Dr. Shi is a Professor of Dermatology at the University of Washington, Seattle, where she serves as the Director of Clinical Trials Unit as well as the Director of the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Specialty Clinic. Dr. Shi’s research and clinical interests are in complex inflammatory skin conditions (such atopic dermatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and psoriasis), skin barrier repair, transepidermal drug delivery, and integrative dermatology.
She has served as the principal investigator for numerous industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical and translational studies. She has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles and is the editor for two reference dermatology textbooks on atopic dermatitis and hidradenitis suppurativa.
She is on the Executive Board of Directors and serves as the Treasurer for the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, advisory board of the National Eczema Association, and is a member of the International Eczema Council.