The Working Group.
Built by people who know the skin.
Not campaigners. Clinicians and researchers who diagnose melanoma, run phototherapy services, read the pathology, and follow the population data. Listed as authors of the Working Group's manuscripts — affiliations shown here are institutional context, not an endorsement of this site by any university or hospital.
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Hossein Akbarialiabad
MD, MSc, HMBAOregon Health & Science UniversityDermatology and underserved/refugee care; population-health and translational research on UV-associated skin disease.
Christopher G. Bunick
MD, PhDYale School of MedicineTranslational dermatology and cutaneous oncology research.
Robert P. Dellavalle
MD, PhD, MSPHUniversity of MinnesotaEpidemiology and evidence-based dermatology; among the earliest researchers to frame indoor tanning as a youth-access policy problem.
David E. Fisher
MD, PhDHarvard Medical School / Massachusetts General HospitalMelanoma biology and pigmentation science; foundational mechanistic work on UV tanning and skin-derived opioid signaling.
Pedram Gerami
MDNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineDermatopathology and melanoma molecular biology. Disclosure: author on cited sources reporting the 2.85× and multiple-primary-melanoma findings referenced on this site.
Ayman Grada
MD, MSCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineClinical dermatology and dermatologic therapeutics research; contributes to technology-policy scholarship in dermatology.
Jane M. Grant-Kels
MDUniversity of Connecticut School of MedicineDermatopathology and cutaneous oncology; longstanding academic leadership in dermatology ethics and education.
Iltefat H. Hamzavi
MDHenry Ford HealthPhototherapy and pigmentary disorders; runs a major academic phototherapy service, distinct from cosmetic tanning.
Sancy A. Leachman
MD, PhDOregon Health & Science UniversityMelanoma genetics and early detection; runs a leading academic pigmented lesion and melanoma risk program.
Abrar A. Qureshi
MD, MPHWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityPopulation-health dermatology; co-author of the non-melanoma skin cancer risk estimates cited on this site.
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