Audrey Leasure

Audrey Leasure is a Dermatology Resident at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital, with an MHS (2022) and MD (2022) from Yale. She holds a BS in Neuroscience (2015) from Johns Hopkins University. Her work bridges Dermatology and Neuroscience, focusing on comorbidities between skin diseases and mental/neurological conditions.

• Education:
  • BS, Neuroscience (2015), Johns Hopkins University
  • MHS (2022), Yale School of Medicine
  • MD (2022), Yale School of Medicine
  • Preliminary Intern (2023), Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Dermatology Resident (2026), Yale New Haven Hospital

Research Interests span Dermatology, Neuroscience, and Health Equity, with a focus on case-control studies linking skin conditions (e.g., atopic dermatitis, lichen sclerosus) to mental health (depression, ADHD, schizophrenia), cardiovascular outcomes, and genetic risk factors. Her recent projects include collaborations on vitamin D genetics in hemorrhage and racial disparities in stroke epidemiology.

Scientific Contributions include 20+ peer-reviewed articles in journals like JAMA Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, and JAMA Neurology, analyzing comorbidities between dermatological and neurological/psychiatric conditions. Key collaborations include work with Guido J. Falcone, Lauren Hachmann Sansing, and Jeffrey Cohen.

Honors:

• Recipient of the William U. Gardner Thesis Prize (2022) at Yale School of Medicine

Education and Publications highlight her integration of clinical training and research, addressing population-level health trends through the All of Us Research Program and global burden of disease datasets.