Skip to Main Content

Alicia Little, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Director of Yale Vulvar Dermatology Clinic
DownloadHi-Res Photo

About

Titles

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Director of Yale Vulvar Dermatology Clinic

Biography

Undergraduate School: Amherst College

Undergraduate Major: Chemistry and Neuroscience

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine

Research Fellowship: Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine

Internship: Yale-New Haven Hospital Internal Medicine 

Alicia Little, MD, PhD, is a dermatologist with expertise in women’s skin health and autoimmunity. She is the director of the Vulvar Dermatology Clinic, which is dedicated to compassionate, interdisciplinary management of vulvar skin diseases.

Dr. Little specializes in skin disease of pregnancy and vulvar skin diseases; autoimmune skin diseases including cutaneous lupus, dermatomyositis, morphea, lichen sclerosus, and lichen planus; and inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (eczema), and rosacea. She also handles general dermatology, acne, and skin cancer screening.

“I enjoy meeting new patients and developing lasting relationships with them,” Dr. Little says. “I love looking at my schedule and recognizing patients who I have helped with uncomfortable rashes, acne, or skin cancers, and continuing to support them over the years with any new or chronic skin conditions.”

Dermatology, she says, allows her to see patients of all ages and to use her background in immunology since many skin diseases and rashes are caused by an overactive immune system. 

“As dermatologists, we have the wonderful privilege of seeing our patients get better quite literally, since their symptoms are often also visible to us on the skin,” she says.

When not caring for her patients, Dr. Little, who is an assistant professor of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine, conducts research on the immune cells responsible for autoimmune skin disease. “By studying what is going wrong to cause the body to attack itself, I hope that we can identify targets for future treatments to improve patients’ lives,” she says.


Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Dermatology Resident (Chief Resident 2017-2018)
Yale University School of Medicine (2018)
MD
Yale School of Medicine (2014)
PhD
Yale School of Medicine, Immunobiology (2013)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Dermatitis, Atopic; Dermatology; Dermatomyositis; Eczema; Eczema, Dyshidrotic; Lichen Planus, Oral; Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus; Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous; Psoriasis; Rosacea; Skin Diseases, Eczematous; Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Alicia Little's published research.

Publications

Featured Publications

2022

Clinical Care

Overview

Alicia Little, MD, PhD, is a dermatologist with expertise in women’s skin health and autoimmunity. She is the director of the Vulvar Dermatology Clinic, which is dedicated to compassionate, interdisciplinary management of vulvar skin diseases.

Dr. Little specializes in skin disease of pregnancy and vulvar skin diseases; autoimmune skin diseases including cutaneous lupus, dermatomyositis, morphea, lichen sclerosus, and lichen planus; and inflammatory skin diseases including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (eczema), and rosacea. She also handles general dermatology, acne, and skin cancer screening.

“I enjoy meeting new patients and developing lasting relationships with them,” Dr. Little says. “I love looking at my schedule and recognizing patients who I have helped with uncomfortable rashes, acne, or skin cancers, and continuing to support them over the years with any new or chronic skin conditions.”

Dermatology, she says, allows her to see patients of all ages and to use her background in immunology since many skin diseases and rashes are caused by an overactive immune system.

“As dermatologists, we have the wonderful privilege of seeing our patients get better quite literally, since their symptoms are often also visible to us on the skin,” she says.

When not caring for her patients, Dr. Little, who is an assistant professor of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine, conducts research on the immune cells responsible for autoimmune skin disease. “By studying what is going wrong to cause the body to attack itself, I hope that we can identify targets for future treatments to improve patients’ lives,” she says.

Clinical Specialties

Dermatology

Fact Sheets

Board Certifications

  • Dermatology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Dermatology
    Original Certification Date
    2018

Yale Medicine News

Get In Touch

Contacts

Appointment Number

Administrative Support

Locations

  • Patient Care Locations

    Are You a Patient? View this doctor's clinical profile on the Yale Medicine website for information about the services we offer and making an appointment.