Indian-origin students among recipients of ASA research grants

Saloni Patel, Jaanvi Mehta, and Maya Deshmukh received medical student grants from the American Skin Association.

Anticlockwise- Maya Deshmukh, Jaanvi Mehta and Saloni Patel (top right). / LinkedIn

The American Skin Association (ASA) has named 15 recipients of its 2025 annual research grants, including three Indian-origin students—Saloni Patel of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Jaanvi Mehta of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Maya Deshmukh of Yale University.

Patel was awarded the Mulvaney Family Foundation Medical Student Grant in Vitiligo for her project on cardiovascular risk and immune dysregulation in cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Mehta received the Christopher Andrew Te-Jiong James Medical Student Grant in Melanoma for her research using machine learning to diagnose melanoma through non-invasive reflectance confocal microscopy images. Deshmukh also received the James Medical Student Grant in Melanoma for her study on DNA hypomethylation as a strategy to strengthen anti-tumor CD8+ T cell function.

Announcing the awards, ASA Chairman Howard P. Milstein said the grants play a central role in supporting dermatological research. “Our annual grant program is vital to advancing dermatological research and supporting ASA's mission of defeating skin cancers such as melanoma,” he said. “This research will increase the likelihood of discovering urgently needed treatments and offers hope to millions affected by skin cancer and other skin diseases.”

ASA President and Medical Advisory Committee Co-Chair Dr. James G. Krueger highlighted the importance of the awards for ongoing research efforts. “We salute the researchers working daily to discover new treatments for vitiligo, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, melanoma, and other skin cancers,” he said. “We hope that our important funding contributions can help realize long sought-after cures.”

The 2025 awards also included investigative scientist awards, a research scholar award in psoriasis, and research grants in atopic dermatitis and vitiligo. In total, ASA has funded over $50 million in grants during its 38 years of operation, supporting both early-career and established investigators.

ASA said its grant program is reviewed by its Medical Advisory Committee, made up of scientists and physicians who oversee the annual process. The organization emphasized that its primary goal remains advancing research into skin diseases that affect more than 100 million Americans.

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