Clinical Innovation Incubator Program Workshop Series Overview Generating Innovation Highlights & Past Winners Workshop Series Highlights & Past Winners Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Dermatology: Home Dermatology: Research Dermatology: Research > Clinical Innovation Incubator Program Dermatology: Research > Clinical Innovation Incubator Program > Highlights & Past Winners Celebrating Innovation UC Irvine’s Clinical Innovation Incubator Program brings together clinicians, scientists and engineers to develop practical solutions to real-world healthcare challenges. This page highlights standout proposals and winning teams, showcasing the ongoing collaboration and translational impact driving innovation forward. Fall 2025 Proposals Melissa Shive, MD Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology 🏆 Winner "Development of an Anti-Bacterial Wound Care Product" Rosa Andrade, MD & Xiying Fan, MD Assistant Professors, Department of Dermatology "BioFilmBusters: Diagnosing and Treating Microbial Biofilm in Non-healing Wounds" Sidharth Chand, MD & Bonnie Lee, MD PGY-4 Resident & Professor, Department of Dermatology 🏆 Winner "Quantitative Immunohistochemistry for Melanoma Diagnosis" Katie Hinchee Rodriguez & Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD PGY-3 Resident & Professor, Department of Dermatology "Developing a Novel Topical Botulinum Toxin for Treatment of Post-Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation" Fall 2024 Proposals Ajay Sharma, MD, MBA PGY-4 Resident, Department of Dermatology "PreSearch: Solving the search for research From subjective to scientific: An algorithm for scar scoring" Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Dermatology 🏆 Winner "Developing a new vascular-targeted treatment for rosacea" Andrew Creadore, MD PGY-4 Resident, Department of Dermatology 🏆 Winner "Mobile app to fill gap in natural broadband phototherapy treatment guidance" Christine Pham, MD PGY-4 Resident, Department of Dermatology "SkinSense: Simplifying skincare product ingredient labels" Ladan Straker, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology "Visible light protection" Katerina Yale, MD PGY-5 Fellow, Department of Dermatology "Lefties in surgery: Needle handling reimagined" Sidharth Chand, MD & Erica Baugh, MD PGY-3 Residents, Department of Dermatology "A companion diagnostic tool for immunohistochemistry in dermatopathology"