Areas of Focus:

Biomarker DiscoveryClinical TrialsDisease SubtypingExperimental Platforms & ModelsImmune ProfilingPrecision MedicineSingle Cell TechnologiesSpatial BiologyTherapeutic DevelopmentTranslational & ClinicalDermatologic DiseasesPsoriasis
  • Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology (Dermatopathology), Yale School of Medicine, Yale University
  • Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University

Dr. William Damsky is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at Yale School of Medicine, where he practices as both a dermatologist and dermatopathologist, specializing in the evaluation and treatment of inflammatory skin disorders.

Dr. Damsky’s research program bridges clinical and basic science. He leads several clinical trials focused on identifying and evaluating new treatments for inflammatory skin disease, with a particular interest in developing personalized medicine approaches in dermatology. Drawing on his training in basic immunology, his laboratory leverages cutting-edge immunologic approaches to investigate the mechanisms underlying inflammatory skin disease and to understand how those mechanisms are affected by novel therapies.

Projects

Featured Pilot Projects

Noninvasive Skin Protein Assessment to Guide Targeted Treatment Selection in Inflammatory Skin Diseases
Project | Yale University

Noninvasive Skin Protein Assessment to Guide Targeted Treatment Selection in Inflammatory Skin Diseases

Using DIPS, a non-invasive skin sampling technique, to build cytokine-based biomarker panels that predict biologic treatment response in psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.