Perelman Department of Dermatology at New York University School of Medicine (NYU). Dr. Manga completed her doctoral studies in Human Genetics at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Seth J. Orlow at NYU. She was on staff at the University of Cincinnati before returning to join the faculty at NYU where her research program focuses on skin pigment disorders including vitiligo and albinism. Her group has been investigating the early cellular events that trigger vitiligo and precipitate autoimmune targeting of melanocytes. Her research focus also includes the role of melanocyte-specific proteins required for melanin synthesis and related disorders, such as oculocutaneous albinism, that result from mutations in the genes that encode these proteins. Dr. Arianne Shadi Kourosh