Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Richard Gallo
University of California, San Diego, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine
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MatriSys Bioscience, Inc.
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
Dr. Gallo is a co-founder of MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. (MatriSys) and serves as the Chair of the company's Scientific Advisory Board. He holds (b)(4) equity in the company and receives compensation for his consulting activities. The company is developing rational microbiome therapies based on Dr. Gallo's basic and clinical research for the top five dermatology and skin care conditions, Acne, Atopic Dermatitis, Rosacea, Psoriasis and Skin Infections. The project proposes to study how bacteria break through the skin barrier into the dermis, how innate immune defense regulate microbial entry in the dermis microbial mechanisms and if microbiome entry into the dermis is results in an immunological response.
Skin barrier function and the microbiome
We have discovered that a microbiome exists in equilibrium across the epidermis, and products of these microbes occupy compartments in the dermis of normal skin. This observation permits us to hypothesize that the abundance and identity of microbes below the epidermis will directly influence skin immunological responses. This proposal will study 1) how bacteria penetrate through skin barrier into the dermis, 2) how specific elements of the skin innate immune defense regulate microbial entry into the dermis microbial mechanisms, and 3) if microbiome entry into the dermis is required for the microbiome to exert its immunological functions.
Filed on October 17, 2016.
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Richard Gallo filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Sente | $100,000 - $149,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | Sente | $20,000 - $39,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $10,000 - $19,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
| Richard Gallo | University of California, San Diego | Conflict of Interest | MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. | $0 - $4,999 |
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