A. Paul Kelly, MD Research Award and Lectureship

• The recipient selected may be a physician or non-physician of national or international stature.

• The recipient should be a recognized expert whose contributions to the understanding of skin diseases in people of color and/or underserved patient populations have been outstanding in innovation and practice.

• The recipient should still be actively engaged in clinically important research and investigation.

• The recipient should have proven ability as a communicator, both verbal and written.

• Requests for nominations will be solicited from the Academy membership at large.

• Applications will be reviewed by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEI) with recommendations presented by a DEI representative to the Named Lectureship Task Force who will select the award recipient taking into account the theme of that year’s meeting, and present for approval by the Innovation Academy planning committee.

Named Lectureship Task Force

Kevin D. Cooper, MD, FAAD, Chair, 2025
Jo-David Fine, MD, MPH, FAAD, Deputy Chair, 2025
Emily Y. Chu, MD, PhD, FAAD, Member, 2025
Robyn D. Siperstein, MD, FAAD, Member, 2024
Bruce Harris Thiers, MD, FAAD, Member, 2025
Janelle Pavlis, MD, FAAD, Member, 2025
David Rosmarin, MD, FAAD, Member, 2026

2023: Ginette A. Okoye, MD FAAD
2022: Pearl Grimes. MD, FAAD

The award is named for Dr. A. Paul Kelly, who throughout his career researched skin diseases in people of color, particularly keloidal scarring. After retirement, he became a Fulbright Regional Research Scholar and brought his keloid research project to Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, where he assembled an extraordinary international team of dermatologists and geneticists to carry out an ongoing epidemiological and genetic study on familial keloids. Dr. Kelly inspired and challenged nearly 90 dermatology residents, countless medical students, and numerous dermatology colleagues, domestically and globally, to address critical issues in dermatology and medicine.