Dr. Catherine Zip is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary. She attended medical school at the University of Alberta and pursued residencies in internal medicine and dermatology at Dalhousie University.
She then moved back to Calgary and has been in private practice at the Dermatology Centre since. Dr. Zip is a fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and is also board certified by the American Board of Dermatology. In addition to her busy practice, she is active in teaching residents.
Conflict of interest statement: Consultant, speaker or investigator for Galderma, Valeant.
Dr. Jerry Tan is an adjunct professor at the University of Western Ontario and in private practice in Windsor, Ontario. He is the principal investigator at a clinical research site, Windsor Clinical Research Inc. His career has focused on clinical care, research and cosmetic dermatology.
Dr. Tan received his medical degree from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and trained in internal medicine at the University of Toronto and in dermatology at University of British Columbia and University of Michigan.
Aside from industry grants, Dr. Tan has received research funding from the Canadian Dermatology Foundation and the National Institutes of Health Research.
His research focus includes acne, acne scars, rosacea and psoriasis. Additional interests include outcome measurements and informed shared decision making in dermatology. He has developed 3 patient decision aids – acne, psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa – available at www.informed-decisions.org. A rosacea patient decision aid is currently being created.
Dr. Tan chairs the working group on clinical practice guidelines of the Canadian Dermatology Association, the rosacea international consensus group (ROSCO) and the acne core outcomes research network (ACORN). He has been an associate editor of the Journal of the American
Academy of Dermatology and the British Journal of Dermatology. During his career, Dr. Tan has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.
Conflict of Interest statement: Consultant, speaker, advisor, or investigator for Allergan, Bayer, Cipher, Dermira, Galderma, Stiefel/GSK, Obagi, Pierre Fabre, Photocure, Roche, Valeant.
Kathy Giangaspero is an accomplished writer and project manager with 25 years’ experience in healthcare communications with non-profit organizations. Her expertise lies in content development, knowledge translation and stakeholder relations.
Kathy is committed to improving the lives of Canadians with acne and rosacea through education and awareness initiatives. Throughout much of her career, Kathy has used her gift of storytelling to share the personal journeys of people challenged by illness and to raise the profile of industry leaders in research and advocacy. She has also written on major advances in science and collaborated on patient outreach initiatives.
Kathy has served on the marketing teams of national and international charities including The Kidney Foundation of Canada, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Canadian Skin Patient Alliance (CSPA), as well as Innovaderm Research, a contract research organization specialized in dermatologic therapeutics.
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