Advancing Skin Research : Our Projects

East-West national Indigenous atopic dermatitis community and research collaborative core seed working group

First Nations University of Canada

4 Sites

SK, QC, MB

Surgical management of hidradenitis suppurativa with deroofing vs wide local excision: a multi-centre retrospective cohort study

University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital

4 Sites

ON, QC, BC, AL

Canadian Frostbite Collaborative Network Symposium and Research Planning

NOSM University

2 Sites

YK, MB

Online clinical trials infrastructure to study low-risk interventions for atopic dermatitis

Women’s College Hospital

4 Sites

QC, AL, ON, UK

Establishing a National Registry and Biobank for Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer (HLRCC)

McGill University Health Centre

5 Sites

QC, ON, BC

The Development of a Psychodermatology Risk Assessment Tool: Improving Care for Patients with Atopic Dermatitis and Other Psychodermatologic Conditions

The University of Alberta, Kaye Edmonton Clinic

2 Sites

AL, QC

Development of multicentre Burn Platform adaptive Trials team

The University of Manitoba

8 Sites

WPG, QC, ON, BC, AL

Using pathology reports to enable population-based studies of rare skin disease

Women’s College Hospital

4 Sites

ON, BC, AL, QC, NS

Canadian Transplant Dermatology Research Network

Women’s College Hospital

4 Sites

ON, BC, AL, QC, NS

Development of a multi-center research team to explore the potential of anti-mesothelin 1 gene therapies for fibrotic scleroderma

The University of British Columbia

3 Sites

BC, AL, QC

A New Patient-Researcher Partnership for Research on Itch inSystemic Sclerosis

Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research

6 Sites

ON, QC

Evidence-based Management of Skin conditions Collaborative (EMSC)

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

5 Sites

ON

Autoinflammatory Skin Diseases – Creation of a Canadian Network (skinSAIDcanada)

Université de Montreal

4 Sites

ON, BC, AL, QC

Canadian Atopic dermatitis Cohort for Translational Immunology and imaging (CACTI) BRONTE trial (BROadband vs Narrowband phototherapy for eczema)

Women’s College Hospital

3 Sites

ON, QC, BC

Canadian Morphea Registry (C-MORE)

McGill University

15 Sites

BC, AB, SK, ON, QC, NS,NB

Follow-up of Cutaneous SCC (FOCS)

Women’s College Hospital

23 Sites

BC, AB, ON

Effect of allergy testing on atopic dermatitis in adults (EAT-AD)

Women’s College Hospital

8 Sites

BC, AB, ON, QC, NS

SPRINTR trial (Skin cancer Prevention with Nicotinamide in Transplant Recipients)

Women’s College Hospital

9 Sites

BC, AB, ON, QC

Establishing and optimizing skin cancer biobanking across Quebec

Lady Davis Institute

4 Sites

QC

Canadian Frostbite Collaborative: National website development

NOSM University

3 Sites

YT, MB, ON

A multi-province platform for Merkel cell carcinoma health services research

Queen’s University

3 Sites

ON, AB, BC, NS

Development of an in vivo mouse screening platform to identify molecular effectors of non-melanoma skin cancers

Université Laval

2 Sites

ON, QC

A Canadian interdisciplinary collaboration for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa

Sunnybrook Hospital

5 Sites

ON

A multicenter collaborative skin research group focusing on novel treatment for epidermolysis bullosa

Université Laval

3 Sites

ON, QC

Canadian Patient-Oriented Dermatitis database and biobank (C-POD)

McGill University

5 Sites

ON, QC, BC

Setting up the conditions for the biobanking of tissues and cells from hypertrophic scars

Université Laval

2 Sites

MB, QC

Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Diverse Patient Populations: Multicenter Pilot Project to Assess Disease Characteristics and Access to Biologic Therapy

Sunnybrook Research Institute

7 Sites

MB, QC, ON

Genodermatoses Network: A Canadian multidisciplinary collaboration for patients with genetic skin disorders

The Hospital for Sick Children +1

8 Sites

AB, QC, ON, BC

Informing a Canadian Skin Science Trainee Program Based on the State of Trainee Programs Offered by International Academic Societies

Mapping skin research expertise across Canada

Priority Setting Initiative

Master Data Sharing Agreement

Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trials