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Jennifer Powers, MD, FAAD

Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology

Education

  • AB in History of Science, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • MD, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
  • Internship, Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
  • Chief Resident in Dermatology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Resident in Dermatology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Research Interests

  • 3. Increasing Access to Clinical Microbiome Specimens via a Living µbiome Bank
  • 2. Melanoma in the Veteran Population
  • 1. The Microbiome of Cutaneous Scar Formation

Licenses & Certifications

  • Board Certified, American Board of Dermatology

Selected Publications

  • Zafar, F. S., Abid, R., Ginader, T. & Powers, J. G. (2020). Rural Health Disparities in Melanoma Staging and Prognostic Outcomes in Iowa. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.08.092. PMID: 32860920.
  • Lee, K. C., Lee, I., Okhovat, J. P., Ko, J., Powers, J. G., Ellis, D. L., Cheeley, J. & Garibyan, L. (2020). Innovation interest within dermatology: a needs assessment for novel thought processes. Archives of dermatological research. DOI: 10.1007/s00403-020-02118-6. PMID: 32772260.
  • Cheung, K., Powers, E. M., McKillip, J. & Powers, J. G. (2020). Effect of statin use on incidence of eczema and atopic dermatitis: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.05.015. PMID: 32407738.
  • Cullen, C. M., Aneja, K. K., Beyhan, S., Cho, C. E., Woloszynek, S., Convertino, M., McCoy, S. J., Zhang, Y., Anderson, M. Z., Alvarez-Ponce, D., Smirnova, E., Karstens, L., Dorrestein, P. C., Li, H., Sen Gupta, A., Cheung, K., Powers, J. G., Zhao, Z. & Rosen, G. L. (2020). Emerging Priorities for Microbiome Research. Frontiers in microbiology 11 136. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00136. PMID: 32140140. PMCID: PMC7042322.
  • Laageide, L., Radke, S., Santillan, D. & Powers, J. (2019). Understanding the causes and treatments of nipple pain secondary to breastfeeding. International Journal of Women's Dermatology 5 (3) 196.
  • Liu, J., Casady, M., Paral, K. & Powers, J. G. (2019). Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia presenting as an axillary mass in a postmenopausal woman undergoing in vitro fertilization. JAAD Case Reports 5 (2) 159-161. DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.07.005.
  • Jeter, J. M., Bowles, T. L., Curiel-Lewandrowski, C., Swetter, S. M., Filipp, F. V., Abdel-Malek, Z. A., Geskin, L. J., Brewer, J. D., Arbiser, J. L., Gershenwald, J. E., Chu, E. Y., Kirkwood, J. M., Box, N. F., Funchain, P., Fisher, D. E., Kendra, K. L., Marghoob, A. A., Chen, S. C., Ming, M. E., Albertini, M. R., Vetto, J. T., Margolin, K. A., Pagoto, S. L., Hay, J. L., Grossman, D., Ellis, D. L., Kashani-Sabet, M., Mangold, A. R., Markovic, S. N., Nelson, K. C., Powers, J. G., Robinson, J. K., Sahni, D., Sekulic, A., Sondak, V. K., Wei, M. L., Zager, J. S., Dellavalle, R. P., Thompson, J. A., Weinstock, M. A., Leachman, S. A. & Cassidy, P. B. (2019). Chemoprevention Agents for Melanoma: A Path Forward into Phase 3 Clinical Trials. Cancer 125 (1) 18-44. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31719. PMID: 30281145.
  • Aronson, A., Laageide, L. & Powers, J. (2018). Use of Stem Cells in Wound Healing. pp. 1-9. Current Dermatology Reports/Springer.
  • Powers, J. G. (2018). US military personnel may be at increased risk for skin cancer. HemOnc Today.
  • Riemenschneider, K., Diiorio, D. A., Zic, J. A., Livingood, M. R., Fine, J. D., Powers, J. G., Zwerner, J. P. & Tkaczyk, E. (2018). Drug-induced linear IgA bullous dermatosis in a patient with a vancomycin-impregnated cement spacer. Cutis 101 (4) 293-296. PMID: 29763476.