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Matilda Wray Nicholas

Professor of Dermatology
Dermatology
234 Crooked Creek Parkway Ste 300, Durham, NC 27713

Overview


I have a wide array of research interests reflecting my many roles at Duke. I am interested in clinical trials and clinical pilot studies to better understand and treat inflammatory diseases of the skin. I am also interested in quality assurance and improvement studies to better care for our patients, our collogues and ourselves, as well as to target non evidence based overutilization of limited health care resources (such as unneeded lab monitoring). Finally, I am interested in alternative …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Dermatology · 2023 - Present Dermatology, Clinical Science Departments
Professor in Medicine · 2023 - Present Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Medicine

In the News


Published January 29, 2018
Physicians Overwhelmed by Messaging From Electronic Medical Records
Published August 11, 2017
How Safe and Effective is Your Sunscreen?
Published July 26, 2017
Don’t forget your sunscreen! Tips on keeping yourself safe from UV rays

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Recent Publications


Image Quality Assessment Using Convolutional Neural Network in Clinical Skin Images.

Journal Article JID Innov · July 2024 The image quality received for clinical evaluation is often suboptimal. The goal is to develop an image quality analysis tool to assess patient- and primary care physician-derived images using deep learning model. Dataset included patient- and primary care ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


ACE Covid 19 Admin. Supplement: Molecular Regulation of B cells and T cells in Human SLE - Cost Reimbursable

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Emory University · 2021 - 2024

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2009 M.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2007 Ph.D.
University of California, Davis · 1997 B.S.