Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Endowed Title Thomas L. Shields, M.D. Professorship in Dermatology School Graduate School Department Dermatology | Immunology Graduate Programs Immunology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Harris-Tryon earned her combined medical and doctoral degree in cellular and molecular medicine at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed a residency in dermatology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Certified by the American Board of Dermatology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014. Dr. Harris-Tryon is a member of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, the American Academy of Dermatology, the National Medical Association, and the Women’s Dermatologic Society. She completed her postdoctoral training at UT Southwestern in the lab of Lora Hooper, Ph.D. Dr. Harris-Tryon’s research focuses on the organisms that reside on the surface of the skin – collectively termed the “microbiota” – and how they impact the skin’s immune system. Her work is supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, UT Southwestern, and the Dermatology Foundation. In 2019, she earned the American Academy of Dermatology’s Young Investigator Award. Education Medical School Johns Hopkins University (2010), Cellular & Molecular Biology Internship University of Maryland Medical Center (2011), Internal Medicine Residency Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2014), Dermatology Research Interest Host-microbial interactions Innate Immunity Publications The human skin microbiome in health MacGibeny MA, Adjei S, Pyle H, Bunick CG, Ghannoum M, Grada A, Harris-Tryon T, Tyring SK, Kong HH Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Aug 93 329-336 Cutaneous Hormone Sampling and Analysis for Dermatologic Research Sturges CI, Jain S, Velasquez M, Gedamu H, Komarovsky J, McDonald JG, Harris-Tryon T Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2025 Aug 145 1850-1857 The skin microbiome in dermatologic disease MacGibeny MA, Adjei S, Pyle H, Bunick CG, Ghannoum M, Grada A, Harris-Tryon T, Tyring SK, Kong HH Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2025 Aug 93 339-348 A Pilot Study Characterization of the Scalp Microbiome in Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia Shows Shift in Corynebacterium Pyle HJ, Dyson T, Gadre A, Harris-Tryon TA, Aguh C Skin Appendage Disorders 2025 Feb 11 19-26 Genetic and Microbial Analysis of Invasiveness for Escherichia coli Strains Associated With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Kim J, Zhang J, Kinch L, Shen J, Field S, Khan S, Klapproth JM, Forsberg KJ, Harris-Tryon T, Orth K, Cong Q, Ni J CMGH 2025 Jan 19 Food as Medicine in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Review of Dietary Effects on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Pathogenesis Lam T, Gruzmark F, Ondreyka J, Lenczowski J, Harris-Tryon TA, Frew J, Lev-Tov H Integrative and Complementary Therapies 2025 The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Jain S, O’Brien JC, Harris-Tryon T Current Dermatology Reports 2024 Dec 13 315-323 Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin 70th Anniversary: Visualizing the Future! Roop DR, Krieg T, Werner S, Yuspa S, Diehl K, Seervai R, Harris-Tryon T, Leachman SA Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2024 Oct 144 2120-2124 Assessment of the Cutaneous Hormone Landscapes and Microbiomes in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus Pyle HJ, Evans JC, Artami M, Raj P, Sridharan S, Arana C, Eckert KM, McDonald JG, Harris-Tryon TA, Mauskar MM Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2024 Aug 144 1808-1816.e11 Atypical Adult-onset Still's disease with flagellate morphology in a patient with skin of color Vora P, Kunzler E, Dominguez AR, Vandergriff T, Harris-Tryon T JAAD Case Reports 2023 Jul 37 54-57 Results 1-10 of 35 1 2 3 4 Next Last Honors & Awards Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists Burroughs Wellcome Fund-Post doctoral enrichment grant recipientMicrobiota-immune system interactions in the skin Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award Fellowship for Women in Dermatologic Research- American FellowSponsered by Lilly & Co and the Womens Dermatologic Society Judy Warson Award for Clinical ExcellenceJohns Hopkins Department of Dermatology Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Dermatology (2011) National Medical Association (2016) Society of Investigative Dermatology (2013) UT Southwestern-Gotcha Covered Mentorship Program (2016) Womens Dermatological Society (2013)
