He has developed a highly matrixed department that intersects ten geographical clinical dermatology practice sites with QI teaching, skin biology-specific research cores, and a complementary portfolio of research programs that span basic laboratory, translational, and clinical trial investigations. With interests in inflammatory-mediated skin diseases, lymphoma, and photomedicine/photoimmunology, Dr. Cooper has been continuously federally funded since 1986 and has published over 300 papers and chapters. He enjoys mentoring faculty, residents, fellows, and students across each of these dimensions.