Congratulations go to Jeannette R. Jakus, MD, MBA, who is the 2013 recipient of the American Academy of Dermatology Translational Biotechnology Fellowship, a partnership of the American Academy of Dermatology and Galderma Research & Development, SNC. Through the fellowship, she will work in drug development and translational medical research at Galderma’s R&D facility located in Sophia Antipolis, France, beginning in fall 2013. Sophia Antipolis is the largest corporate-funded facility in the world dedicated to dermatology.
Dr. Jakus is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and has completed a residency in dermatology and a fellowship in pediatric dermatology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., and a residency in pediatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y. She also has a master’s of business administration from Columbia Business School, New York, N.Y.
The application for the fall 2014 Translational Biotechnology Fellowship is available at www.aad.org/biotechfellowship. Applications are due by October 15, 2013. The 2014 recipient will be notified in December 2013. Preference will be given to candidates who are in their last year of residency in an accredited American College of Graduate Medical Education dermatology residency program. Candidates also must be physician members of the Academy who will have satisfactorily completed a residency no more than three years before the planned start date. The selected candidate will receive a stipend to cover his or her costs during the term of the fellowship.
