My G. Mahoney PhD

Dr. My Mahoney, Ph.D. Professor and ViceChair of Equal Opportunity and Workforce Diversity in theDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She also has a joint appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is a member of the Sidney KimmelCancer Center at Jefferson Health (NCI-Designated).At Jefferson, she serves on the Admissions Committee for both the Sidney Kimmel Medical School, as well as the college of Life Sciences Graduate School. At the national level, she mentors for the Philadelphia Chapters of theAssociation for Women in Science, reviewer for the NIH, and is currently serving on the Board to establish the Society of researching Extracellular Vesicles.

Dr. My has been a member of the SID since 1996 and has served the Society in many capacities, these include being an Associate Editor for the JIDas well as a member of the Scientific Program Committee. Currently, she is a member of the Committees on Education and Diversity and Inclusion. Dr. Mahoney has had over 20years of research studying the mechanisms that control skin homeostasis and regeneration during wound healing and carcinogenesis. The goal of her lab is to understand, at the molecular and cellular level, how signaling during normal tissue development is subverted during malignant transformation and disease progression.