Tamia Harris-Tryon, M.D., Ph.D.

Thomas L. Shields, M.D. Professorship in Dermatology

Dermatology - General

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 & Training

Residency - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2011-2014), Dermatology
Internship - University of Maryland Medical Center (2010-2011), Internal Medicine
Medical School - Johns Hopkins University (2003-2010), Cellular & Molecular Biology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

National Medical Association (2016), Member
UT Southwestern-Gotcha Covered Mentorship Program (2016), Mentor
Society of Investigative Dermatology (2013), Member
Women's Dermatological Society (2013), Member
American Academy of Dermatology (2011), Member

Honors & Awards

Texas Monthly Super Doctors, Rising Star 2020
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists
Burroughs Wellcome Fund-Post doctoral enrichment grant recipient, Microbiota-immune system interactions in the skin
Dermatology Foundation Career Development Award
Judy Warson Award for Clinical Excellence, Johns Hopkins Department of Dermatology
Fellowship for Women in Dermatologic Research- American Fellow, Sponsored by Lilly & Co. and the Women's Dermatologic Society

Books & Publications

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
- 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
- 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
- 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 70^th 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
- Cutaneous Hormone Production Is Distinct between Anatomical Sites and between Males and Females
  Pineider J, Eckert KM, McDonald JG, Harris-Tryon T Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2023 Apr 143 596-601
- Saprophytic bacteria and fungi colonize stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase-1 knockout skin
  Pyle HJ, Artami M, Edwards M, Raj P, Zhang B, Arana C, Harris-Tryon TA Experimental Dermatology 2023 Jan 32 78-84
- The scent of a microbe: how host viral infection increases mosquito attraction
  Harris-Tryon TA Cell Research 2022 Dec 32 1040-1041
- Microbiota and maintenance of skin barrier function
  Harris-Tryon TA, Grice EA Science 2022 May 376 940-945
- Skin immunity: dissecting the complex biology of our body’s outer barrier
  Zhang C, Merana GR, Harris-Tryon T, Scharschmidt TC Mucosal Immunology 2022 Apr 15 551-561
- Small proline-rich proteins (SPRRs) are epidermally produced antimicrobial proteins that defend the cutaneous barrier by direct bacterial membrane disruption
  Zhang C, Hu Z, Lone AG, Artami M, Edwards M, Zouboulis CC, Stein M, Harris-Tryon TA eLife 2022 Mar 11
- Knowledge and attitude toward the human microbiome: A single-center cross-sectional survey
  Pineider J, Reisch J, Harris-Tryon T, Savory S Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2022 Jan 86 165-167
- Antimicrobial peptides and the skin and gut microbiomes
  Joseph A, Nuriel-Ohayon M, Bel S, Harris TA 2022 Jan 439-456
- Small proline-rich protein 2A is a gut bactericidal protein deployed during helminth infection
  Hu Z, Zhang C, Sifuentes-Dominguez L, Zarek CM, Propheter DC, Kuang Z, Wang Y, Pendse M, Ruhn KA, Hassell B, Behrendt CL, Zhang B, Raj P, Harris-Tryon TA, Reese TA, Hooper LV Science 2021 Nov 374
- Novel mechanisms of microbial crosstalk with skin innate immunity
  Chinnappan M, Harris-Tryon TA Experimental Dermatology 2021 Oct 30 1484-1495
- Interleukins 4 and 13 drive lipid abnormalities in skin cells through regulation of sex steroid hormone synthesis
  Zhang C, Chinnappan M, Prestwood CA, Edwards M, Artami M, Thompson BM, Eckert KM, Vale G, Zouboulis CC, McDonald JG, Harris-Tryon TA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021 Sep 118
- A Staphylococcus Path to Improved Therapeutics in Atopic Dermatitis
  Harris-Tryon TA, Bel S JAMA Dermatology 2021 Aug 157 909-910
- Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Cellular and Transcriptional Changes Associated With M1 Macrophage Polarization in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
  Mariottoni P, Jiang SW, Prestwood CA, Jain V, Suwanpradid J, Whitley MJ, Coates M, Brown DA, Erdmann D, Corcoran DL, Gregory SG, Jaleel T, Zhang JY, Harris-Tryon TA, MacLeod AS Frontiers in Medicine 2021 Aug 8
- Rapidly progressive tumors of the neck
  Pineider J, Liu M, Harris-Tryon TA JAAD Case Reports 2021 Jul 13 156-157
- Supporting women in academia during and after a global pandemic
  Reese TA, Harris-Tryon TA, Gill JG, Banaszynski LA Science Advances 2021 Feb 7
- Illuminating the role of vitamin a in skin innate immunity and the skin microbiome: A narrative review
  Roche FC, Harris-Tryon TA Nutrients 2021 Feb 13 1-9
- Gene/environment interaction and autoimmune disease
  Harris-Tryon TA, Bel S 2020 Jan 139-156
- Resistin-like Molecule α Provides Vitamin-A-Dependent Antimicrobial Protection in the Skin
  Harris TA, Gattu S, Propheter DC, Kuang Z, Bel S, Ruhn KA, Chara AL, Edwards M, Zhang C, Jo JH, Raj P, Zouboulis CC, Kong HH, Segre JA, Hooper LV Cell Host and Microbe 2019 Jun 25 777-788.e8
- Epithelial retinoic acid receptor β regulates serum amyloid A expression and Vitamin A-dependent intestinal immunity
  Gattu S, Bang YJ, Pendse M, Dende C, Chara AL, Harris TA, Wang Y, Ruhn KA, Kuang Z, Sockanathan S, Hooper LV Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019 May 166 10911-10916
- Chronological Aging in African-American Skin: A Reliable Photonumeric Scale Demonstrates Age and Body Mass Index as Contributing Factors
  Chien AL, Qi J, Grandhi R, Harris-Tryon T, Kim N, Jang MS, Olowoyeye O, Kuhn D, Leung S, Rainer BM, Poon F, César SS, Suh J, Cheng N, Okoye GA, Kang S Journal of the National Medical Association 2018 Dec 110 534-539
- Effect of Age, Gender, and Sun Exposure on Ethnic Skin Photoaging: Evidence Gathered Using a New Photonumeric Scale
  Chien AL, Qi J, Grandhi R, Kim N, César SS, Harris-Tryon T, Jang MS, Olowoyeye O, Kuhn D, Leung S, Rainer BM, Poon F, Suh J, Cheng N, Okoye GA, Kang S Journal of the National Medical Association 2018 Apr 110 176-181
- Resistin-like molecule β is a bactericidal protein that promotes spatial segregation of the microbiota and the colonic epithelium
  Propheter DC, Chara AL, Harris TA, Ruhn KA, Hooper LV Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2017 Oct 114 11027-11033
- Ets-1 and Ets-2 regulate the expression of MicroRNA-126 in endothelial cells
  Harris TA, Yamakuchi M, Kondo M, Oettgen P, Lowenstein CJ Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2010 Oct 30 1990-1997
- Heat-resistant agglutinin 1 is an accessory enteroaggregative Escherichia coli colonization factor
  Bhargava S, Johnson BB, Hwang J, Harris TA, George AS, Muir A, Dorff J, Okeke IN Journal of bacteriology 2009 Aug 191 4934-4942
- MicroRNA-126 regulates endothelial expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
  Harris TA, Yamakuchi M, Ferlito M, Mendell JT, Lowenstein CJ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008 Feb 105 1516-1521

Research

Innate Immunity
Host-microbial interactions

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