The UTMB DIG would like to congratulate Lindsey Hunter (MS4) and Dr. Michael Wilkerson for having their abstract accepted for poster presentation at the 71st Annual SID Meeting! All abstracts are published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Their abstract, #697 (Hunter L, Wang S, Wickliffe J, Wilkerson M. Reevaluating the toxicity and mutagenicity of photoactivated Rose Bengal in Chinese hamster ovary cells. J of Invest Dermatol. 2011; 131: S117) can be found under the SID 2011 Annual Meeting abstracts at the following link: http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v131/n1s/pdf/jid201175a.pdf.
Dr. Mara Dacso, PGY2 resident, will also be at the SID meeting after being selected to attend the SID's “Resident Retreat for Future Academicians.”
This year's meeting will be held at the JW Desert Ridge Resort and Spa, May 4-7, 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona. More information can be found at: http://www.sidnet.org/AnnualMeeting.aspx.
The University of Texas Medical Branch Dermatology Interest Group (UTMB DIG) is a resource for medical students interested in Dermatology as well as for dermatologists and residents.
Editors
Current Editors: Jane Onyemachi and Madelyn Schmidt
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Past Editors: Fareen Momin, Andrea Francis, Renat Ahatov, Michael Phan, Elise Weisert, Michael Ryan, Keith Wagner, Tim Allen, Kristyna Gleghorn, Dung Mac, Alex Acosta, William Tausend, Sheila Jalalat, Rebecca Philips, Chelsea Altinger, Lindsey Hunter, Alison Wiesenthal, Leslie Scroggins, Mara Dacso, Ashley Group, Fadi Constantine, Emily Fridlington, Joslyn Witherspoon, Tasneem Poonawalla.