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10/27/08
DermTech and Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego, Initiate study to understand effects of vitamin D as a treatment for atopic dermatitis in children and young adults. Read More »
06/16/08
DermTech adds Australian thought leader Dr. Scott Menzies, Director of the Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, to company's Melanoma Advisory Board. Read More »
Gary Jacobs, Chairman and Acting CEO
Mr. Jacobs is Managing Director of Jacobs Investment Company, LLC,. In addition, Mr. Jacobs serves on the boards of Next Generation Technologies and Fallbrook Technologies and is Chairman of Nutrina, Ltd., a biotechnology company focused on bioactive supplements for infant formulas. Mr. Jacobs is also actively involved with education and philanthropy, serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of High Tech High in San Diego and Chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council for Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Jacobs received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego.
Carl Peck, MD
Dr. Peck joined the FDA as Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in October 1987 and was named Assistant Surgeon General for the United States in October 1990. In 1994, Dr. Peck joined the faculty of the Georgetown University Medical Center, where he is the founding Director of the Center for Drug Development Science (CDDS); in 2004, CDDS became affiliated with the UCSF School of Pharmacy. He obtained his MD from the University of Kansas in 1968, trained in internal medicine and undertook a research fellowship in clinical pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1980, Dr. Peck became Director of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland. In 1999, Commissioner Henney presented him with the FDA Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Peck is currently the Chairman of NDA Partners, LLC.
Gene Salkind, MD
Dr. Salkind has practiced neurosurgery in the Philadelphia area for approximately 25 years. He has also held professorships at leading teaching hospitals including the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and the Albert Einstein Medical Center. He has published multiple papers and been a guest lecturer at congresses worldwide. Dr Salkind is Trustee Emeritus of Temple University School of Medicine. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (cum laude) and his M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine.