States
Catherine Lu, PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
United States
Angela Luo, BA
Yale School of Medicine
United States
Ming-Yue Lyu, Doctor
Zhejiang University
China
James Madsen, BS
Baylor College of Medicine
United States
Yosuke Mai, MD/PhD
Boston Children’s Hospital, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
United States
Mackenzie Martin, BA
NYU Langone Health
United States
Tara McCaffrey, BA
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
United States
Daniela Mendez, MD
Cleveland Clinic
United States
Zeena Mestari, MD Candidate
Johns Hopkins Medicine
United States
Simon Milette, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
United States
Deborah Minzaghi, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Ryland Mortlock, BS
Yale University
United States
Andrew Murdock, BS
Emory University School of Medicine
United States
Sofía Murga Garrido, MD/PhD
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Raji Nagalla, MD/PhD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
United States
Nathan Newton, BS
Yale School of Medicine
United States
Tomofumi Numata, MD/PhD
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, University of California San Diego
Japan
Tatsuya Ogawa, MD/PhD
New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Tsukuba Daigaku Igaku Iryokei
Japan
Maria Fernanda Ordóñez-Rubiano, MD/PhD(c)
Hospital Militar Central, Riesgo de Fractura SA Cayre IPS, Universidad El Bosque
Colombia
Jessica Orofino Orofino, MS
Mass General Brigham Inc
United States
Jamie Pan, MSc
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Zhiyu Pang, MD
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
China
Sangbum Park, PhD
Michigan State University
United States
Matthew Patrick, PhD
University of Michigan
United States
Kyle Patrick, BS
Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute
United States
Megan Pearson, BS
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
United States
Rolando Perez-Lorenzo, PhD
Columbia University
United States
Abbey Perl, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States
Jolie Phan, BS
University of Washington
United States
Yueqi Qiu, PhD
Affiliated Hospital for Skin Diseases of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
China
Ahmed Raihane, BS
The University of New Mexico School of Medicine
United States
Ravi Ramessur, MD/PhD
Upenn
United Kingdom
Jessica Riopedre, MS
National Institutes of Health
United States
Bryce Roberts, BS
Mayo Clinic
United States
Tithi Roy, PhD
University of California San Francisco
United States
Christoph Sadee, MRes
Stanford University School of Medicine
United States
Jeffrey Sagun, BS
Stanford University School of Medicine
United States
Vanessa Salazar, PhD
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic
United States
Melanie Salek, MSc
Medizinische Universitat Wien
Austria
Karina Schmidt, BS
University of Washington
United States
Vraj Shah, BS
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
United States
Saagar Shah, BS
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
United States
Harsh Sharma, PhD
University of California San Francisco
United States
Grace Shoemaker, BS
Johns Hopkins University
United States
Jared Simmons, PhD Candidate
University of California San Diego
United States
Tej Singh, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
United States
Debatrayee Sinha, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School
United States
Athira Sivadas, BA
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
United States
Joseph Smits, PhD
Radboud universitair medisch centrum
Netherlands
Nethra Srinivasan, BS
Stanford University School of Medicine, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
United States
Sarah Steiner, PhD
University of Michigan Michigan Medicine
United States
Lillian Sun, BS
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Ke Tao, MD
Huashan Hospital Fudan University
China
Panagiota Tsokkou, MRes/MScR
Medizinische Universitat Wien
Austria
Mayuri Vaish, BA
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
United States
Vincent Van Drongelen, PhD
University of Michigan
United States
Michelle Verghese, BA
The University of Chicago
United States
Priyanka Verma, PhD
University of Michigan
United States
Ruojun Wang, MD
Peking University First Hospital
China
Danielle Wills, BS
Johns Hopkins Medicine
United States
Tyler Wills, BA
Weill Cornell Medicine
United States
Jingwen Wu, MD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical School Affiliated Ruijin Hospital
China
Fan Xu, PhD/MD
Zhejiang University
China
Takeshi Yamauchi, PhD
University of California San Diego
United States
Qian Ye, PhD
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Plastic Surgery Hospital and Institute
China
Ummugulsum Yildiz Altay, MD
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
United States
Dong-Min Yu, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
United States
Peixin Zhang, Bachelor
Peking University First Hospital
China
Hanyi Zhang, PhD
Xiangya Hospital Central South University
China
Xinyi Zhang, Undergraduate
Huashan Hospital Fudan University
China
Jiang Zhang, PhD
Mass General Brigham Inc
United States
Li Zhang, PhD
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
Yinuo Zhang, BS
University of Pittsburgh, Tsinghua University
United States
Jasmine Zhang, BS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
Jerry Zhou, MS
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States