# Patient-oriented research and mentoring program in dermatologic diseases

> **NIH NIH K24** · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2020 · $184,026

## Abstract

K24 Abstract
The overall goals of this K24 application are to provide Maryam Asgari MD, MPH with protected
time to serve as a mentor to junior clinician investigators, and to support new scientific aims that
will build upon Dr. Asgari's established work on patient-oriented research in skin diseases. Dr.
Asgari is a Mohs Surgeon in the Department of Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital
and an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical
School. She is the principal investigator of several large patient-oriented research studies,
including an NCI-funded R01 of 80,000 Kaiser Permanente Health Plan members previously
enrolled in a Research Program in Genes and Environmental Health; an ongoing NIAMS-funded
R03 comparing the effectiveness of two commonly used topical agents in the treatment of
precancerous skin lesions; and a foundation-funded project comprehensively characterizing
acral lentiginous melanomas, a rare melanoma subtype. Dr. Asgari has already successfully
served as a research mentor to numerous clinicians in training, and is continuing to mentor
multiple individuals ranging from medical students to junior faculty in her new academic
environment at Harvard Medical School. This K24 award would come at a critical time in Dr.
Asgari's career, as she solidifies her independent research trajectory and seeks to increase her
availability to mentor junior investigators. The award will also support a new research
investigation that builds on Dr. Asgari's ongoing NIH supported work in cutaneous carcinogensis
with a renewed focus on precancerous skin lesions (actinic keratoses). The proposed scientific
aims will take advantage of existing data from Dr. Asgari's R01 and R03 awards with actinic
keratoses as the outcome measure of interest. This project will allow mentees the ability to use
existing datasets to examine novel topics in the risk factors and treatment variation of actinic
keratoses.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9875437
- **Project number:** 5K24AR069760-04
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** MARYAM Mandana ASGARI
- **Activity code:** K24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $184,026
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-03-17 → 2022-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9875437

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9875437, Patient-oriented research and mentoring program in dermatologic diseases (5K24AR069760-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9875437. Licensed CC0.

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