Sarah Millar, PhD

Sarah E. Millar, PhD is the Lillian and Henry M. Stratton Professorial Chair of the Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Director of the Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Dean for Academic and Scientific Affairs, and a Professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences and the Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her research focuses on inter-cellular signaling, and transcriptional and epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in the development, regeneration and stem cells of epithelial tissues. She is an Editorial Board member for Developmental Cell and Experimental Dermatology, and a Senior Editor for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Dr. Millar has received several awards in recognition of her research, including an NIH MERIT Award for her work on Wnt signaling in the skin, and the 2017 William Montagna Lectureship Award of the Society for Investigative Dermatology. She currently serves as President-elect of the Society for Investigative Dermatology.   Millar Lab website: http://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/millarlab/