Indermeet Kohli, PhD

Biographical Statement

Indermeet Kohli, PhD, is an associate scientist in the Department of Dermatology at Henry Ford Health whose research integrates photobiology, photomedicine and quantitative optical imaging to advance the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of skin disease. She also serves as associate program director of the Dermatology Research Fellowship, mentoring physician-scientists in translational dermatology research.

Dr. Kohli earned her PhD in Physics from Wayne State University in 2013 and joined Henry Ford Health in 2014. She holds academic appointments as associate professor in the Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University.

Dr. Kohli’s research bridges physics and dermatology to advance the use of quantitative, noninvasive optical technologies for improving the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of skin disease. Her work focuses on the interaction of ultraviolet, visible and infrared wavebands with human skin and on developing innovative applications of optical imaging technologies, including diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, optical coherence tomography and related modalities, to objectively characterize skin structure, function and treatment responses. Her research encompasses photobiology, photoprotection, sunscreen science, pigmentation disorders, vitiligo, hidradenitis suppurativa, basal cell carcinoma and applications of non-invasive quantitative cutaneous imaging.

Dr. Kohli serves on the board of directors of the Photodermatology Society, chairs the imaging committee of the Global Vitiligo Foundation, and is an associate editor for Frontiers in Photobiology. She has received several national honors for her research, including the American Society for Photobiology Young Investigator Award and Dermatology Foundation Research Career Development Award.
Through multidisciplinary collaborations with clinicians, bioscientific staff, physicists and biomedical engineers, her research develops and validates quantitative optical biomarkers and imaging methodologies that advance clinical research and improve patient care.

Research Interests

• Photomedicine
• Photobiology
• Photoprotection and sunscreen science
• Quantitative optical imaging
• Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy
• Optical coherence tomography
• Pigmentation disorders
• Vitiligo
• Hidradenitis suppurativa
• Skin cancer imaging

Email: ikohli1@hfhs.org