# | Project Description | Status | Presented |
Research-Based Projects |
| 1. | Create a guide on safety of laser and energy-based devices, masks, plume, etc.
| Completed | Access document
(members only) |
| 3. | Survey dermatology students to highlight gaps in laser education to advocate for early trainer laser education platforms to benefit our early career members | Completed | ASLMS 2021** |
| 4. | Write a primer on laser use in skin of color | Completed | Access document
(members only) |
5.
| Write a primer on laser indications for each specialty to highlight all the various ways in which laser and light devices can be utilized | Completed | Access document
(members only) |
| 7. | Write a primer on body contouring, skin tightening, vascular lasers, etc. | Completed | Access document
(members only) |
| 20. | Research projects pertaining to topics specific to skin of color. Examples include: research analyzing racial/ethnic backgrounds of patients undergoing cosmetic procedures to obtain data on aesthetic procedures stratified by race; literature review on device‑based treatment of post‑inflammatory hyperpigmentation. | Completed | ASLMS 2022*** |
| 30. | Review the treatment of nevoid hamartomas with laser and/or energy-based devices based on size, anatomic location, and skin type | Completed | ASLMS 2025† |
| 33. | A review of the use of heat for laxity
| Completed | Access document
(members only) |
| 34. | Construct a review article on the current practices surrounding the use of laser and light-based technologies to treat post-burn hypertrophic scarring
| Completed | Access presentation
(members only) |
| * | Laser treatment of radiation tattoos and review of ASLMS New Beginnings Program | Completed | ASLMS 2021** |
| * | Ocular complications associated with laser and light-based therapies - literature review and webinar/PowerPoint lecture | Completed | ASLMS 2021
Access presentation |
| * | Retrospective review of lasers and energy-based devices in skin of color patients
| Completed | ASLMS 2022*** |
Information-Based Projects |
| 9. | Create a board review book specifically for lasers/light energy devices for fast facts and mnemonics | Completed | Access document
(members only) |
| 19. | Development of a networking program (or preceptorship) to connect underrepresented residents and young clinicians to seasoned clinicians and scientists in the field of laser medicine (this could be a more formal networking program that entails more spelled out guidelines like monthly check‑ins, and meet‑ups at 1-2 meetings per year) | Completed | ASLMS 2022*** |
| * | Device Specific Checklists for Laser Safety | Completed | Access document
(members only) |