2025 Translational Research Grant Recipients Drive Molecular Innovation in HS

March 7, 2025

The Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 awardees of the Translational Research Grant Program. Designed to support innovative projects with the potential to evolve into long-term, NIH-level research, this annual program provides $75,000 in funding to investigators translating basic science into actionable clinical insights. This year’s recipients are each exploring the molecular underpinnings of HS through distinct but complementary lenses. We look forward to the advances their research will bring to the HS community.

Stella Chen, MD
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Assessing transcriptomic changes before and after anti-TNF therapy utilizing optimum therapeutic drug levels

Jelena Marjanovic, PhD 
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Targeting Pro-inflammatory circRNA-miRNA Networks to Mitigate Chronic Inflammation in Hidradenitis Suppurativa