Mount Sinai has announced the establishment of the Mount Sinai Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (SBDRC), funded by a $4 million P30 grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NAIMS).
The Mount Sinai SBDRC will be directed by Elena Ezhkova, PhD, Professor of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, and Dermatology. Sarah Millar, PhD, Director of the Black Family Stem Cell Institute, and Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, Waldman Professor and System Chair of Dermatology, will serve as Associate Co-Directors.
The SBDRC will be one of six NAIMS P30 grant-supported Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Centers nationwide and will provide a hub for research in skin biology and skin diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and in New York City and the tristate region. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was selected to receive this competitive grant because of its excellence in basic, translational, and clinical cutaneous research.
SBDRC programs will include seminars and research-in-progress talks focused on cutaneous biology and diseases. The SBDRC will award pilot grants and user scholarships to reduce cost barriers for innovative projects, and will establish the Mount Sinai Skin Scholars Program, to build a pipeline of under-represented high school students entering skin research.
Mount Sinai will further promote research and innovation through three resource cores in Skin Disease Modeling; Skin Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Epigenetics; and Data Analysis and Integration.
Contact Marcelle Niles (marcelle.niles@mssm.edu) to learn more about the programs and services provided by the SBDRC and to apply for membership.