NIH Record - National Institutes of Health
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April 16, 2021

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    In a recent Contemporary Clinical Medicine: Great Teachers talk, Dr. Kim Yancey traced decades of research that deepened understanding of skin biology that began since he first entered the field of dermatology in 1978.
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The NIH Record

The NIH Record, founded in 1949, is the biweekly newsletter for employees of the National Institutes of Health.

Published 25 times each year, it comes out on payday Fridays.

Associate Editor: Dana Talesnik
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Assistant Editor: Eric Bock
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Staff Writer: Amber Snyder
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