Thomas L. Dawson, PhD

For decades, P&G Beauty scientists have utilized innovative technologies to research new generations of clinically advanced formulas that will deliver the highest quality skin and hair care products.

Scalp and hair follicle expert, Dr. Thomas Dawson, Jr., is an accomplished Principal Scientist in the Beauty Technology department. Dr. Dawson has conducted multiple clinical research trials on the identification of anti-dandruff targets, and has published more than 30 original articles, book chapters and papers which have appeared in journals including Journal of Cosmetic Science, Journal of Investigative Dermatology and Journal of American Academy of Dermatology.

A recent highlight of Dr. Dawson's work is the mapping of the Malassezia globosa genome, a fungus that is implicated as a primary cause of dandruff.  He has also researched different skin diseases associated with the Malassezia species and their role in sebaceous gland activity. Dr. Dawson also recently gave a talk on entitled "Hair Cosmeceuticals" at the annual Intercontinental Meeting of Hair Research Societies (IMHRS).

As a result of his innovative clinical, scientific and community work in the field of Beauty Technology, Dr. Dawson has earned a P&G Award for exceptional merit in 2001 and the P&G "John Smale" award as P&G's top technologist for 2002.

Prior to joining P&G, Dr. Dawson was a Clinical Medical Genetics Fellow at the Duke University Medical Center, where he studied human metabolic disease, the identification of novel disease causing genes, and collaborated in the identification and development of a novel drug to treat Type 2 glycogen storage disease.  He was a graduate student and Post-doctoral Fellow at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he studied gene expression and treatment of breast cancer, discovered and analyzed a novel human proto-oncogene, c-mer; and studied reactive oxygen species generation and prevention in orthotopic liver transplantation.

Dr. Dawson received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from West Virginia University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of North Carolina in 1994.  Immediately following, Dr. Dawson held a four-year fellowship in human molecular and biochemical genetics at Duke University Medical Center.  Dr. Dawson was an organizer of the Duke Medical Genetics Fellowship Training Course, organizer and a speaker at the Duke Medical Genetics Seminar Series and a speaker at the Duke University Medical Center's Cytogenetics Lecture Series.

Dr. Dawson currently resides in the Cincinnati area.