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Jennifer Yunyan Zhang

Professor in Dermatology
Dermatology
Duke Box 103052, Durham, NC 27710
Rm 4130, MSRB III Bldg, 3 Genome Ct, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


The Duke Preparing Research scholars In bioMEdical sciences (PRIME): Cancer Research Program

ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2028

Bidirectional control of keratinocyte differentiation and proliferation by transcription factor FOXQ1

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Novel roles of PCSK9 in regulating the tumor immune microenvironment during radiotherapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2027

The role of TRPV4 in migraine pain with focus on non-neural, keratinocytes and mast cells and mechanisms of racial differences in migraine pain suffering

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2021 - 2026

Biasing CXCR3 Signaling to Modulate the Inflammatory Response

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

Targeting ATM to boost systemic effects of radiotherapy and immunotherapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2021 - 2026

Modulation of tumor microenvironment to hinder cancer progression and therapeutic resistance

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2025

Dynamic Control of Innate Antiviral Immunity in Skin Homeostasis and Inflammation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2025

K63-Ubiquitin-mediated cell signal regulation in epidermis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

T32 UNC - Duke Immunotherapy Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2022

Ultrasound-Based Device to Guide Treatment of Graft-Versus-Host-Disease using Skin Elasticity as a Biomarker

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by MicroElastic Ultrasound Systems, Inc. · 2019 - 2022

Keratinocyte targeted strategies for treatment of cutaneous GVHD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021

Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of a Topical PDE-4 Inhibitor for Morphea

Clinical TrialCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Pfizer, Inc. · 2017 - 2020

Cell Signaling and Gene Regulation in Epidermal Growth and Differentiation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for Investigative Dermatology · 2018 - 2019

Engineering skin as a bioreactor for production and sustained delivery of therapeutic agents to the blood stream for immune augmentation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2018 - 2019

THE ROLE OF MALT1 IN MELANOMA GROWTH AND METASTASIS

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018

Improving Melanoma Diagnosis with Pump-Probe Optical Imaging

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2017

JUN PROTEINS IN EPIDERMAL HOMEOSTASIS AND NEOPLASIA

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2015

Imaging Nonlinear Absorption of Biomarkers for Improved Detection of Melanoma

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2012

Role of c-Jun N-terminal kinases in human epidermal homeostasis

FellowshipSponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2010

CYLD Regulation of Epidermal Growth and Neoplasia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

NF-kB, CDK4 and JNK in Epidermal Growth Regulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2010