Updated 10/13/2015
Valerie Horsley
Maxine F. Singer ’57 Associate Professor
Departments of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
and Dermatology
Yale University
Kline Biology Tower--Room 226
219 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8103
203-436-9126
horsley.yale.edu/
Education and Work Experience
1994-1998B.S. in Biology, Furman University, Greenville, SC
1998-2003 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell and Dev. Biol., Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Grace Pavlath (thesis project: Cell fusion during mammalian myogenesis)
2003-2008Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University, NY, NY
Advisor: Dr. Elaine Fuchs (Mechanisms of stem cell lineage commitment/quiescence)
2009-2011Assistant Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and
Developmental Biology
2011-2014Maxine F. Singer ’57 Assistant Professor
2011-2014Assistant Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Dermatology
2014-Associate Professor, Yale University, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (Primary Appointment) and Dermatology (Secondary Appointment)
Honors and Awards
1998Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
2000-2002NIH Training Grant in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
2001-2003Achievement Reward for College Scientists (ARCS) scholar
2003-2004Rockefeller University Women and Science Fellowship
2004-2006Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship
2006Robert Black Fellow of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
2007K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
2009Blavatnick Award, NY Academy of Sciences
2010 Pew Scholar Award
2011Maxine F. Singer ’57 Endowed Assistant Professor
* Presented to the top female junior faculty member in the life sciences at Yale
2012Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE)
2012Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, Genetics Society of America
2013F1000 Faculty of the Year, Developmental Biology
Publications
Total Publications: 37: total includes 10 review articles and 10 research articles as corresponding author (5/10 research articles were featured and/or provoked commentaries (denoted *)). h-index: 20.
Research Articles
1. B.B. Friday, V. Horsley, and G.K. Pavlath. (2000). Calcineurin is required for the initiation of skeletal muscle differentiation. J. Cell Biol. 149: 657-665.
2. V. Horsley, B.B. Friday, S. Matteson, K.M. Kegley, J. Gephart, and G.K. Pavlath. (2001). Regulation of the growth of multinucleated muscle cells by an NFATC2-dependent pathway. J. Cell Biol. 53: 329-38.
3. V. Horsley and G.K. Pavlath. (2003). Prostaglandin F2 induces skeletal muscle growth via an NFATC2 dependent pathway. J. Cell Biol. 161: 111-118.
4. V. Horsley, K. Jansen, S.T. Mills, and G.K. Pavlath. (2003). IL-4 acts as a myoblast recruitment factor during mammalian muscle growth. Cell. 113: 483-94.
* Preview: Fusion with the fused: a new role for interleukin-4 in the building of muscle. Cell, 113: 422-423.
5. V. Horsley, D. O’Carroll, R. Tooze, Y. Ohinata, M.Saitou, T. Obukhanych, M. Nussenzweig, A. Tarakhovsky and E. Fuchs. (2006). Blimp1 defines a novel progenitor population that governs cellular input to the sebaceous gland. Cell. 126: 597-609.
6. V. Horsley, A. O. Aliprantis, L. Polak, L.H. Glimcher and E. Fuchs. (2008). NFATc1 balances quiescence and proliferation of skin stem cells. Cell. 132: 299-310.
*Preview: A new role for an old friend: NFAT and stem cell quiescence. Cell Stem Cell. 2: 104-106.
*Feature: Faculty of 1000.
7. E. Festa, J. Fretz, R. Berry, B. Schmidt, M. Rodeheffer, M. Horowitz and V. Horsley. (2011). Adipocyte lineage cells contribute to the skin stem cell niche. Cell. 146: 761-771.
*Preview: Niche crosstalk: intercellular signals at the hair follicle. Cell. 146: 678-81.
*Feature: Faculty of 1000.
8. A. F. Mertz, S. Banerjee, Y. Che, G. K. German, Y. Xu, C. Hyland, M. C. Marchetti, V. Horsley, and E. R. Dufresne (2012). Scaling of Traction Forces with the Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108: 198101.
9. H. McGee, C. Booth, E.Festa, R. Flavell, and V. Horsley. (2012). Interleukin-22 mediates acute skin wound healing by promoting fibroblast function. J. Invest. Dermatol. 133: 1321-9.
10. A. F. Mertz, Y. Che, S. Banerjee, J. Goldstein, S. Revilla, C. Niessen, M. C. Marchetti, E. R. Dufresne and V. Horsley (2013). Cadherin-based intercellular adhesions organize epithelial cell-matrix forces. PNAS. 110: 842-7.
*Feature: Faculty of 1000
11. B. Schmidt and V. Horsley. (2013). Intradermal adipocytes regulate fibroblast recruitment during skin wound healing. Development. 140: 1517-27.
*Preview: Adipocytes and Wound Healing. Development 2013 140:e703.
12. A. Tadeu and V. Horsley. (2013). Notch signaling represses p63 expression in the developing surface ectoderm. Development. 140: 3777-3786.
13. J. Goldstein, S. Fletcher, E. Roth, C. Wu, A. Chun, and V. Horsley. (2014). Calcineurin/Nfatc1 signaling controls skin stem cell quiescence through systemic hormone regulation by prolactin. Gene. Dev. 28: 983-994.
*Feature: Faculty of 1000
14. P. Sun, M. Fallahi, K. Watanabe, B. Lee, C. Rheaume, D. Wu, V. Horsley, and X. Dai. (2014). Pygo2 regulates β-catenin-induced hair follicle stem cell/progenitor cell activation and skin hyperplasia. PNAS. 111: 10215-20. PMID: 24982158.
15. E. Jeffery, R. Berry, C. D. Church, S. Yu, B. A. Shook, V. Horsley, E. D. Rosen and M. Rodeheffer. (2014) Characterization of Cre Recombinase Models for the study of Adipose Tissue. Adipocyte. 3: 206-11.
16. A. Tadeu, S. Lin, L. Hou, L. Chung, M. Zhong, H. Zhoa and V. Horsley. (2015) Transcriptional profiling of keratinocyte specification in human embryonic stem cells. Plos One. 10: e0122493.
17. R. Stewart, A. Zubek, K. Rosowski, S. Schreiner, V. Horsley*, and M. King* (*co-corresponding author). (2015) LINC complexes support hair follicle integrity and intercellular adhesion. J. Cell Biol. 209: 403-18.
*Preview: SUN protection for the skin. 209(3): 319.
18. K. Rosowski, A. Mertz, S. Norcross, E. Dufresne, and V. Horsley. (2015) Edges of human embryonic stem cell colonies display distinct mechanical properties and differentiation potential. Sci. Rep. 5: 14218.
19. J. Goldstein, E. Roth, N. Roberts, R. Zwick, S. Lin, S. Fletcher, A. Tadeu, C. Wu, A. Beck, C. Zeiss, M. Suarez-Farinas and V. Horsley. (2015) Loss of endogenous Nfatc1 reduces the rate of DMBA/TPA-induced skin tumorigenesis. Mol. Biol. Cell. pii: mbc.E15-05-0282 (Epub ahead of print).
Reviews and Invited Chapters
1. V. Horsley and G.K. Pavlath. (2002). NFAT proteins: Ubiquitous regulators of cell differentiation and adaptation. J. Cell Biol. 156: 771-4.
2. G.K. Pavlath and V. Horsley. (2003). Cell fusion in skeletal muscle: Central role of NFATC2 in regulating muscle cell size. Cell Cycle. 2: 420-423.
3. V. Horsley and G.K. Pavlath. (2004). Making a Multinucleated Cell: Molecules that Regulate Myoblast Fusion. Cells, Tissues, and Organs. 176: 67-78.
4. C. Blanpain, V. Horsley, and E. Fuchs. (2007). Epithelial Stem Cells: Turning over New Leaves. Cell. 128: 445-458.
5. V. Horsley and E. Fuchs. (2007). Reprogramming somatic cells to their embryonic state. HSFP Journal. 1: 89-93.
6. E. Fuchs and V. Horsley. (2008). More than one way to skin... Gene. Dev. 22: 976-985.
7. E. Fuchs and V. Horsley. (2011). Ferreting stem cells out of their niches. Nature Cell Biology. 13: 513-8.
8. V. Horsley. (2011). Upward bound: Follicular stem cell fate decisions. EMBO J. 30: 2986-7.
9. J. Goldstein and V. Horsley. (2012). Home sweet home: Skin stem cell niches. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 69: 2573-82.
10. B. Schmidt and V. Horsley. (2012). Unraveling adipocyte-hair follicle communication. Exp. Dermatol. 21: 827-30.
11. V. Horsley. (2012). Split decisions: oesophageal progenitor cell behaviour. EMBO J. 31: 3653-4.
12. C. Niemann and V. Horsley. (2012). Development and homeostasis of the sebaceous gland. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 23: 928-36.
13. G. Rivera, B. Shook and V. Horsley (2014). Adipocytes in Skin Health and Disease. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Med. 4. pii: a015271.
14. A. Tadeu and V. Horsley. (2014). Epithelial Stem Cells in Adult Skin. Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 107: 109-31.
15. R. Driskell, C.A.B. Jahoda, C. Chuong, F. Watt, and V. Horsley. (2014). Defining Dermal Adipose Tissue. Exp. Dermatol. 23: 629-31.
16. N. Roberts and V. Horsley. (2014). Developing stratified epithelia: lessons from the epidermis and thymus. Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Dev. Biol. 3: 389-402.
17. S. Ebmeier and V. Horsley. (2015). Origin of Fibrosing Cells in Systemic Sclerosis. Curr. Opin. Rheumatol. 27: 555-62.
18. C.M. Alexander, I. Kasza, C.E. Yen, S.B. Reeder, D. Hernando, R.L. Gallo, C.A. Jahoda, V. Horsley, O.A. MacDougald. (2015). Dermal White Adipose Tissue: A New Compartment of the Thermogenic Response. J. Lipid Res. pii: jlr.R062893 [Epub ahead of print].
Research Support
Pending
Source: NIH
Title: Mechanisms that regulate skin wound healing
Proposed dates: 04/01/16-03/31/21
Role: PI
Source: NIH
Title: Mechanical Regulation of Epidermal Homeostasis
Proposed dates: 04/01/16-03/31/21
Role: Co-PI (with Megan King)
Source: HHMI Scholar Award Competition
Title: Stromal adipocytes in epithelial cell niches
Proposed dates: 11/01/16-10/31/21
Role: PI
Source: Scleroderma Foundation
Title: Functional analysis of the role of adipocytes in skin fibrosis
Proposed dates: 04/01/16-3/31/18
Role: PI
Source: Amway Inc.
Gift to support our research
Proposed date: 10/01/15
Current
Source: NIH R01 AR060295
Title: Extrinsic Regulation of Epidermal Homeostasis
Dates: 09/30/2014 – 08/31/2017
Direct costs to date: $1,334,244.44; Indirect costs to date: $883,542.56; Total costs to date: $2,217,787.00
Role: PI
Source: CT Innovations CSCRF 12-SCB-YALE-01
Title: Generation of functional keratinocytes from hESCs
Dates: 10/01/2012 — 09/30/2016
Direct costs to date: $600,000; Indirect costs to date: $150,000; Total costs to date: $750,000
Role: PI
Source: Gruber Foundation/Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
Dates: 10/01/2013 — 12/31/2015
Direct costs to date: $75,000; Indirect costs to date: $0; Total costs to date: $75,000
Role: PI
Source: NIH P30AG021342; Pilot and Exploratory Studies Core of the Yale Claude D. Pepper Center Older Americans Independence Center
Title: The role of dermal adipocytes in dysfunction of aged skin
Dates: 07/01/2015 — 06/30/2016
Direct costs to date: $40,000; Indirect costs to date: $26,600; Total costs to date: $66,600
Role: PI
Completed
Source: Unilever
Title: Examining adipocytes in human skin
Dates: 7/01/2014 — 6/30/2015
Direct: $40,455 directs costs; Indirect costs: $26,903; Total cost: $67,358
Role: PI
Source: Schick
Title: Determining how shaving influences inflammation
Dates: 7/01/2014 — 6/30/2015
Direct: $5,821 directs costs; Indirect costs: $3,871; Total cost: $9,692
Role: PI
Source: NIH R00AR054775
Title: Mechanisms of sebaceous gland development
Dates: 04/01/2009 — 03/30/2011
Direct costs: $469,491; Indirect costs: $307,516; Total costs: $777,007
Role: PI
Source: CT Innovations CSCRF
Title: Transcriptional Control of Keratinocyte Differentiation in Human ES Cells
Dates: 6/01/2009 — 05/31/2011
Direct: $162,000 directs costs; Indirect costs: $38,000; Total cost: $200,000
Role: PI
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts
Title: Transcriptional Regulation of Tissue Development and Homeostasis
Dates: 07/01/2010 — 06/30/2015
Direct: $240,000 directs costs; Indirect costs: $ 0; Total cost: $240,000
Role: PI
Source: CT Innovations CSCRF (12-SCA-YALE-02)
Title: Mechanical factors influencing the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells
Dates: 10/15/2012 — 10/14/2014
Direct: $164,132 directs costs; Indirect costs: $35,868; Total cost: $200,000
Role: co-PI (with E. Dufresne)
Public Presentations
Scheduled for 2016
Seminars
University of Colorado Boulder (2/16)
University of California Irvine (5/16)
Conferences
Gordon Research Conference, Tissue Niches & Resident Stem Cells in Adult Epithelia, Invited Speaker (8/16)
Gordon Research Conference, Signaling by Adhesion Receptors, Invited Speaker (6/16)
2015
Seminars
Columbia University (1/14/15)
University of Pennsylvania (2/5/15)
Wesleyan University (4/30/15)
Northwestern University (9/9/15)
University of Cologne (10/28/15)
Yale University, Endrocrinology Program (11/15)
Yale University, Immunobiology Department (12/15)
Conferences
Skin Biology Symposium, Rockefeller University, Organizer and Invited Speaker (5/4/2015)
Society for Investigative Dermatology, Blank Forum, Invited Speaker (5/7/2015)
Gordon Research Conference, “Mammary Gland Biology”, Invited Speaker (6/10/2015)
Gordon Research Conference, “Epithelial Keratinization and Differentiation”, Invited Speaker (7/15/2015)
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Annual Meeting, Featured Guest Speaker (9/10/2015)
Basel-Manchester Forum, Skin Repair & Regenerative Plastic Surgery, Keynote Speaker (10/30/15)
Montagna Symposium of Skin Biology, Organizer and Invited Speaker (10/2015)
National American Hair Society Meeting, Session Director and Invited Speaker (12/2015)
2014
Seminars
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology (3/19/14)
Emory University (4/15/14)
University of California San Diego (6/14/14)
Clemson University (10/23/14)
Furman University (10/24/14)
Conferences
CURE/BIOHAVEN Conference, Speaker/Panelist (10/21/14)
CT Stem Cell Retreat, Invited Speaker (
NextGen Stem Cell Meeting, Invited Speaker (5/7/15)
Society of Investigative Dermatology, Invited Speaker (5/15)
Abbvie-Immunobiology conference, Invited Speaker (12/3/14)
2013
Seminars
Duke University, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Colloquium (1/16/2013)
Yale University, Dermatology Department
University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (9/4/13)
Cornell University (9/27/13)
Albert Einstein (10/14/13)
Yale University, Vascular Biology Program (11/11/13)
Rutgers Dermatology Symposium (11/16/13)
Unilever Science Expo (12/11/13)
Yale University, Cardiology Department (12/15/13)
Conferences
Gordon Research Conference, “Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization”, Invited Speaker (5/14/13)
Gordon Research Seminar, “Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization”, Invited Speaker (5/12/13)
Keystone Symposium “Stem Cell Regulation in Homeostasis and Disease”, Invited Speaker (2/26/13)
2012
Seminars
University of British Columbia, Biomedical Research Centre (4/13/12)
Yale University, Dermatology Department (4/4/12)
University of Georgia, Developmental Biology Symposium Speaker (10/12/12)
Cambridge-Yale Symposium on Stem Cells (9/10/12)
University of Dundee (9/12/12)
John Hopkins University, Department of Biochemistry, School of Public Health (12/3/12)
Conferences
Dermatogenetics, Invited Speaker (2/10/12)
Society of Investigative Dermatology, PhD retreat, Keynote Speaker (5/9/12)
2011
Seminars
Emory University, Chemical Biology Department (2/21/11)
STEMCONN biannual meeting (3/22/11)
Conferences
International Society for Stem Cell Research Annual Meeting, Speaker and Session Chair (6/16/11)
Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting, State-of-the-Art Lecture and Session Chair (5/5/11)
Gordon Research Conference, “Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization”, Invited Speaker (7/4/11)
2010
Seminars
Columbia University, Biology Department (2/2010)
Stanford University, Department of Developmental Biology (6/14/10)
Mt. Sinai, Department of Developmental Biology (9/30/10)
Yale Stem Cell Retreat (10/22/10)
University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy (10/25/10)
University of Iowa, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics (11/10/10)
Conferences
Connecticut Stem Cell Meeting, Invited Speaker (1/29/10)
Keystone Symposia, “Stem Cell Differentiation and Dedifferentiation”, Invited Speaker (2/18/10)
Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting, Speaker and Session Chair (5/6/10)
International Society for Stem Cell Research, Annual Meeting, Invited Speaker (6/17/10)
2009
Seminars
Mt Sinai, Department of Oncological Sciences (4/09)
Conferences
National Hair Research Society, Featured Speaker (5/8/09)
2008
Seminars
University of Michigan, Center for Stem Cell Research and Department of Dermatology
Harvard University, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Harvard Stem Cell Center
Yale University, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale Stem Cell Center
University of Pennsylvania, Cell and Developmental Biology
2006-2007
Seminars
New York Skin Biology Club, New York, NY
MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
University of Texas Southwestern, Department of Cell Biology
Columbia University, Department of Genetics and Development
John Hopkins, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Conferences
Epithelial Stem Cell Workshop, Beatson Cancer Research Institute, Glasgow, Scotland, Invited Speaker
Teaching
Undergraduate Courses
2009-2014 Lecturer, MCDB205, “Cell Biology”
2014-presentLecturer, BIOL102, “Foundations in Cell Biology”
Undergraduate Seminar Courses
2010-presentMentor, MCDB495, “Senior Research”
2010-2011Session Leader, MCDB495, “Senior Research”
Graduate Courses
2011-2014 Course Director, MCDB901/GENE901/CBIO901, “Ethics in Science”
2010-2014Founding Course Director, MCDB902/3, “Graduate Seminar Course”
2010-2011Lecturer, MB&B520, “Boot Camp Biology”
2010Instructor, MCDB900, “How to Write a Scientific Manuscript”
2013-2015Instructor, “Responsible Conduct in Research Course”
2015Instructor, Cell Biology, Shanghai Tech, Shanghai China
Outreach
2009-present“Science Experiments” –Children ages 4-9
I go to each of my daughter’s classrooms annually and do a presentation on science on topics ranging from matter to cell biology.
Mentoring at Yale University
Junior Faculty Mentoring
Shirin Bahmanyar (formal). Murat Acar, Damon Clark and Joshua Gendron (informal).
Undergraduate Research Mentoring
2009-2011Alexandra Graham, Summer Research, Senior Thesis
2009Rachel O’Keefe, Summer Research
2010-2011Sage Aronson, Summer Research
2010-2013Yonglu Che, Summer and Annual Research
2010Sarah Ballatori, Summer Research
2010Martha Getachew, STARS program, Summer Research
2011-2014Sean Fletcher, STARS program, Annual Research, Senior Thesis
2012Stephen Revilla, Sackler Summer program
2012Andrew Chun, Summer Research
2013Sam Norcross, Sackler Summer program
2013-2015Kevin Hochstrasser, Summer Research, Senior Thesis
2013Adrian Fortin, Summer Research
2013-presentEve Roth, Summer and Annual Research
2013-2015Erin Song, Summer and Annual Research, Senior Thesis
2013Christine Wu, Summer Research
2014-presentChristina Kim, STARS program, Summer Research
2014Amanda Farrell, STARS program, Summer and Annual Research
2014Mary Yates, Sackler Summer program
2015-presentStephen Le Breton, Summer and Annual Research
2015-presentBertie Geng, Summer and Annual Research
2015-presentKatie Bollag, Summer and Annual Research
Graduate Research Mentoring in My Laboratory (Current position)
2010-2011Heather McGee, MD/PhD* (Resident at UCSF)
co-mentored with Richard Flavell
2010-2013Aaron Mertz (Postdoctoral Fellow with Elaine Fuchs)
co-mentored with Eric Dufresne
2010-2014 Jill Goldstein (Postdoctoral fellow with Amy Wagers)
2011-2014 Barbara Schmidt (Editor with Genome Sciences)
2011-2015 Kathryn Rosowski (Postdoctoral Fellow)
2012-present Rachel Zwick
2014-presentGabriella Grisotti
2014-presentSarah Ebmeier
PhD Student Thesis Committees (Year Degree Awarded; Affiliation)
Sophia Gayle2013Yale, Genetics
Barbara Hirschman2013Yale, Immunobiology
Callen Hyland2013Yale, MCDB
Chanatip Metheetrairut 2014Yale, MCDB
Su-Yi Tsai2011Mt. Sinai, Developmental Biology
Devin Noblin2014Yale, MCDB
Minlee Kim2015Yale, MCDB
Jacob Musser2015Yale, EE&B
Rachel Sennett2015Mt. Sinai, Developmental Biology
Student Qualifying Exams (Affiliation)
Callen HylandYale, MCDB
Jacob MusserYale, EE&B
Alexandra TeixeiraYale, Pathology
Chanatip MetheetrairutYale, MCDB
Minlee KimYale, MCDB
Devin NoblinYale, MCDB
Jemilat SalamiYale, MCDB
Cassie McManusYale, Genetics
Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring (Current position)
2009-2014Ana Tadeu, PhD (Medical Writer; Porterhouse Medical, UK)
2011-2015 Natalie Roberts, PhD(Postdoctoral Fellow, Hayday Laboratory, UK)
2013-2015Amanda Zubek, MD/PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Dermatology)
2012-presentGuillermo Rivera, PhD
2012-present Brett Shook, PhD
2013-presentSamantha Lin, PhD
Honors Awarded to Trainees
2011Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Postdoctoral Award (Ana Tadeu)
2014 Dermatology Foundation Research Fellowship (Amanda Zubek)
2014Lo Family Fellowship (Rachel Zwick)
2014F31 NRSA NICHD (Rachel Zwick)
2015New York Stem Cell Foundation Fellowship (Brett Shook)
2015American College of Surgeons Fellowship (Gabriella Grisotti)
2015Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award (Amanda Zubek)
Activities and Service to Scientific Community
Consulting
2010-2014SchickHair follicle growth
2013-presentUnileverSkin function
Professional Societies
International Society for Stem Cell Research
Society for Investigative Dermatology
National Service
2010Board of Scientific Counselors--Intramural Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Cutaneous Diseases
2012 National Institutes of Health Grant Reviewer, Arthritis, Connective Tissue and Skin study section (June), ad hoc
2013-present New York Stem Cell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Reviewer
2013 National Institutes of Health Grant Reviewer, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Special Grants Review Committee (June), ad hoc
2013-present International Society for Stem Cell Research Audit Committee
2014 National Institutes of Health Grant Reviewer, Musculoskeletal, Oral and Skin Sciences study section (July), ad hoc
2012-2014Society of Investigative Dermatology, Education Committee
2015-presentSociety of Investigative Dermatology, Education Committee, Co-Chair
2015 National Institutes of Health Grant Reviewer, Intercellular Interactions study section (February), ad hoc
Journal Reviewer (ad hoc reviewer)
Development; Developmental Biology; EMBO Journal; Journal of Cell Biology; Journal of Investigative Dermatology; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Nature; Nature Cell Biology; Nature communications; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Cell Stem Cell; Cell Reports; Elife.
Service at Yale
Yale University Service
2009-2014Founding Organizer, FAS Junior Faculty Group
I established a group at Yale that initially included all of Science Jr. Faculty but eventually all of Yale. We met monthly to discuss topics of interest including mentoring, tenure and promotion, and strategies for success in teaching.
2009Organizer, Yale Stem Cell Center Retreat Committee
2010-2011Member, MCDG Graduate Admissions Committee
2011-presentMember, Yale Stem Cell Center Advisory Committee
2010Organizer, Yale University Childcare Initiative
Megan King and I met with Stephanie Spangler and Francis Rosenbluth regularly to discuss expansion of childcare resources at Yale: resulted in establishment of The Nest at Yale for children ages 1-3 with a priority for Women Faculty in Science.
2011Member, Yale University Childcare Task Force
2012Organizer, Yale Jr. Faculty Retreat
2012-presentMember, Lo Family Fellowship Selection Committee
2013-presentMember, Women’s Faculty Forum Steering Committee
2013Yale College Executive Committee
2013-2015Advisory Committee for Postdoctoral Affairs
2013Discussion regarding facilities and Yale’s vision for STEM at Yale with President Salovey and Provost Pollack
2014FAS Senate Implementation Committee