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International Psoriasis Council

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Alex

Tsoi

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MS, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
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Michigan
,
United States
Councilor Since: March 17, 2023
IPC Councilor
Dr. Tsoi completed his PhD in biomedical science at the Medical University of South Carolina, supervised by Dr. W Jim Zheng. His PhD work focused on developing data integration approaches to enhance prioritization and interpretation of high throughput experimental results. Dr. Tsoi then worked as a research fellow in the Center for Statistical Genetics from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. He has worked with Dr. Goncalo Abecasis and Dr. James T. Elder on various genetic and genomics projects for psoriasis. He joined the Department of Dermatology, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, and the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan between 2015-2016 as faculty. Dr. Tsoi is interested in investigating complex cutaneous disorders’ pathology and genetic architecture using systems biology approaches. Working with Drs. James T. Elder and Johann Gudjonsson, Dr. Tsoi’s research aims to develop analysis pipelines and computational approaches to provide biological inferences from genetics and genomics data. His work in genetic association studies revealed over 30 novel psoriasis susceptibility regions and highlighted different disease pathways. Recent studies from his lab identified molecular components shaping heterogeneity among psoriatic patients and revealed shared and unique genetic components between psoriasis and its comorbidities.
Last Updated:
03/23/2023

Areas of Interest

Genetics and genomics; heterogeneity comorbidities

IPC Committees / Groups

Symposia Committee

Languages Spoken

English

What's New

Videos Now Available from the IPC Symposium at SID Chicago

Did you miss the IPC symposium at the 83rd Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) Annual Meeting? Select session videos are now available. The Arc of Disease Control in Psoriasis: Early Interception – Deep Pathway Blockade – Treatment Failure covered early intervention strategies, treatment selection, immune pathway targeting, PsA prevention, clinical escape, and real-world cases that inform long-term psoriasis care.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Take Ten: Mio Nakamura – Psoriasis and Mental Health

Depression affects approximately 20% of patients with psoriasis, five times the rate seen in the general population. IPC Jr. Councilor Mio Nakamura, MD, MS, FAAD, walks through the bidirectional relationship between psoriasis and depression, the shared inflammatory pathways driving both conditions, and practical guidance on screening and incorporating multidisciplinary mental health support into psoriasis management.

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Thursday, June 11, 2026