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Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant

UPenn MD receives $50,000 to study disease that impacts more than 10 million US children.

 The National Eczema Association (NEA) and the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) has announced that their inaugural Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant will be awarded to Junko Takeshita, MD, PhD, MSCE of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The grant of $50,000 will commence in August 2020. Nearly 10 million U.S children under the age of 18 are affected by eczema, with one-third affected by moderate-to-severe disease. Despite recent therapeutic advances, th...

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