USTI is excited to announce that Angela Christiano, Ph.D., has joined us as a Scientific Advisor for our educational programs. Angela Christiano is considered one of the world's top hair loss researchers. This recognition was further affirmed recently when the National Institutes of Health awarded her and her team $5 million ($1 million per year for five years) to study hair loss and establish the Alopecia Areata Center for Research Translation (AACORT).
From September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2021, she received her 25th grant, with nine of them being active in 2017. She also co-chaired the 9th World Congress for Hair Research and has been involved in the discovery and understanding of many genes and immune cells related to hair loss.
Christiano has been published numerous times in scientific journals, including multiple publications in Nature, Science, Cell Science, and Cell.
Christiano and her team's long-range goal is to develop genetic and cell-based therapies for skin and hair diseases through understanding disease pathogenesis.