Miles for Melanoma Training Session
Melanoma Research Foundation
Chicago, IL
August 18-20, 2006

Front Row: Bonnie Koo (Columbia), Elizabeth Ball (LSU), Elizabeth Francis (LSU), Jennifer Channual (UC Irvine); Middle Row: Jackie Coloe (Ohio State), Kristin Hudacek (U Penn), Brittney Culp (Texas Tech), Alice Wu (UTSW), Shaundre Terrell (Kansas); Back Row: Chaz Rhoads (Ohio State), Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt), Sara Herman (Columbia)

Jackie Coloe (Ohio State), Bonnie Koo (Columbia), Sara Herman (Columbia), Kristin Hudacek (U Penn), Shaundre Terrell (Kansas).

Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) and Kristin Hudacek (U Penn).

Jennifer Channual (UC Irvine), Ali Alikhan (NEOUCOM), Chaz Rhoads (Ohio State).

Jackie Coloe (Ohio State) and Kristin Hudacek (U Penn).

Shaundre Terrell (Kansas), Jennifer Channual (UC Irvine), Chaz Rhoads (Ohio State), Alice Wu (UTSW).

67th Annual SID Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
May 3-6, 2006

Bill Marsch (Melanoma Research Foundation), Kelly Werlinger (UTSW), Kristin Hudacek (U Penn), and Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) meet to discuss the future of "Miles for Melanoma" -- a fundraising campaign to support and encourage melanoma research.

Kelly Werlinger (UTSW) with her poster at 2006 SID in Phildelphia,

Jenny Gloeckner (Vanderbilt) with her poster at 2006 SID in Philadelphia.

Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) and Kelly Werlinger (UTSW) at the resident fellow dinner at 2006 SID in Philadelphia.

Kelly Werlinger (UTSW) and Adriana Schmidt (Vanderbilt) at the resident fellow dinner at 2006 SID in Philadelphia.

64th Annual AAD Meeting
San Francisco, CA
March 3-7, 2006

The Second Annual DIGA meeting was a success - with over double the attendance from last year. Medical schools from around the country were represented.

The DIGA poster received much attention. Several 2005-2006 DIGA officers appear in this photo. Front: Jessica Zmolik (UTSW), Kelly Werlinger (UTSW), Priya Pajendran (UCSF);Back: Matt Molenda (NEOUCOM), Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt)

Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) describes DIGA to Dr. Bergstresser (UTSW).

Jeanette Waller (UC Irvine) and Kelly Werlinger (UTSW) present information about DIGA at the Dermatology Teachers Exchange Group / Association of Professors of Dermatology meeting.

Jeanette Waller (UC Irvine) and Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) discuss DIGA's national service project, Miles for Melanoma, with the Melanoma Research Foundation executive director, Linda Pilkington.

Matt Molenda (NEOUCOM) and Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) stand by the poster for Miles for Melanoma. They informed others how to get their schools involved with DIGA's national service project.

Javier Rangel (UCSF), Tom Lambert (Texas Tech), Kelly Werlinger (UTSW), Jessica Zmolik (UTSW), and Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) get together after a long day.

Tom Lambert (Texas Tech), Kelly Werlinger (UTSW), Matt Molenda (NEOUCOM), and Alex Eshaghian (Vanderbilt) take a break at a dermatology social event.