AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

DAVID A. NORRIS, MD RECEIVES ASA FOUNDERS AWARD

NEW YORK, May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 9, at the Society of Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting in San Diego, American Skin Association (ASA) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Founders Award and the 2025 Research Achievement Awards.

For almost forty years, ASA has honored members of the dermatology community who embody the characteristics that made the late Dr. David Martin Carter an inspiration to dermatologists, investigators, and medical students globally. Dr. Carter and ASA's late co-founder, Dr. George Hambrick, worked tirelessly to grow the organization into a leading force to defeat melanoma, skin cancer and other skin diseases. On Friday, ASA presented the Founders Award to celebrate the contributions of both Dr. Carter and Dr. Hambrick to the field of dermatology.

The 2025 Founders Award was presented to David A. Norris, MD, an internationally renowned investigator in cutaneous immunology and cell biology and melanoma research, and is ASA's President Emeritus. Recently retired, he was on the faculty of the University of Colorado for over 50 years. Dr. Norris had been continuously funded by the NIH since 1980. He was Director of the NIAMS-funded P30 Skin Diseases Research Core Center at the University of Colorado Denver and co-Director of the NIAMS T32 training grant that had been funded over 35 years.

As Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Colorado, he built a strong research program with focus on cutaneous oncology, immunodermatology and stem cell research. He also expanded the teaching and clinical missions of the department and maintained his own active practice at the VA and University Clinics.

Dr. Norris has held many positions in dermatology, including being President of American Skin Association, being Editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology and serving on the Board of Directors of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, as its President from 1998-1999.

"Congratulations to Dr. Norris and the 2025 Research Achievement Award recipients. We are honored to recognize these outstanding physicians for their vital work," said Howard P. Milstein, Chairman of ASA.

"We are excited to present the 2025 Founders Award to Dr. Norris, ASA's immediate Past President," said Dr. James Krueger, President of ASA. "Who throughout his distinguished career, has made a tremendous impact to the field of dermatology."

ASA's Research Achievement Awards were instituted in 1989 to identify established scientists in investigative dermatology and cutaneous biology. This year, ASA recognized those who have greatly advanced work related to skin cancer and melanoma, inflammatory skin diseases, and public policy and education.

The following Research Achievement Awards were presented:

2025 ASA Research Achievement Award
in Public Policy and Education
Lynn Cornelius, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Lynn Cornelius is the Winfred A. & Emma R. Showman Professor and Chief of Dermatology at Washington University School of Medicine. Her clinical and investigative focus is in the area of melanoma and skin cancer. She is one of the co-directors of the melanoma multidisciplinary initiative at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Siteman Cancer Center and the Focus Group Leader for Melanoma and Skin Cancer. She has served on the Board of Directors, as Vice-President and President of the Society of Investigative Dermatology and is one of the founding members of Sun Protection Outreach Teaching by Students (SPOTS).

2025 ASA Research Achievement Award
in Skin Cancer and Melanoma
Patrick M. Brunner, MD, MSc
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dr. Patrick Brunner is Associate Professor of Dermatology and Director of the Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic at the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. As a clinician scientist with a strong interest in skin immunology, he is seeing patients suffering from primary cutaneous immune cell malignancies, and also has a general interest in chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis and vitiligo. He is also heading a translational research group aiming at a better understanding of the immunobiology in cutaneous lymphomas, atopic dermatitis and vitiligo, and to develop better treatment modalities for this patient population.

2025 ASA Research Achievement Award
in Inflammatory Skin Diseases
Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dr. Alexa Kimball is CEO and President of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a multi-specialty group that employs 2400 physicians and providers who practice in the Boston area, two-thirds of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty. Dr. Kimball's research focus is psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa. She has published up to 385 papers, conducted over 150 clinical trials, and authored 2 patents and multiple licensing agreements. Dr. Kimball is the author of "100 Questions and Answers about Psoriasis."

"We are pleased to present the Research Achievement Awards to three deserving doctors. Drs. Cornelius, Brunner, and Kimball have all made important contributions in their respective fields. ASA is pleased to commend their many outstanding achievements," said Dr. Krueger.

ABOUT AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION
A unique collaboration of patients, families, advocates, physicians and scientists, ASA has evolved over nearly four decades as a leading force in efforts to defeat melanoma, skin cancer and other skin diseases. Established as a 501(c)(3) organization to serve the now more than 100 million Americans – one-third of the U.S. population – afflicted with skin disorders, the organization's mission remains to: advance research, champion skin health – particularly among children, and drive public awareness about skin disease. For more information, visit americanskin.org.

American Skin Association has earned Candid's 2025 Seal of Platinum Transparency and Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator.

SOURCE American Skin Association