Dr. Jean McGee is the J. Lowry Miller Associate Professor of Dermatology and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She received her AB in Biological Sciences and MS in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University, followed by her PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University. She received her MD from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her residency training at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center.
Dr. McGee is a clinical expert in inflammatory skin diseases and a physician-scientist in the field of multi-omics, dedicated to discovering novel biomarkers to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of skin diseases. Her laboratory focuses on understanding the roles of the microbiome and epigenetics in a wide range of human pathologies, including immune dysregulation, accelerated biological aging, increased systemic disease burden, and disruption of the gut-skin axis.
Dr. McGee is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and an active member of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, where she currently serves on the Audit Committee.