2020 CDF Grant Recipients 

Dr. Aaron Drucker
Women’s College Hospital
Fractures in older adults with eczema prescribed systemic steroids: two population-based cohort studies
World Congress of Dermatology Endowment Award – $100,000

Dr. Youwen Zhou
University of British Columbia
Macrophage inhibition as a therapy for atopic dermatitis
George S. Williamson/Winefride Raye Endowment Award – $100,000

Dr. Yuka Asai
Queen’s University
Retinoid metabolism in basal cell carcinoma: back to the future
Colin Ramsay Endowment Award – $100,000

Dr. Elena Netchiporouk, Dr. Denis Sasseville, resident researcher Dr. Michelle Le
McGill University Health Centre Research Institute
Investigation of a potential infectious trigger in the pathogenesis of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)
Edwin Brown Endowment Award – $50,000

Dr. Cathryn Sibbald
Hospital for Sick Children
Climbing the Learning Curve to Pediatric Dermatology Image Interpretation
Young Investigator’s Award – $50,000

Dr. Thomas Salopek, resident researcher Dr. Trang Vu
University of Alberta
A prospective study of the efficacy and safety of surgical deroofing and characterization of the gelatinous matrix in hidradenitis suppurativa
Richard MacKay Endowment Award – $20,000