Barbara A. Gilchrest received her undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MD from Harvard Medical School. Following a post-doctoral fellowship with Howard Green at MIT, Dr. Gilchrest established a tissue culture laboratory at HMS. Her research was sponsored by the National Institute on Aging.
Dr. Gilchrest served as Professor and Chair of Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine from 1985 to 2008. Her research laboratory and post-doctoral research training program at Boston University was sponsored by NIA.
Dr. Gilchrest served as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2012-2017.
Dr. Gilchrest has contributed over 400 scholarly articles, reviews, textbook chapters and books to the medical literature. She is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science, an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and a charter member of the National Academy of Inventors.
Dr. Gilchrest, a physician/scientist has advanced her specialty by encouraging an attitude of scientific inquiry among her trainees and residents. Her passion and collegiality are like no other.
