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Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2004

Mentor: Heidi Jacobe, M.D.
Department: Dermatology
Room number: F4.212A
Mail Code:
Phone number: 214 6486743
E-mail: heidi.jacobe@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Treatment of psoriasis and eczema with ultraviolet light and/or "biologics" (etanercept, alefacept, efalizumab, infliximab)

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): several projects currently undergoing approval

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects)
Patient based research

Brief Description of Project:

Several projects available for student participation. Some are currently going through contracts/IRB approval. Others are still in planning stages.

Most involve the use of ultraviolet light in the treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, and morphea. I am also interested in the use of combination therapy utilizing ultraviolet light and the new "biologics" used in dermatology. At this point very little is known about the combined use of these treatment modalities.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:

Case reports:
Generalized Argyria Secondary to Ingestion of Silver Solution (submitted for publication to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology)
Cutaneous Metastases Confined to a Radiation Portal accepted for publication by the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Internet Based Learning:
Use of an Internet Based Dermatology Atlas for Teaching Dermatology (while at the University of North Carolina)

Research Project:
Comparison of Topical Floucinonide Ointment vs. High Dose UVA1 in the treatment of Morphea

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